{"id":3492,"date":"2015-10-20T10:31:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T07:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/?p=3270"},"modified":"2015-02-14T21:47:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T18:47:14","slug":"create-a-fakebook-profile-for-a-key-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/chronology\/create-a-fakebook-profile-for-a-key-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a \u201cFakebook\u201d Profile for a key character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When researching a key character, students could frame and present their findings by creating a fake \u201cFacebook\u201d profile using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/FB\/home-page\">Fakebook application at ClassTools<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Using this tool, students can create a timeline of a person\u2019s life, written in the first person and in the present tense (to help prevent \u2018cut and paste\u2019 syndrome). They can list \u2018friends\u2019 in blocks on the right-hand side, and create fresh blocks for such things as \u2018hobbies\u2019, \u2018enemies\u2019 and so on. It is even possible to add video clips from YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>You can view the &#8220;Fakebook Gallery&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/_FAKEBOOK\/gallery\/index.php\">here<\/a>. There is also a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/_FAKEBOOK\/docs\/fakebook_startup_guide.doc\">startup guide<\/a> and a suggested <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/_FAKEBOOK\/docs\/fakebook_marksheet.doc\">mark scheme<\/a> for Fakebook projects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-12-at-11.31.16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3271 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-12-at-11.31.16-1024x549.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-12 at 11.31.16\" width=\"1024\" height=\"549\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Taking it further<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fakebook walls can be created not just for individuals, but for concepts which have changed over time or between cultures (e.g. democracy, communism), to illustrate the changing relationship between countries (the developing alliance system before World War One). They can be used in chemistry to chart the discovery and application of particular elements, or features of the solar system in physics.<\/li>\n<li>Give extra credit to students who include threaded \u2018conversations\u2019 on the Fakebook \u2018Wall\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>Consider carefully what image would be appropriate for the \u2018wallpaper image\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When researching a key character, students could frame and present their findings by creating a fake \u201cFacebook\u201d profile using the Fakebook application at ClassTools. Using this tool, students can create a timeline of a person\u2019s life, written in the first person and in the present tense (to help prevent \u2018cut and paste\u2019 syndrome). They can&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/chronology\/create-a-fakebook-profile-for-a-key-character\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[191,198,204,205,208],"tags":[234,242,262,289,317],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pAq0G-Uk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3517,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3492\/revisions\/3517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}