The first mention of the Athletic Performance Research Center collaboration with the @Bucks. @PresLovell #loweclass pic.twitter.com/2CSoEpFyT9
— Max Templin (@MaxTemplin) January 20, 2016
Walking into Professor Lowe’s digital journalism class for the first time on Wednesday was, admittedly, somewhat intimidating. I had heard a lot of stories about how Professor Lowe is a strict instructor and how he assigns a very demanding amount of homework. However, I got a different impression when he first stepped into the classroom.
Although many things lined up with the descriptions I had previously heard, including his very “down-to-business” manner and lack of tolerance for any hats indoors, there was still another side to him that I had not heard about before. I noticed his ambition and energy. There was no doubt in my mind how passionate Professor Lowe is about journalism and about passing along his knowledge to his students. After listening to him for only five minutes, it was already clear to me that his main objective was to make us better journalists. He wasted no time after roll call before beginning our first activity. While listening to Earl Spencer’s iconic eulogy for his sister, Princess Diana, we typed up the main points on our computers as though we were covering the event live.
Then, the really exciting part of the lesson began. The class marched down to the AMU to take part in a live tweeting exercise based on Dr. Mike Lovell’s presidential address. I had no prior knowledge that I would be going to that event, but I couldn’t be happier that I did! All of our tweets had #loweclass and #MUprez as well as President Lovell's twitter handle included. Therefore, we had to make sure the pieces of the address we were sharing with our followers were as succinct and direct as possible due to the character limitations. It was a daunting task, but became more fun as the address went on.
Besides learning a lot about the proper way to live tweet an event, I was also fascinated by what I heard from President Lovell. The amount of work he has put in for the university is remarkable considering he hasn’t held the Presidential position all that long. The whole class listened intently and typed out tweets feverishly for the entire hour-long speech. As far as first classes of the semester go, this past Wednesday was hands-down the most eventful one I have ever had. I am very excited to see what we will begin doing in the next few weeks!
Although many things lined up with the descriptions I had previously heard, including his very “down-to-business” manner and lack of tolerance for any hats indoors, there was still another side to him that I had not heard about before. I noticed his ambition and energy. There was no doubt in my mind how passionate Professor Lowe is about journalism and about passing along his knowledge to his students. After listening to him for only five minutes, it was already clear to me that his main objective was to make us better journalists. He wasted no time after roll call before beginning our first activity. While listening to Earl Spencer’s iconic eulogy for his sister, Princess Diana, we typed up the main points on our computers as though we were covering the event live.
Then, the really exciting part of the lesson began. The class marched down to the AMU to take part in a live tweeting exercise based on Dr. Mike Lovell’s presidential address. I had no prior knowledge that I would be going to that event, but I couldn’t be happier that I did! All of our tweets had #loweclass and #MUprez as well as President Lovell's twitter handle included. Therefore, we had to make sure the pieces of the address we were sharing with our followers were as succinct and direct as possible due to the character limitations. It was a daunting task, but became more fun as the address went on.
Besides learning a lot about the proper way to live tweet an event, I was also fascinated by what I heard from President Lovell. The amount of work he has put in for the university is remarkable considering he hasn’t held the Presidential position all that long. The whole class listened intently and typed out tweets feverishly for the entire hour-long speech. As far as first classes of the semester go, this past Wednesday was hands-down the most eventful one I have ever had. I am very excited to see what we will begin doing in the next few weeks!