Twitter

Before this assignment involving Twitter, I was somewhat familiar with it. I was required to use it for a college credit course I had taken in high school. The purpose of it for the class however was much different than what I was required to complete for the Hixson class. Before, the only time I needed to tweet was to alert my teacher when I had completed a project. Obviously, this class required me to use Twitter to a much fuller extent.
I am not what-so-ever a fan of Twitter. Over the past couple of weeks, while being required to use it I have become more accepting of it, but I would still much rather stick with Facebook. I can see potentially how Twitter could be usefeul to people. Reasons might include keeping up to date with friends and collegues, or just as I had used in my class, alerting one or more people when something is complete. I can also see how Twitter could be fun for some people. It gives you a chance to see what your friends are up to, and even follow celebrities. These are the benefits I see of using Twitter.
Just as with any type of social media, people need to be careful what they tweet. By tweeting inappropriate messages, people can get in trouble at the workplace, with friends, or with anyone familiar who is using Twitter. I do not see the need to let the world know what I am up to. This is what bothers me most about Twitter. I can see using it occasionally when it's needed, but I find no pleasure in tweeting for fun. You may agreee or disagree with me, but these are my thoughts I have come to develop about twitter over the past couple of weeks while we were required to tweet.

Diversity Event

At first I was unsure of attending a diversity event. I was unaware of what they were, what they were all about, and the fact they were even offered. Upon first arriving, I was suprised at how many professionals were present at the seminar. The keynote speaker was a professor from another univerisity which was in Minnesota I believe. The speaker was very knowledgeable about the content of his presentation. He presented his presentation in an outline format, which I found to be conveniant. The presentation was for the College of Engineering, and some of the material was a little over my head, but by refering back to his outline at the beginning, I was able to follow along quite easily. The material I remember the most about the presentation was how he included math formula's to push his point of diversity through to his audience. It was a unique and effective method. The key message I received from the seminar was although diversity can be hard to accept at times, it can be very beneficial to communities and work places. The professor gave a few examples from a book which had the similiar message about diversity. Most of the examples given were of a how a problem was given to a diverse group, or even just opened up to the public verses a select group of people, and the results and answers found to these problems were phenominal. After attending this diversity event, my mind is more open to diversity and welcoming of other ethnicities. It gave me a greater perspective on diversity compared to what I thought I had previously had. I felt it was well worth my time and I would not object to attending another diversity event.