Before we explore into the literature, let’s first brainstorm 1) what “health” means to you or what one needs to do to be “healthy”; and 2) what conditions or factors have to be in place to make a person “healthy.” You are encouraged at this stage mainly to tap into your own thinking of “health” based on your personal experiences and knowledge.
Activity:
During this week, from January 23 to 27, each student will explore and brainstorm the questions listed above using Twitter. In other words, you will tweet any ideas or thoughts that you came up with within 140 characters. Please just use text and no attachment. Students are encouraged to discuss the topic with their family members, roommates, or friends.
Instructions:
Tweet at least two times responding to each question listed above starting January 23 ending January 27. However, you can tweet as many as you like as you will brainstorm around the questions and you can respond to other tweets by replying to them if so inclined. Include a hashtag, “#hmec2000” (without quotations) in each tweet. It doesn’t matter where you place “#hmec2000″ at the beginning, ending or in the middle in your tweet. It’s very important that you don’t typo the hashtag. If you do, your tweet won’t be processed for our view.
The Purpose of the Exercise:
As I explained in the class, this exercise will give you an opportunity to broadly brainstorm the notion of "health" based on your experiences and personal knowledge. The intention of this exercise is to begin flexing your reflective power that would be your source for screneening, selecting, and analyzing research materials later on.
If you are interested in getting more details about Twitter hashtags, read - Hashtags on Twitter: How do you follow them?
How to Tweet with Twitter :
- If you haven’t set up your Twitter account, set up your account by visiting Twitter site.
- To tweet, visit Twitter site with your desktop browser or use any Twitter tools such as TweetDeck or DigiTweet among many tools available, or any mobile Twitter tools that you feel comfortable using.
Here is the Course Mobile Site.
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