The thought behind Identity Day was that every single student and staff member would share something that they were passionate about and create some type of display or presentation to show this interest.
What is a digital tattoo?
In short, it is your digital identity. Just like a tattoo, your digital
reputation is an expression of yourself. it is formed and added to by you and others over time. Want
to learn more about yours?
Today’s teens live in both a real and virtual community, and the latter has infinite libraries and schools, radio stations, shopping malls, game arcades and much more. Their time in that community can’t be quantified, because it’s entirely integrated into their lives. It shapes and reflects their identities.
I believe that our interactions with technology have become so instinctual and embedded that we can’t accurately answer a “how many minutes” question.
Net Smart is a book for an era where we’ve moved past just creating online identities and communities, but still have to educate ourselves on how to operate in day-to-day life. Rheingold said he believes a better understanding and deeper use of things like Google, Facebook, and Twitter are “essential survival skills” that will last beyond today or the lifespan of those individual companies.
Rheingold sees as important: attention, participation, collaboration, “crap detection,” and network smarts.