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This new template<\/a> allows you to create fictional “status updates” that can then be printed off for display purposes. Students could be asked<\/p>\n

* What are the most important people in this topic?
\n * What was their most important moment within the topic?
\n * What would their comment be about it?
\n * What particular keywords would they use within their comment?
\n * What hashtag could they maybe use at the end of the message?
\n * What nickname did they have \/ could we invent to use as their username?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This new template allows you to create fictional “status updates” that can then be printed off for display purposes. Students could be asked * What are the most important people in this topic? * What was their most important moment within the topic? * What would their comment be about it? * What particular keywords… <\/p>\n

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