Six research teams will get free access to the Twitter backlog.

Six research teams will get free access to the Twitter backlog.Twitter grants select researchers access to its public databasewww.washingtonpost.comThe social media company is piloting a research grant program that would allow academics to study tweets.

Six research teams will get free access to the Twitter backlog.


Twitter grants select researchers access to its public database
www.washingtonpost.com
The social media company is piloting a research grant program that would allow academics to study tweets.

Shortening Words on Twitr

Looking at how people shorten words on Twitter reveals it’s something more than just trying to fit a message into the 140-character limit.


Researchers Are Totes Studying How Ppl Shorten Words On Twitter
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The team at Dartmouth College mined 180 million tweets from 900,000 users to understand word clippings — like “awks” as “awkward.” The researchers want to understand how such words originate and how they spread.

Looking at how people shorten words on Twitter reveals it’s something more than just trying to fit a message into the 140-character limit.


Researchers Are Totes Studying How Ppl Shorten Words On Twitter
www.npr.org
The team at Dartmouth College mined 180 million tweets from 900,000 users to understand word clippings — like “awks” as “awkward.” The researchers want to understand how such words originate and how they spread.

Teaching Tuesday: A writing class of 90 students

Teaching Tuesday: Ever dream of teaching a writing class of 90 students? Or is that more of a nightmare? Either way, hear from Chris Fosen and Kim Jaxon of CSU, Chico about designing and teaching a jumbo-sized class in this podcast from the National Writing Project.


Not Your Grandmother’s Comp Class
Ever wonder what a writing class of 90 students would look like? Ever wonder why anyone would design such a thing?

Teaching Tuesday: Ever dream of teaching a writing class of 90 students? Or is that more of a nightmare? Either way, hear from Chris Fosen and Kim Jaxon of CSU, Chico about designing and teaching a jumbo-sized class in this podcast from the National Writing Project.


Not Your Grandmother’s Comp Class
Ever wonder what a writing class of 90 students would look like? Ever wonder why anyone would design such a thing?