Twitter Scavenger Hunt

1.  To show Lehigh school spirit, I interviewed a Lehigh student dressed in school gear.
2.  For an off campus eatery, I interviewed a student enjoying Dave's Deli
3.  I interviewed Journalism professor Charlie Butler about where he gets his news about Egypt.
4.  I interviewed a faculty member on the street to find out where she gets her news and if she uses social media!
5.  Here's an example of cutting edge education and building innovation on campus.
6.  For my favorite scenic spot on campus, I chose the view from my apartment of the city around Lehigh, Bethlehem.
7.  For a little known fact about Lehigh's campus, I chose to talk about the Chandler Ullman academic building claim to fame.
8.  For a quote from a Lehigh fan, I talked to a basketball fan about this season.
9.  Here's a picture of my blog partner and I  at one of our favorite on campus spots, in front of the LOVE sign!
10.  When I was walking through the STEPS science building, I spotted a TRAC writing tutor, Seth, in the middle of a session with a student. Took a picture of him participating in this program to show student involvement!
I also took a picture of my favorite building on campus, Linderman Library. It is my favorite place to study!


     For my Multimedia Reporting class, Allie and I teamed up and began a Twitter scavenger hunt, taking pictures of people, places and things around campus and tweeting them from our mobiles. We were in a competition with other colleges across the country to make the best tweets and take the best pictures. 
    I had a great experience with this project. I really enjoyed it and found it to be a lot of fun. If I knew how easy it was to post a picture on Twitter, I would have started doing it in the beginning of the semester. The one problem I had with using mobile is that typing on my phone is a lot harder than typing on the computer. I tend to make typos and forget to capitalize letters. I ended up having to go back, edit and repost my tweets so that they would be grammatically correct. 
   One cool aspect of this project was that I found that people were following me on twitter and reading my posts as I put them up! I feel that in the past no one has cared that much about my tweets because they have not been that important or interesting to all of my tribes. This project made my page seem relevant, interesting and proactive, and I enjoyed seeing people retweet my posts and replying to my comments. I ended up having twitter conversations with people from Memphis, which was really cool because I otherwise would never have been in touch with them. I learned that Memphis is flat, and very cold right now.
    I learned from Johanna that there is an interesting decorated stone face on campus that I have never heard of and did not know about. That was really interesting. I wonder what else I have overlooked on campus?
   This project, most of all, helped me realize how important twitter is in sharing relevant information with tribes. I will try to keep my posts interesting and relevant to people.