I just wanted to share this blog entry from: http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=3719 about using http://www.myfakewall.com in the classroom. This particular example is from an English teacher but think about the possibilities for LOTE, ESL & History just to begin with.
"Today I worked with a mixed seventh and eighth grade class who is reading To Kill a Mockingbird. The teacher was looking for ways for the students to explore the characters more in-depth and think about how authors develop characters. I thought having the students create a fake “Facebook” profile page would be a great way to accomplish all of those learning goals. As one of the students said, “It is totally fun”.
Each student created an fake profile on www.myfakewall.com for one of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird and it looked just like a Facebook information page. This gave them the opportunity to think about characteristics, interests, activities, quotes, and some creative license to flesh out the details. I knew about My Fake Wall, but because of the HEAVY advertising, and its request for an email address I wasn’t convinced it was the best place for students to be. However once
the students created the profile page of the character however my Fake Wall even allowed them to create posts and hold discussions between characters.
The students really enjoyed thinking about characters this way and as we were wrapping up for the day they asked, “could we go on here and create some of these for historical characters?” One wanted to take on Hitler and another Columbus. I always consider a lesson successful when students aren’t ready to stop the learning…this one was a success!"
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