Comments on: Digital Footprints in the Sands of Time http://blog.tech4learning.ca/2009/10/digital-footprints-in-the-sands-of-time/ discussing the issues and joys of technology and learning Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:10:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: James Aitchison http://blog.tech4learning.ca/2009/10/digital-footprints-in-the-sands-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-10128 James Aitchison Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:10:56 +0000 http://blog.tech4learning.ca/?p=237#comment-10128 I was going to respond... then I forgot what I was going to say. Great post Cindy. I was going to respond… then I forgot what I was going to say. Great post Cindy.

]]> By: rdrunner http://blog.tech4learning.ca/2009/10/digital-footprints-in-the-sands-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-9260 rdrunner Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:38:16 +0000 http://blog.tech4learning.ca/?p=237#comment-9260 Penny that's a great question. Is the lesson just as you posed perhaps, that our most recent work will be that which is remembered? Perhaps communities are kinder though than the authorities that dealt with the black and white of the article at the border. Or will we over time adopt similar postures of forgive and forget within the technology as that which makes us human to begin with. Penny that’s a great question. Is the lesson just as you posed perhaps, that our most recent work will be that which is remembered? Perhaps communities are kinder though than the authorities that dealt with the black and white of the article at the border. Or will we over time adopt similar postures of forgive and forget within the technology as that which makes us human to begin with.

]]> By: Barbara Sakamoto http://blog.tech4learning.ca/2009/10/digital-footprints-in-the-sands-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-9258 Barbara Sakamoto Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:36:11 +0000 http://blog.tech4learning.ca/?p=237#comment-9258 Every once in awhile I google myself and my family members just to see what's out there. Believe it or not, I can still find a profile page from a deleted Xanga (like myspace) account from my daughter's junior high school days, when she was just learning what was and was not OK to put online. Nothing goes away. It just becomes part of a cache, somewhere :) Every once in awhile I google myself and my family members just to see what’s out there. Believe it or not, I can still find a profile page from a deleted Xanga (like myspace) account from my daughter’s junior high school days, when she was just learning what was and was not OK to put online.

Nothing goes away. It just becomes part of a cache, somewhere :)

]]> By: Penny http://blog.tech4learning.ca/2009/10/digital-footprints-in-the-sands-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-9238 Penny Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:45:47 +0000 http://blog.tech4learning.ca/?p=237#comment-9238 Cindy, Such important topics to touch on. It is well worth the time to listen to the full interview with Viktor Mayer-Shonberger. The permanency of information is indeed troublesome but equally troublesome is the lack of context (especially in terms of time frame). A major complaint heard from those of us who grew up in very small towns, is that your actions (and those of your ancestors) are never forgotten. It can be difficult to grow and change, as those around you never "forget" who you were and "where you come from". It's a hard road to travel, but eventually (with twice as many good deeds as the next guy) those footprints may fade. I find it interesting to watch society as a whole, deal with challenges that are part of culture in small rural communities. I wonder what lessons can be shared? Cindy,
Such important topics to touch on. It is well worth the time to listen to the full interview with Viktor Mayer-Shonberger. The permanency of information is indeed troublesome but equally troublesome is the lack of context (especially in terms of time frame).
A major complaint heard from those of us who grew up in very small towns, is that your actions (and those of your ancestors) are never forgotten. It can be difficult to grow and change, as those around you never “forget” who you were and “where you come from”. It’s a hard road to travel, but eventually (with twice as many good deeds as the next guy) those footprints may fade.
I find it interesting to watch society as a whole, deal with challenges that are part of culture in small rural communities. I wonder what lessons can be shared?

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