Using Twitter

I have tried a few Twitter applications on my Powerbook, like Scalaris and Canary, but I like the browser interface best. Seems simpler and easier.

That being the case, it is good to point out that my Tw subchannels, like #PSC1121grav, can be read from a search like this

http://twitter.com/#search?q=psc1121grav

and then saved in my Tw page's right hand sidebar.

Just a suggestion. I cannot claim this is the best.

But if you use a Tw application, I would like to hear about how it works and why you like it. Post your remarks in Discussions.

Some Tw links

These links might help you pick up the Twitter stream.

1. http://twitter.com/#search?q=PSC1121acc, the #PSC1121acc subchannel


2. http://twitter.com/#search?q=PSC1121strobe, the #PSC1121strobe subchannel


3. http://twitter.com/#search?q=PSC1121projectile, the #PSC1121projectile subchannel


4. http://twitter.com/#search?q=PSC1121grav, the #PSC1121grav subchannel

Twitter help, librarians to the rescue

For those of you still flailing^a on Twitter, wondering how the heck to use it, the librarians at UCF have offered to help you learn Tw. My favorite librarian said to send her an email, no problem. I linked a Twitter help mini-page in our home page in Webcourses, including the librarian's direct email address. Take a look.

^aAccurate description of Dr. B a few weeks ago. ;)

Just finished more Tw for space shuttle exercise

I just streamed a bunch of narration and a diagram related to exercise 10, p. 73, which asks about the relative strength of gravity for the space shuttle on orbit at 400 km altitude.

Diagram is to scale, big and nice, and might help you sort out a bunch of other gravitational questions. Go into the Tw stream and click on the link to Week 2 files.

Google spreadsheet

I just dropped a link to a Google spreadsheet into Tw, #PSC1121projectile. I want to know how you like it. You might be able to download it as an Excel spreadsheet and mess around with it on your computer. Let me know in Discussions.

No personal grades info on Tw, please

Students, remember that Twitter is open for the world to view. So I cannot talk to you about your grades etc. in Tw.

Best place for specific questions about your grades etc. is in Webcourses, using course mail.

Physics questions are fine in Tw, though. Like what a baseball does, why gravity is such a weak physical force etc.

Tw projectile motion is done.

#PSC1121projectile is now done for today. Good set of two diagrams and the data page.

Microblogging in Twitter on projectile motion.

I am using subchannel #PSC1121projectile to tweet about projectile motion concepts in chapter 4 of the textbook. I think I will make a spreadsheet of numbers for an extra diagram to supplement Fig. 4-4, p. 63.

11

Another eight course mail messages for writing assignment 1, total 11. Yay! Keep it up.

Twitter acc. finished

I just concluded #PSC1121acc stream for today.

Twitter centripetal acceleration

I am going to tweet about centripetal acceleration and Fig. 4-4.

Questions about homework, mini-quizzes etc.

Here is my recommended work flow if you have a question about a mini-quiz item or something from a concept guide:

1. Instead of sending a course mail message to me...
2. Find the proper Discussions area for your subject.
3. Post your question in that Discussions area.
4. Make it one post for each mini-quiz item or homework problem.
5. I will coach you along in Discussions.
6. Once per day I will add to one Discussions post by branching out to Twitter for extra info.

I think this will make a good mixture of different styles of interaction.

Twitter vector done

Just finished up the vector subtraction Tw. I put together a good diagram for an example.

Twitter vector change

Twittering subtraction of two vectors, hash tag #PSC1121vector

Accelerator Twitter done

You can still review the stream of information on Twitter, channel #PSC1121acc from this morning. Good diagram - fun to make.

Twitter

Twitter conceptual question 27, chapter 2, concerning accelerators.

Hash tag: #PSC1121acc

Twitter done.

Sweet. I posted a nice diagram, too, as I worked through p. 11 in the PSM.

Twittering instantaneous speed and strobe photo from PSM

I am reviewing PSM 2.3 concerning instantaneous speed, strobe photos etc. The hashtag is #PSC1121strobe.

If you are new to Twitter

I will be using Twitter for microblogging several processes this semester: diagramming, problem-solving and writing assignments. You will be able to look over all of my tweets 24/7 if you are not online exactly when I am. Here are a few comments on using Twitter.

1. You do not have to get a Twitter account. Just type in this address
            http//twitter.com/brainwave777x
   and refresh it every once in a while. Tou will see my tweets in your web browser.
2. If you want to "follow" my channel automatically, you have to join Twitter. Here are a few spec sheets for getting started:
   1. Where to join.
   2. What does it mean to "follow" in Twitter?
3. If you join Twitter, you can also contribute to the channel.
4. I will announce the "hash tags" to identify different subchannels for each task we work on.