Comments on: Identity, memory, death, and the internet http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/18/identity-memory-death-and-the-internet/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: gsiemens http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/18/identity-memory-death-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-25046 gsiemens Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:16:02 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4306#comment-25046 Hi Geoff - I'll have a look at geni.com. Sounds like facebook :). I agree with the experience of stories. Stories shared by family members have such a strong formative impact on how we think/act/learn. It is difficult to overstate the value of embedding memories and identities through narrative... Hi Geoff – I’ll have a look at geni.com. Sounds like facebook :) .

I agree with the experience of stories. Stories shared by family members have such a strong formative impact on how we think/act/learn. It is difficult to overstate the value of embedding memories and identities through narrative…

]]> By: Geoff Cain http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/18/identity-memory-death-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-25045 Geoff Cain Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:51:52 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4306#comment-25045 I was talking to a nephew once about some funny stories about my paternal grandfather. He had no idea what I was talking about. I was really taken aback - these were stories that were told and retold by my uncles. I thought it was terrible that my nephew did not have that connection with the family and that the family had grown larger and increasingly spread out. He had never seen a picture of him either which was a shame because I think they look alike. Anyway, I was talking to a co-worker about this and he turned me on to Geni.com. It is a really interesting service - it is like socially networked viral genealogy. You create a profile and enter in email addresses to family members. They in turn create a profile and enter in email addresses to other family members. It was not to long before we had hundreds of people participating. I have a free account there and even with that, we have created a network that follows the Irish migration to North America. And I have met relatives that I didn't know existed either! I was talking to a nephew once about some funny stories about my paternal grandfather. He had no idea what I was talking about. I was really taken aback – these were stories that were told and retold by my uncles. I thought it was terrible that my nephew did not have that connection with the family and that the family had grown larger and increasingly spread out. He had never seen a picture of him either which was a shame because I think they look alike. Anyway, I was talking to a co-worker about this and he turned me on to Geni.com. It is a really interesting service – it is like socially networked viral genealogy. You create a profile and enter in email addresses to family members. They in turn create a profile and enter in email addresses to other family members. It was not to long before we had hundreds of people participating. I have a free account there and even with that, we have created a network that follows the Irish migration to North America. And I have met relatives that I didn’t know existed either!

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/18/identity-memory-death-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-24960 Jeremy Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:44:04 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4306#comment-24960 It's a great point. I thought of it a couple of weeks ago when I came across the music of Oliver Schroer, a wonderful Canadian violinist who died last summer. Exactly a year after his death, I was able to listen to his music, watch videos of his performances and read his blog -- even getting a sense of the grace he chose to live with in his final months. I posted about it here: http://headspacejblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/oliver-schroer.html It’s a great point. I thought of it a couple of weeks ago when I came across the music of Oliver Schroer, a wonderful Canadian violinist who died last summer. Exactly a year after his death, I was able to listen to his music, watch videos of his performances and read his blog — even getting a sense of the grace he chose to live with in his final months. I posted about it here: http://headspacejblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/oliver-schroer.html

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