1. SCHOOL SPIRIT POST
Post from a former Lehigh cheerleader on the Lehigh traditions most students don't know about.
2. FAVORITE EATING SPOT POST
Tulum! The tiny mexican restaurant right off campus near Dave's Deli.
3. PROFESSOR POST
Professor Kuchta speaks on how social media allows for quicker response time but worries about whether or not people consider the effect of their "posts" when they write them on such an impulse.
4. NEWS POST
Brigette Cohan uses The New York Times online for her news, she doesn't get it from social media. As an IR major, her teachers suggest she sets her homepage to a news website for easy quick glances at the recent happenings in the news.
5. CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH POST
Lehigh's latest addition to campus, the STEPS building, allows for innovation, scholarship and cutting edge research in a completely "green building."
6. SCENIC SPOT POST
Ultimate scenic spot on campus: Lookout Point
7. LITTLE-KNOWN FACT POST
After writing an article for the Brown & White, I learned that Lehigh has one of the oldest ROTC programs of all universities involved. Who knew?
8. FANATIC FAN POST
With lacrosse season starting and the first game approaching, I spoke to former lacrosse player, Trevor Stapleton about his view of the team.
9. FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS POST
Whether writing an article for reporting or studying for a business test, my favorite place on campus is the rotunda in Linderman Library.
10. EXTRACURRICULAR EXTRAVAGANZA POST
Lehigh has 150 organizations for students to be a part of.
For our Twitter “Scavenger Hunt,” I used my smartphone and uploaded all of my photos and tweets with it. It was so easy to just click photos and be able to put them up on Twitter right away as opposed to waiting a few hours once I was finished with all of the data collection. The mobile application allows you to post information when its still fresh and relevant in your mind.
I retweeted information that my other classmates posted if I thought it was really interesting or if I agreed with it. I noticed that professor Littau retweeted a few of my posts but besides that I did not notice anyone else retweeting my posts.
I saw how creative our class gets when pushed a little bit. It was fun to see the range of pictures people took and people’s varying opinions on their favorite spots on campus and what they thought school spirit was.
After this scavenger hunt, I feel much more comfortable using my mobile application. Prior to this, I had no clue how to upload pictures so this assignment cleared this up and made me more at ease with the Twitter community.
The one thing I seem to constantly forget is to put the J198 hashtag at the end of each post. I am still very uncomfortable using hashtags in general because I don’t know how to find out which groups exist and which don’t. Is there somewhere or somehow I can find this out?
Good question in the last sentence. The answer is that they kind of form organically, and you're mostly unaware. You can search google by asking it a question (such as "what is the hashtag for journalism?") but it may not be the best answer. So what I'd say is that you'll notice hashtags when you're following the right people (people who connect with the communities you're interested) and watching what tags they use. Reading that feed of tweets can be very informative!
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