My Fake Wall is a website currently in Beta which guides you through setting up a 'facebook' wall for a historical figure or even a character from a story. You can use photos, or images freely available or even original illustrations.
I thought this example created by a student using Cinderella was a real giggle and shows the possibilities as an activity to demonstrate understanding.
The downfall??
It does have quite a few ads on the site and you do need to register (which is free), this is where setting up a 'dummy' e-mail account used only for sign ups to websites you use with students could come in handy.
An alternative is offered by Glenn who writes the History Tech Blog and posted about how Social Media could be used in the classroom. Check out that Blog post HERE
He suggests using a Fake Facebook Powerpoint Template and also this Rubric to guide students through the task to focus on the thinking NOT the tech
Danny over at The Whiteboard Blog considered how this could be applied with science and created this fab 'Facebook page' for Sodium
I would love to hear what you think of this as an option and if you do use if, post links to your pages!
Until next time
K
My Fake wall would be a fun thing to use with senior ext students. I won't try it with the 5 year olds though - they don't know anything about facebook anyway. Lol
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