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this one as well, was more interesting yet shared the same general idea.

this videos a little cheesy, but shows a good connection on our physical selves and or virtual identities and how this makes maintaining our reputations that much more difficult.

It is inherent in human nature to express oneself in order to forge a personal identity. The medium has only recently taken a complete shift into new territories, the online identity. An online identity is anything and everything we want it to be. Facebook has become a phenomenon, reaching millions of people all over the world. It has also become our generation's form of personal expression. Through it we can create a profile of ourselves that we wish to share with others. We are allowed to see our own profiles and therefore our own identities from the third person perspective. This different perspective is imperative to how Facebook has changed our identities.

Facebook, a site primarily used by college students and young graduates transitioning into the work force. The outcome of this initial case study is a framework for understanding how users manage self-presentation while maintaining social relationships in heterogeneous networks.

This source shows both sides of the internet, examining how the benefits of the internet can change depending on what you use it for.

This is a survey on surveymonkey.com. I have posted the link below. I would ask if everyone would kindly take it as it is important to my research with the results. Thank you.

This entire website, HASTAC, is pretty interesting. Lots of resources related to teaching and digital media

I found that this video could be directly related back to the concept of using your "exterior brain" Crowd-sourcing is the act of giving a task to an outside group of people...such as Wikipedia. It thinks for you!

Sarah, you might find this interesting as well: http://hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/how-crowdsource-grading

Kids are more likely to know who to use a computer or cell phone than know how to ride a bike or know how to swim.

A quick view with some examples on societal benefits of music file sharing. The Negative effects from this student is http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02241/pros.htm

This article discusses whether our constant use of the internet might actually be changing the way our brains do their work - physically and mentally. Why should the brain retain information if it knows that Google can supplement what it's lost? Studies have shown that our habitual practices can actually change our neuronal structures, and what is more habitual than our constant use of the internet? This article posits that we may be losing some of our capability for contemplative concentration due to technology and a culture that is no longer print-based.

This article gives a little synopsis on the study done on the the effect of file sharing on record sales. The full paper is http://www.unc.edu/~cigar/papers/FileSharing_March2004.pdf

Holy Freaking Shit! :-O

This is kinda cool and funny. hehe.

Is it?

This is totally sick and retro. Lol.

A teacher talks about how he researched himself and then began to build himself a good and accurate digital identity.

For decades, educators have been scrambling to find better ways to prepare students for the real world. It began with the mildly apocalyptic government report, A Nation at Risk, which warned that an outdated school system was unwittingly sabotaging America's economic superiority.