Inventor Assignment. Choose an inventor to research using the guidelines given by your teacher.

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1 1 Name Class Inventor Assignment Challenge: Tech Tool: Getting Started: Your assignment is to conduct research on a famous inventor using a minimum of 3 credible sources You will use the information you gather to create a Fakebook page that will represent your inventor as if your inventor was a Facebook user A Web 20 tool called Fakebook Choose an inventor to research using the guidelines given by your teacher Task #1: Researching Your Inventor 1 Locate 3 credible resources that you can use to gather information on your inventor The following are great ideas for resources: Books Credible internet sites (Do not use Wikipedia as a primary resource) Any of the databases listed on our school Destiny page under Research Databases Magazines or newspapers Encyclopedia

2 2 2 Answer the following when taking notes (This will be the inventor s profile): Inventor s Name Date of Birth Date of Death (If your inventor is still alive, leave this blank) Where he/she lived Family Relationship Status What is this person famous for? List at least 3 important events or facts (If he/she has won any awards, be sure to include them here)

3 3 Hobbies Other famous people that were alive during this time period that he/she may have known (at least 3, but no more than 7) These will be entered as Friends Additional Notes

4 4 Task #2: Planning Your Fakebook Page Photographs 1 Locate photographs online of your inventor and those that you listed as other famous people they may have known (Friends) If possible, use resources such as Britannica School Edition that have ready to copy and paste citations (Note that we use APA style) If you use a resource that does not have ready to copy citations, then make sure you take notes I found it on a website notes Website title Publisher or sponsor Date that it was electronically published: Day Month Year Website title Publisher or sponsor Date that it was electronically published: Day Month Year Website title Publisher or sponsor Date that it was electronically published: Day Month Year I found it on an online database notes Database Database

5 5 Database 2 Save the pictures to My Pictures for easy access later Right click on the picture with your mouse Select Save Picture As Name the file the name of the person pictured Task #3: Planning Your Fakebook Page Status Entries 1 List at least 5 posts the inventor may have made using what you know from your research List at least 3 comments that a friend may have made

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7 7 Task #4: Making Your Fakebook Page 1 Go to Fakebook at 2 Enter the inventor s name and photo Name and Photo 3 Enter the inventor s profile by clicking on Click Here to Edit Profile Enter the information you noted in the section titled Answer the following when taking notes (This will be the inventor s profile) of this assignment sheet Edit Profile 4 Enter at least 3 Friends and their photos by clicking on Friends (add) Friends and Photos 5 Enter at least 5 posts the inventor may have made using what you know from your research List at least 3 comments that a friend may have made including the date that the comment could have happened Do this by clicking Comments under the inventor s post You can also like or dislike comments or posts Posts

8 8 6 If you want to add a little extra oomph to your project, think about adding a relevant video by creating another post Paste the url for the video into the content section of the post (Optional) Task #5: Finishing Touches and Citing Sources 1 Use EasyBibcom to create a bibliography 2 Your last post will be your bibliography Enter Bibliography as the author, copy and paste your bibliography into the contents box, enter your name and today s date into the date box Task #6: Saving or Printing Your Work 1 To save your work follow these steps: Use the menu in the upper right hand corner and click Save On the top of the screen there is a blue box that lets you enter a password in order to save and edit your work Write your password here so that you don t forget it *I have had difficulty saving this way in the past especially if not a lot of information has been added, so here are some other options Save a screen shot of your work: Click Print (This will remove the ugly ads) Move the print options out of the screen shot Hold down the CTRL key and click the Print Screen key Open up Microsoft Office Picture Manager Right Click and Paste Select your project Click Edit Picture Click Crop Resize your picture to where you can only see the fakebook page Save the project using your first and last name with the words fakebook after it (ex: KellieBeggsFakebook) 2 To print your work, simply click print on the fakebook webpage