tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post54470348913766227..comments2023-10-26T04:38:06.297-04:00Comments on TeachPaperless: What Would Happen If I Broke Up With Google?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14091328599818819777noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-68045534381928967002012-02-27T08:31:30.771-05:002012-02-27T08:31:30.771-05:00Worse yet, what if Google broke up with me? Since...Worse yet, what if Google broke up with me? Since last year I have been upgrading my tech use in class primarily through Google sites, docs, calendar, etc. However, just recently it really struck me that I don’t have total control of my content. Of course I can decide if docs or sites are “public” or who I “share” it with, but what if someone hacked Google, or the company became greedy and went “evil?!” I am extremely satisfied with the enhanced leaning as a result of me becoming Googlized, but for peace of mind I’m going to be more diligent with having copies downloaded in Word and saved on a flash drive or elsewhere. David's comments above were helpful also.Richard Moorehttp://www.coetail.asia/richardm/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-19459550589107339012012-02-05T19:23:08.080-05:002012-02-05T19:23:08.080-05:00I always joke that "Google owns me," but...I always joke that "Google owns me," but I'm wondering if the joke's on me.mshertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02995665815087186953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-71019701458378711932012-01-30T09:45:49.216-05:002012-01-30T09:45:49.216-05:00interesting to me how it seems the web is trying t...interesting to me how it seems the web is trying to teach us so much about ourselves.<br />again, to me, just now, if i zoom out, what you describe is what we have done, in a sense, to kids in school. all they do, it often seems, is to prep for a test, in order to get that grade or piece of paper, to "get in" places in the future.<br />today, looking at school, and the grades and the credentialing, many of us call that into question. not only does this process, done in extreme efficiency, strip us of our own culture, our own curiosity, it gives this false assumption that that credential is us.<br />so - what about google. it's a great holding place. it's helpful. i love it, it's like i got a great, light, carry on bag. but it can't be you. it doesn't define you. you're not defineable... it seems definition deadens, no?<br /><br />the web is teaching me that the less i carry with me, like the less clutter in my house, the more i am me. the more i rely on the vulnerability in context, rather than an accumulation i soon become dependent upon.<br /><br />i guess i'm thinking, keep loading up google, it's a great sharing place, but along the lines of Shirky's cognitive surplus, the value is in you John, it's in us. the people. in the conversations we have. as cool as all the stuff you put on google is, it's nothing compared to you, and even better, the you you will be tomorrow....because of the putting on google you have done, not so much what you have left there.<br /><br />i don't know.. just what i'm thinking, seeing now...monika hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17903730727359304285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-72962209635417474892012-01-29T19:59:21.449-05:002012-01-29T19:59:21.449-05:00I use Google for everything - which is why it is, ...I use Google for everything - which is why it is, on some level, really unnerving.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-26230277704867838432012-01-29T19:31:23.213-05:002012-01-29T19:31:23.213-05:00You can easily take your data from Google with you...You can easily take your data from Google with you though. Here's how: <br />http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/google-takeout-take-your-google-account.html<br /><br />Of course, I use all kinds of Google products and don't mind about any profile because there's nothing secret there. <br />http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/why-i-use-googles-products-as-educator.htmlDavid Andradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809267838191379368noreply@blogger.com