My Fake Wall

While reading and researching for another class, I came across a site that I just had to share! See for a long time I have had my history students create Fake Facebook accounts on a paper template I found. They had to do paper ones because it is wrong to do on the real Facebook site and Facebook is blocked at school. I thought this was an original idea, but then one of my catalogs had a digital CD or poster version you could order called Farcebook. Still, both of these cost money and the poster one would require printing, gluing, etc. The site that I found today lets you create a fake "wall" on any character you want. You have to sign up to join, but it is totally free.

Baltimore County Public Schools' Resource Wiki for Software, Assistive Technologies, Web 2.0 Tools, Digital Content, and Resources has written a great post on using My Fake Wall. The author posts a description, directions, ideas for classroom use, and ideas for differentiating. Also, I found a great PDF step-by-step tutorial you can use that starts with creating an account and goes through the entire process.

Here are some ways you can use My Fake Wall:

Profile on any historical character, biography on important person from math, science, etc., profile on a book character. You can share the link to your profile with others which makes collaborating and learning really easy.

This teacher shared a project for the book The Outsiders. One of the documents in their downloadable pack is a rubric for the project. Definitely a great tool for assessment!

This is such a great tool that reaches all levels of Bloom's. You have to recall basic information, but by adding relationships, friends, networks, etc. you are reaching higher levels of thinking.

I am so excited to find this site. Like I mentioned, I have been doing a paper copy of this project for a long time, but am so excited about this digital version.

Want to see 2 of the My Fake Wall profiles I found that were really neat? Click below!

Martin Luther My Fake Wall
FDR My Fake Wall