Comments on: “For Mike–(RIP 9/3/07)” http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Holli Weber http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/comment-page-1/#comment-33281 Holli Weber Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:32:24 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/#comment-33281 It is amazing to me the amount of information available. In our home town we have tmcnews.blogspot.com at this site they have reports of local events complete with pictures and links to video footage like you tube. It is amazing to me how quickly these images appear. My husband is a firefighter and rescue diver, it is quite often before he even gets home to tell me about an incident it is online complete with photos. It is amazing how the web is shrinking the size of the world! It is amazing to me the amount of information available. In our home town we have tmcnews.blogspot.com at this site they have reports of local events complete with pictures and links to video footage like you tube. It is amazing to me how quickly these images appear. My husband is a firefighter and rescue diver, it is quite often before he even gets home to tell me about an incident it is online complete with photos. It is amazing how the web is shrinking the size of the world!

]]> By: Barry Bakin http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/comment-page-1/#comment-33157 Barry Bakin Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:44:12 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/#comment-33157 Several years ago a group of my freshman college dormmates created a yahoo group just for our dorm and invited everyone to join. It's been 30 years since our freshman year but a majority of the people in the dorm monitor the list group and occasionally use it to arrange mini-reunions or just have discussions about things of interest. These types of group interactions are new, but they're not limited to the youngest crowd. Some of us "middle-aged" types use them too! Several years ago a group of my freshman college dormmates created a yahoo group just for our dorm and invited everyone to join. It’s been 30 years since our freshman year but a majority of the people in the dorm monitor the list group and occasionally use it to arrange mini-reunions or just have discussions about things of interest. These types of group interactions are new, but they’re not limited to the youngest crowd. Some of us “middle-aged” types use them too!

]]> By: Tom Hoffman http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/comment-page-1/#comment-33099 Tom Hoffman Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:07:16 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/#comment-33099 There is this: http://www.google.com/Top/Society/Death/In_Memoriam/Individuals/ Lots of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripod.com" rel="nofollow">Tripod</a> (founded 1992) sites. Of course, a Tripod guestbook with 400 messages isn't the same as a Facebook group with 400 members. It is fundamentally different. There is this: http://www.google.com/Top/Society/Death/In_Memoriam/Individuals/

Lots of Tripod (founded 1992) sites. Of course, a Tripod guestbook with 400 messages isn’t the same as a Facebook group with 400 members. It is fundamentally different.

]]> By: Kristin Hokanson http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/comment-page-1/#comment-33001 Kristin Hokanson Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:15:21 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/#comment-33001 Will-- I agree with you completely. I blogged back in April after the incident at VA Tech. My babysitter had gone to Tech and left after 1st semester. A good friend of hers was killed in the massacre. The fact that she had facebook as a forum to grieve with her friends at Tech...to see the groups and how they are STILL active today is really incredible. I wish I had been as connected when I studied abroad. Perhaps I would have maintained some of the connections I had made. Will–
I agree with you completely. I blogged back in April after the incident at VA Tech. My babysitter had gone to Tech and left after 1st semester. A good friend of hers was killed in the massacre. The fact that she had facebook as a forum to grieve with her friends at Tech…to see the groups and how they are STILL active today is really incredible. I wish I had been as connected when I studied abroad. Perhaps I would have maintained some of the connections I had made.

]]> By: Pam Smith http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/comment-page-1/#comment-32998 Pam Smith Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:50:21 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/#comment-32998 My college age daughter heard a rumor that an past boyfriend. His voice mail was full. His parents didn't answer the phone. What next? She went to Facebook and say the first Rest in Peace notes. My college age daughter heard a rumor that an past boyfriend. His voice mail was full. His parents didn’t answer the phone. What next? She went to Facebook and say the first Rest in Peace notes.

]]> By: Tom Hoffman http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/comment-page-1/#comment-32993 Tom Hoffman Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:22:54 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/for-mike-rip-9307/#comment-32993 Who's making that argument. Who’s making that argument.

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