Twitter Assignment In today’s society, communication happens basically instantly. We can find out about something happening almost as soon as it happens.

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Twitter Assignment In today’s society, communication happens basically instantly. We can find out about something happening almost as soon as it happens. Twitter is a very popular website that allows members to use 140-character messages to give information to people that view it

Twitter Assignment Your task is to create a 10 “tweet” Twitter thread on your blog doing the following: Choose a person from the time period we’re studying Write a series of 10 tweets tracing some experiences in their lives All tweets must be under 140 characters

Twitter Assignment Make sure that your tweets: Convey a quick, succinct message Give your person’s interpretation of what’s happening Are interesting, humorous, and engaging

French Revolution Twitter Assignment For this assignment, you must: Choose a personality from the French Revolution era Write a brief outline telling: Who they were What they did that was significant What you think they might Tweet about, had Twitter been around Create a 10-entry Twitter as a post on your student blog giving us a look into some events in that person’s life

Royals Louis XVI Marie Antoinette

Radicals Maximilien Robespierre George-Jacques Danton

Assassination… Jean Paul Marat Charlotte Corday

Marie-Joseph, Marquis de Lafayette Louis-Phillipe-Joseph, Duc D’Orleans

Clarity and Logic – 4 points Objective – 4 points Excellent – 4 points Good – 3-2 points Poor – 1-0 points Total Clearly state the objective of the presentation. The objective of the presentation is clearly stated The objective of the presentation is somewhat unclear; it may simply mention a topic or subject The objective of the presentation is unclear or missing Support – 4 points Support your presentation with appropriate information. The presentation is well-supported with appropriate information. The presentation is weakly supported; it may explain, but it doesn’t support The presentation is not supported; it may simply be a statement of opinion with no information to support Clarity and Logic – 4 points Use appropriate presentation techniques and good logic to make the presentation clear. The presentation is presented very clearly and has good logic to the argument The presentation is unclear at times, or the logic might have some flaws The presentation isn’t clear, and logic may have some major problems Twitter Technique – 8 points Excellent – 8-6 points Good – 5-3 points Poor – 2-0 points Uses appropriate Twitter techniques to engage the reader. Examples – clear, concise, powerful messages, conversational in tone. Twitter techniques are excellent, and use all important parts of good Twitter practice. Twitter techniques are good, but may lack in some small areas of Twitter practice. Twitter techniques are poor, and do not adhere to principles of Twittering. Final Grade