This week, my classmate Maddy and I were tasked with completing a twitter scavenger hunt around Seton Hall University, as was the rest of the class. We needed to talk to people around campus using several given prompts. The twitter scavenger hunt gave us both the opportunity to learn more about our school and come into contact with different students with different opinions.
We received several notable quotes from various sources. For example, our “Student on the Street” revealed that she only gets her news on twitter. This goes to show how modern day the average young adult/teen tends to rely upon social media for information.
Interestingly, this was a contrast to the way the professor we interviewed saw social media.
Professor Pace seemed to place an emphasis more on education at Seton Hall. Similarly, a peer of ours told us about the academic opportunities at Seton Hall.
We both also enjoyed asking students about their school spirit and how they support the basketball team. One student discussed Bounce n’ Trounce, the 24 hour pep rally.
Another student gave us his opinion on the men’s basketballs historic season. Seeing how excited students get over school sports gave us a different perspective on how the school comes together to support Seton Hall.
We also learned how the Seton Hall community engages with students through extra curricular activities.
This activity allowed us to learn new things about our peers and our campus, and provided a new perspective on how students view Seton Hall as well as the surrounding area.
One of the top tweets from the class was Catherine’s concerning the tunnels on campus. People seemed to engage with the tweet more, probably because it is an interesting subject. Another class highlight was Liam’s tweet about the leprechaun because he represents the same passion we saw when interviewing people for our hunt. Liam’s other tweet about the music and economics major at Seton Hall, this was something we chose to respond to as the topic seemed so interesting. All of Liam’s tweets had interesting introductions followed by compelling quotes.
Kassidy’s tweet about Mooney Hall was an interesting fun fact about the University that many people may not have known.
This exercise was fun; we got to learn new things and engage with new people. It was also challenging, as sometimes certain quotes were not as compelling as they should have been.
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