iFake Text Messaging
Tech Tool Talk
What is it?
iFake Text Message is a website that allows you to create fake text messages. It has dozens of options and capabilities. iFake Text Messaging will allow you to use your creativity to generate any text message image that you can imagine. Let your creativity run wild and create an awesome iPhone Text Message conversations. There is also an app available for android.
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Classroom View
- Have students create fake text conversations between people they are studying, such as literary characters or historical figures.
- Set up a conservation between characters in a story and have students complete the conversation in their reading journals. Then, give students the opportunity to pair and share with a partner.
- Review vocabulary by asking students to use context clues from the text conversation in order to define the word. Tell students to define the term and continue the conversation.
Text Message Converstaion
Students can change the text bubble colors, create a message, and add a name of the person/thing they are texting.
Battery, Connection, Settings
Students can change the battery life, their connections, and even add settings to the top of the screen like a real smart phone.
Example iFake Text Message Morning Announcement
This teacher displays a fake text every morning that tells students what to do when they get to class.
Student Work Sample
This is from a class that used the story The Three Little Pigs, and they after the teacher read the story she gave the students an already made up iFake Text Message on the board and the students had to complete the messages in their journals. This is a good activity because it allows students to be creative but the teacher is still guiding them by giving them a few messages already sent.
Similair Apps/Websites
-Texting Story is an app very similar to iFake Text Messaging. It is an app for both apple and android, while iFake Text Messaging has an app only for android. Texting Story allows student to write stories through a text message like screen.
-iphonefaketext.com is a website very similar to iFake Text Messaging and you can send pictures on this site.