Kids love social networking but often times, it's hard to incorporate it safely in the classroom. I put together this mock-Facebook template for science this year and it turned out to be a blast for the kids. I just used Pages (or Word) and made text boxes. The kids chose an ocean organism from the bottom of the ocean food web and made a "Facebook" profile for them. They showed their understanding of the food web by writing statuses. For instance: "Just had a nice meal of algea, plankton, and bacteria with my family!" Then they might post a status as if an organism higher up on the food chain consumed them today and tagged them on Facebook. It was so easy to differentiate too. Students who needed a challenge either imported images from the internet, staged photographs using photobooth, or created videos using Videolicious. Many of the students included each other's organism in their statuses which made it seem even more authentic. I can't wait to see how else I can use this template next year!
-Katharine
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