This document outlines the agenda for a lecture on meaningful content on Twitter and Facebook. It includes reviewing student homework assignments summarizing talks by Evan Williams and an article on how Twitter will change the way we live. It also discusses findings from an experiment on human ecology and Twitter, where researchers competed to gain the most Twitter replies. For homework, students are asked to review citizen science projects on the Scientific American website and comment on which one they would participate in.

1. Twitter, Facebook & Meaningful
Content
Lecture 8 :: Dr. Jessica Laccetti Note: Images from
Scientific American

2. Outline
• Homework Review
• Facebook Assignment Examples
• Meaningful Content on Twitter
• Facebook Page Examples
• Homework

3. Homework Review
• Half the class will be ready to share with us a
summary of Evan Williams’ talk
• Half the class will be ready to share with us a
summary of “How Twitter will Change the
Way We Live”
• 15-20 minutes!

4. Evan Williams on Listening to Twitter
Users
• In groups:
– Create a summary of Williams’ talk
– Use the google doc presentation option and make
your summary PUBLIC
– Put the link to your summary in a comment on
today’s lecture post
– Be ready for me to call our ANY group to share
their ppt with the class

5. How Twitter Will Change the Way We
Live
• In groups:
– Create a summary of Steve Johnson’s article
– Use the google doc presentation option and make
your summary PUBLIC
– Put the link to your summary in a comment on
today’s lecture post
– Be ready for me to call our ANY group to share
their ppt with the class

6. Human Ecology & Twitter
• The Web Ecology Project set up an experiment
in which teams of researchers competed to
gain the most Twitter @replies.
• Read about the findings here:
http://www.technologyreview.com/web/3949
7/
• Tell me @JessL what the main findings were.

7. Human Ecology & the Twitterverse
• Finding useful information amid the
cacophony

13. Homework
• Have a look at the Scientific American Citizen
Science page
• Peruse the projects (note there are useful
subject headings like Energy & Sustainability,
Evolution, Health etc)
• In a blog comment on today’s lecture post, tell
me which project you would participate in and
why.