I created this video about Community
and Genre for my Eng 200 class last semester and I think this is an useful
place to begin our discussion. At around the same time I wrote this blog post –
Community:
Jumping to become a full-patch member which further extends my argument.
Reflect on this idea of joining a community. What
communities have you joined and how has this process been similar or different
from the one I describe?
I also want you to begin thinking about the ways that the
web has made the process of learning about a community – and joining it – much
easier (or perhaps more complicated?). This can help you with your proposal as
well as your project.
Look for the web site of a business or organization that
relates to your project topic. For example, Teach For America has come up in our
goals discussion. Read up about the organization’s mission, goals, and history.
How easy will it be to join this organization? What are the steps to becoming a
full-patch member?
I also want you to investigate some hashtags (read this
post to learn more about hash tags: The
Twitter Hash Tags if you still aren’t clear
about them) that relate to your topic (and intended community). Here are a few
that I suspect will be helpful for you:
As the post above describes, hash tags develop
organically rather than systematically so you have to play and experiment a bit
to find the most appropriate and relevant hash tags. Once you have found a few
that will work for your project then investigate the Twitter stream for that hash
tag and check out the links that people Tweet. You will often find great
resources, blogs, and interesting folks this way. Tell us about them!
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