In yesterday’s post I referenced The New York Times Article, Writer’s New Form: Tweet-Up Comedy. One of the most interesting components to the piece
was WitStream, an aggregator of humorous tweets. Now I think WitStream is simply genius. It helps that Michael Ian Black is one of the brains behind it, and I do like the idea of a “24 hour live comedy ticker.” I am not recommending that you show the website/posts in their entirety to your students. It can be a minefield. Instead, take a screenshot of appropriate WitStream posts. See example below:
