more than half of students failed to click on the link provided within the tweet
Incredible... and somehow not surprising. When browsing news, I find myself often tempted to simply gather what is in a headline and move along. It is necessary to dig deeper when forming an opinion or staying informed.
Open up your journal or a new blank writing space. Take twenty minutes and write six words that identify who you are. Only six words…no more…no less. These six words may be who you would like to be, or who you think you should be. But, in this process, you need to identify yourself in six words.
This is not an exercise I've ever considered before. To take 20 minutes to focus on only 6 words to me originally sounded tedious, but upon mulling it over I think it's an important step when forging your online identity. Maybe it is not a necessary step necessary for everyone to understand who they want to be, or who they would like to appear as, but it can give concise direction. limiting it to 6 words also narrows the content you will create under that identity, creating a more focused audience that will more consistently be interested in your posts or other content.