Fakebook - a nice way to do character analysis

On my team last year, the social studies teacher had students creating imaginary Facebook pages to demonstrate their understanding of historic figures.  The students planned them out on a template, then created paper versions of the imagined online profiles.  The results were good, but the irony of creating a paper simulacrum of a digital identity really stood out.  I imagined using a similar tool in my class, wherein students would track a character's development through a profile page - for A Midsummer Night's Dream, I could imagine Oberon's profile:  for relationship status, he's put "it's complicated;"  his current status could easily be "is invisible and watching two humans argue."  He would friend almost any female that crossed his path, be alternately attached to and then unfriended by Titania, etc.

What held me back was the paper aspect.

Along comes Fakebook - a very easy to use mock up of a Facebook profile page.  Students click on fields and fill in the details - creating a product with no concerns about formatting, layout, design - it's all there.  Students can save their work, print it, or even embed them into a class page or blog, should they choose and - with some planning - a teacher can quickly review them online or collect paper copies for assessment purposes.

This sort of tool is a great one for teachers just getting their feet wet with online assignments - and it's just one of the many tools available from Classtools.net - I urge everyone to give it a look!