Resources To Start Off Your Week 86
At the start of each week I post a list of Resources to Start Off Your Week with at least two new additions that I will add to my favourite websites page (when applicable, resources will also be added in to my Manitoba resources page).
I’ve been spending a lot of time in the past 2 weeks developing a blogging program for my students for next year (I posted briefly about it before). In this planning I’ve been creating different blogging prompts to provide direction for my students; one of which included creating a fake social media post from the perspective of a historical figure.
I like the idea of students creating social media posts because it requires them to acquire a historical perspective and put themselves in another person’s shoes. You can use this idea easily in both the Social Studies and English classroom:
– character profiles
– historical figure profiles
– show relationships between different characters/people
– show responses to events
– you could use these as part of a larger assignment or simply have it as an exit/entrance slip to demonstrate understanding of a smaller concept
1 ) Fake Twitter Post
– http://simitator.com/generator/twitter/tweet
I’ve been spending a lot of time in the past 2 weeks developing a blogging program for my students for next year (I posted briefly about it before). In this planning I’ve been creating different blogging prompts to provide direction for my students; one of which included creating a fake social media post from the perspective of a historical figure.
I like the idea of students creating social media posts because it requires them to acquire a historical perspective and put themselves in another person’s shoes. You can use this idea easily in both the Social Studies and English classroom:
– character profiles
– historical figure profiles
– show relationships between different characters/people
– show responses to events
– you could use these as part of a larger assignment or simply have it as an exit/entrance slip to demonstrate understanding of a smaller concept
1 ) Fake Twitter Post
– http://simitator.com/generator/twitter/tweet
2 ) Fake Facebook Post
– http://simitator.com/generator/facebook/status
3 ) Fake Snapchat Post
– http://snapsr.com/
4 ) Fake iPhone Message Post
– http://www.ios7text.com/
I’m still looking for a good place to create fake Instagram posts. If you know of one please let me know!
Have a good week