My Digital Life

Q1 The Core Calibration: Scanning Your Core

3. My Digital Life

Discover Your Power Signature!

The True Colors assessment is a high-tech tool used here in The Hero Lab to help you decode your "inner hardware." It’s designed to show you what makes you tick and help you appreciate the different powers your friends and squad-mates bring to the table.

Think of these four colors as the "Hero Classes" of the digital world. Understanding your Power Signature helps you discover your natural strengths so you can be more successful in class, in your hobbies, and in your friendships.

Knowing your True Colors also helps you build a strong Secret Identity. When you know who you really are, it’s much easier to stay true to yourself even when social media makes you feel like you have to act like someone else just to get likes or followers.

The Calibration Process

As you move through this mission, you will take a scan to determine your Primary Color. This tool was developed to help you identify your strengths and understand why you might learn or work differently from the person sitting next to you. Instead of using complicated labels, we use four colors to describe our Hero Types:

  • Orange: The Rapid Responder (Drifter)
  • Gold: The Strategy Specialist (The Watcher)
  • Green: The Idea Inventor (Wildcard)
  • Blue: The Empathy Expert (Heartfire)

Lab Note: There are no "bad" colors in the Hero Lab. Every successful team needs a mix of all four signatures to win the day.

Step 1. Take the True Colors Personality Test.

  • There will be a series of statements for each category. You will rank each statement with a 1, 2, 3, or 4 based on the key in the test.  You cannot use the number more than once.
  • 21T4S T3.Q1 True Colors site (the image below is also linked to the site)

Header image of the True Colors Personality Test site. The image is linked to the site.


Step 2. Record your True Colors in your Portfolio by taking a screenshot and pasting it into the appropriate slide (add slide number once portfolio is created).  The image below is a sample of the report you will receive when you select "Calculate My Colors" at the end of the test.

Sample image of the True Colors report and the screenshot that should be added to their portfolio.

Step 3. Find the slides that match with your True Color within the embedded slides below.

  • Do the "strengths," "perceptions," and "people" fit into your own style?
  • Discuss your findings with a partner or your team.
  • Add your thoughts and findings to your portfolio.


3.Q1 Vocabulary

3.Q1 Your Hero ID 

3.Q1 Student Checklist

3.Q1 Teacher Guide

MITECS   Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and

ISTE Standards for Students

Empowered Learner

1a Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them, and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.

1c Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

21T4S Documents & Quizzes