Why use fake Twitter Profiles? Source: Ryan O'Donnell

Before students can create a fake Twitter profile, they must first complete their research on their character or person, learning enough about them to put themselves into that character or person's virtual "shoes". Can they think like that person/character well enough to "summarize their achievements or highlight their characteristics". To complete the template, students also will "need to know about others who were connected to them in some way. For example if I was do assigned Atticus Finch from "To Kill A Mockinbird" I would have to know about his relationship with three individuals such as Scout, Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson".

Fake Twitter profiles also give students the opportunity to learn how to "use and manipulate the tools found in Google ​Drawing. These skills are the same for other programs like Docs and Slides. Students will become more proficient with all these and find themselves using techniques like Crop, Layering, Shape Tools, etc for years to come".