Sites Along The Way: You Don't Want To Miss These 07/07/2011

• Free Technology for Teachers: Three Ways to Create Fake Facebook Profiles for Historical Characters

  Creating a fake Facebook profile for a character in a book or of a famous person in history could be a good way to get students interested in writing about that person. Doing that on Facebook.com is a violation of Facebook's terms of service, but there are some ways to create fake Facebook profiles without using Facebook.com. Here are three ways to create fake Facebook profiles.

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  • Creating a fake Facebook profile for a character in a book or of a famous person in history could be a good way to get students interested in writing about that person. Doing that on Facebook.com is a violation of Facebook's terms of service, but there are some ways to create fake Facebook profiles without using Facebook.com. Here are three ways to create fake Facebook profiles.

• Authors Who Skype with Classes & Book Clubs (for free!)

  This is a list of authors who offer free 20-minute Q and A sessions with classes and book clubs that have finished reading one of their books. Can you imagine how exciting this would be for your students?  Wow!

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  • With that in mind, this is a list of authors who offer free 20-minute Q and A sessions with classes and book clubs that have finished reading one of their books. As an author, I offer free Skype chats for the following titles:
    
    
    (Please check book release dates! Upcoming titles are also listed; Skype visits available upon book’s release!)
    
    If you’re interested in booking a “virtual visit” with me, please visit my website or drop me an email (kmessner at katemessner dot com). 
    

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