Since Margaret Atwood is a prolific tweeter (https://twitter.com/MargaretAtwood), and many people tweet about this text using #OrxyandCrake, I would like to use the opportunity to experiment with communicating our ideas through social media. The goal of this assignment is to chronicle your thoughts as you read, and share them with your peers and a public audience. You must live tweet your reading by using #OryxandCrake and #nyufyws so we can capture and follow the conversation.
If you tweet direct quotes, or specific questions for the author, you should include her handle @MargaretAtwood. Tweet whatever you find interesting and provocative. Standard grammar rules are not the objective here – use the language of social media – including abbreviations, emoticons, etc. However, your message must be readable to a wide audience, so think carefully about how you compose each tweet. You may also tweet me direct questions @amandalicastro.
Here is an example:
If you do not have a twitter account, you may set up a temporary account for this course and then delete it after this assignment. If you are not comfortable with this, please email me as soon as possible, and we will discuss alternative assignments.
On Monday, we will have a fishbowl just like we did for Kelly’s book. The first group will post their short provocations by Sunday night. Post your provocations under “Reflections” and use the tag “Atwood.”
Group 1 (provocations by 10/26, fishbowl 10/27):
| Choi,Ryan D |
| Agarwal,Sakshi |
| Posner,Marissa |
| Sanchez,Nicolas |
| Stine,James |
Group 2 (provocations by 10/28, fishbowl 10/29):
| Valentine,Carly |
| Melnick,Joshua B |
| Prem,Varsha |
| O’Brien,Francesco H |
| Hanson,Alexandria D |
Group 3 (provocations by 11/2, fishbowl 11/3):
| Curtis,Scarlett |
| Ghobadi,Kasrah Shane |
| Kandelman,Karen |
| Schulz,Adam |
| Baruch,Mikaela Sarah |
If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions please let me know.