Before break, you created a fictional universe/country/land/etc. and wrote a webpage detailing the news of your universe/country/land/etc. Let's move it to the real world, and focus on writing short news tweets that convey information in 140 characters.
• First, read THIS. What 6 tricks does this site recommend to write the "perfect" tweet?
• Now read THIS. What 7 tips does this article recommend?
Using these tips, write 15 news "tweets" about a country that I assign. Each "tweet" should contain at least two hashtags, and should give me a general idea of the news story. Below each "tweet", provide a link or two to a relevant news story.
Write these in Notepad, Word, etc. This assignment is due at the end of class on Tuesday, April 7.
How to get full credit:
- Write 15 tweets (none of them may overlap- write about 15 different stories)
- Include 2+ hashtags for each tweet
- Provide at least one link to a relevant news story for each tweet
• First, read THIS. What 6 tricks does this site recommend to write the "perfect" tweet?
• Now read THIS. What 7 tips does this article recommend?
Using these tips, write 15 news "tweets" about a country that I assign. Each "tweet" should contain at least two hashtags, and should give me a general idea of the news story. Below each "tweet", provide a link or two to a relevant news story.
Write these in Notepad, Word, etc. This assignment is due at the end of class on Tuesday, April 7.
How to get full credit:
- Write 15 tweets (none of them may overlap- write about 15 different stories)
- Include 2+ hashtags for each tweet
- Provide at least one link to a relevant news story for each tweet