Please Prepare a Half-Page (Single-Spaced) Response for Each of the Following Topics In

Social Studies 11 Twitter Assignment - Surrey Connect Student: Date: Partners:

Not Yet Yes Performance Indicators Main Category: Joining Twitter DATE  Go to www.twitter.com and create a free account. Try to use a username that is recognizable. Please get into the habit of checking Twitter once a day during Module 3.  Create your profile. Main Category: Following people  Follow @teacher on Twitter  Find and follow your classmates. (Use @teacher “following” and “followers” to help you)  Find 10 politicians or political journalists to follow that includes:  @PMHarper – Prime Minister Stephen Harper  @Nycole_Turmel – interim NDP Leader Nycole Turmel  @BobRaeMP – interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae  @gillesduceppe – Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe  @elizabethmay – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May Others: http://www.joetek.ca/canadian-politicians-on-twitter/ http://politwitter.ca/page/canadian-politicians-on-twitter

Main Category: Tweeting  Send your first tweet!  Send a tweet to Mr. *** by including @****** in your tweet  Send a tweet to a classmate  Reply to a classmate’s tweet  Reply to a tweet by Mr. ****  Retweet a tweet that you think is relevant to Module 3 (Canadian Government & Politics)  Send a tweet with a shortened URL http://bit.ly/ or http://tinyurl.com/

Twitter Assignment Link must be to a credible article on Canadian politics & Government  Send a tweet with the hashtag #surconss11 related to Government & Politics  Suggest a Canadian politician or journalist to follow using FF #FollowFriday. This person should be a good source of information for teens who wish to learn more about politics and government in Canada

Please prepare a half-page (single-spaced) response for each of the following topics in the space provided.

1. Select a leader of a Canadian political party and go back and read his/her tweets. Please identify five issues that are important to this politician.

Issues can include election items: budget, economy, jobs, unemployment, defence, health care, education, immigration etc…

Issues of importance can also include local issues or special interests: Aboriginal issues, constituency projects,

2. Given what you have learned and observed, please explain whether your selected politicians use of Twitter is effective. Is the politician increasing his/her following? Do his/her tweets generate discussion and interest in the party? Are the tweets important (based on matters of substance)? Does the politician tweet enough to maintain interest in Twitterverse?

10 Marks

Criteria for Grading:

o clear topic sentence is articulated o analysis of politicians twitter use is insightful and accurate o abundant use of evidence to support selection o evidence presented in a logical sequence o sources utilized have been cited in References list using APA (for shortened URL) o submission has been edited and is free of any writing errors that detract from meaning

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