In the Blink of an Eye…5-8-09

I was really disappointed to find out that Google has abandoned Notebook which I was really getting used to using during our research project I found it to be incredibly useful and had even gotten the students started on taking notes and remembering sites. I think this is my biggest fear in technology. When we are putting so much hard work into the documents, presentations, and websites that we are housing on the Web, it is disheartening to think that, at any moment, the “forces that be” who are hosting our information can just wipe it all away without notice. Is it worth putting in the effort to use these tools only to have them gone in the blink of an eye???It makes me think of many of these WEB 2.0 sites that we are spending so much time developing projects with and on. I would really like to be able to save some of our hard work, but cannot figure out how this is possible. The kids would also like copies of their final products such as their Voice Thread projects. Is there any solution to this dilemma???