Fun Fact: According to the Center of Innovative Public Health Research, the average teen sends approximately 3,500 text messages per month (3,952 for girls; 2,815 for boys). While texting in the classroom can certainly be a distraction, there may be instances where we as teachers can engage our students with something they enjoy to allow them to demonstrate learning in a creative way.
The same folks that created Fakebook have another fun learning tool, the SMS Generator, for just that purpose. With the SMS generator, students can create conversations between two historical or literary figures to demonstrate what they have learned about them.
See the video below to learn how the SMS generator works and how student work can be shared.
