In conjunction with the new iCLAST unit on “identity,” 7th grade students explored the concept of “digital identity” today.

Searching our own names online (Bing, Google, Ask, Yahoo, Pipl.com, Spock.com), we found that unless you know someone in the real world, it can be impossible to figure out what results are accurate and which are about someone completely different.  This can become important when it is time to apply for high school, college or jobs, as well as with friends and parents.

A few students, like Aranza and Deividas, have unique enough names that there wasn’t any misinformation associated with their searches.  Others, like Forrest, learned that there are thousands of results that have little to do with their own lives.

Some highlights of the class:

  • Aaron is an all conference 2nd baseman who hit .351
  • Sophie S. went to The Giddens School (true fact)
  • Veronica lives down in Grenada Hills, CA
  • Toby died during the war of 1812
  • Isabel stars in 2 teenage novels
  • Dani is a broadway star-quality singer and dancer
  • Amanda works at Parliament
  • Rachel L. has 2 children
  • Augie’s dad’s name is Chris (true fact)
  • Aselya has her own radio station
  • Sophie L. is a honey farmer
  • Curtis won the 2008 stock market game (true fact)
  • Nicholas has a 5-star film
  • Alex is a DJ
  • Nicole has a boyfriend named Steve
  • Twig is a florist
  • Halley is a 43 year old Englishman
  • Abbey is a 70 year old Australian
  • Nova volunteered to feed kids (true fact)
  • Forrest is a 3 out of 4 star doctor
  • Rachel R is a supervisor at Netflix
  • Isaac is a black male who died in South Carolina
  • Drew is an actor
  • Ronan is a Facebook friend with someone named Ilya (true fact)
  • Reyna is a business analyst from Toronto
  • Nick is a realtor in Mount Vernon
  • Sophia gets her hair cut in Queen Anne (true fact)
  • Aranza is mentioned in a webpage about brain research (true fact)