When the State of Texas updated the TEKS this year and listed even MORE famous people the students had to learn about, I racked my brain about finding a way to make it fun and ENGAGING! Let's face it, we can teach at students all day long about people, but how do we ensure they absorb something.
Introducing FAKEBOOK. The students have a "facebook" template in powerpoint/keynote and they input all the information they researched at home. They are so engaged in not only the research portion, but accurately representing the information they found into the project. Talk about Project Based Research at it's finest. I can't wait to see the finished project and hear the presentation portion of this, as that's the second component.
Introducing FAKEBOOK. The students have a "facebook" template in powerpoint/keynote and they input all the information they researched at home. They are so engaged in not only the research portion, but accurately representing the information they found into the project. Talk about Project Based Research at it's finest. I can't wait to see the finished project and hear the presentation portion of this, as that's the second component.