http://digitalculture-ed.net/tracys/2009/12/13/week-12-lifestream-summary/ Part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:07:34 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://digitalculture-ed.net/tracys/2009/12/13/week-12-lifestream-summary/comment-page-1/#comment-78 University of Edinburgh Students Provide Thoughts on Lifestreaming for their Course | Lifestream Blog Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:07:34 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/tracys/?p=250#comment-78 [...] Tracy Swallow Here I began to see the emergence of a more useful position on lifestreaming: as a record of engagement.  Much of the internet is ephemeral – I don’t see the point in saving your tweets and Gordon Bell’s decision to digitally archive every detail of his life disturbs me. Yet the experience of creating a lifestream helped me understand how maintaining a selective record of your engagement is a very valuable academic or developmental act that has a performative value. [...] [...] Tracy Swallow Here I began to see the emergence of a more useful position on lifestreaming: as a record of engagement.  Much of the internet is ephemeral – I don’t see the point in saving your tweets and Gordon Bell’s decision to digitally archive every detail of his life disturbs me. Yet the experience of creating a lifestream helped me understand how maintaining a selective record of your engagement is a very valuable academic or developmental act that has a performative value. [...]

]]> http://digitalculture-ed.net/tracys/2009/12/13/week-12-lifestream-summary/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Damien DeBarra Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:08:38 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/tracys/?p=250#comment-75 Nice summary. I agree with what you say about the lifestream being a personal thing - and not really for others. That's not to say that I didn't peruse other lifestreams, but occasionally they seemed confusing as you weren't aware of the thought-processes that led to that sequence of posting. Nice summary. I agree with what you say about the lifestream being a personal thing – and not really for others. That’s not to say that I didn’t peruse other lifestreams, but occasionally they seemed confusing as you weren’t aware of the thought-processes that led to that sequence of posting.

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