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Generations from now, they won't call it the Internet anymore. They'll just say, "I logged on to the Jim Groom this morning.
-Joe McMahon
Everything Jim Groom touches is gold. He's like King Midas, but with the Internet.
-Serena Epstein
My understanding is that an essential requirement of the internet is to do whatever Jim Groom asks of you while you're online.
-James D. Calder
@jimgroom is the Billy Martin of edtech.
-Luke Waltzer
My 3yr old son is VERY intrigued by @jimgroom's avatar. "Is he a superhero?" "Well, yes, son, to many he is."
-Clint Lalonde
Jim Groom is a fiery man.
-Antonella Dalla Torre
“Reverend” Jim “The Bava” Groom, alias “Snake Pliskin” is a charlatan and a fraud, a self-confessed “used car salesman” clawing his way into the glamour of the education technology keynote circuit via the efforts of his oppressed minions at the University of Mary Washington’s DTLT and beyond. The monster behind educational time-sink ds106 and still recovering from his bid for hipster stardom with “Edupunk”, Jim spends his days using his dwindling credibility to sell cheap webhosting to gullible undergraduates and getting banned from YouTube for gross piracy.
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Monthly Archives: March 2007
activeCollab, an open source Basecamp
I recently discovered an open source project management tool, activeCollab, from Brian Lamb’s del.icio.us feed. As usual, when I follow a breadcrumb at Abject Learning I am not disappointed. UMW’s Department of Information technology has been using Basecamp sporadically for … Continue reading
Eve Online: A Brief Introduction
I just spent some time with Joe McMahon, our student aide extraordinaire, getting an overview of an online game he is playing called Eve Online. I could try and fumble my way through a more articulate discussion of exactly what … Continue reading
More on Mojiti
I really like Mojiti! Did I already say this? I just realized -it was rather self-evident- that you can add spots to a ‘Mojitied’ video right within a blog post. And while you have to be logged on to Mojiti’s … Continue reading
Why do I love online participatory culture?
Because of gems like the Ron Turner Cover Collection:
Francis Ford Coppola Predicts YouTube
Riffing on the NMC Web Convergence Conference themes and cross-currents -check out this forty second interview with Francis Ford Coppola from Hearts of Darkness. In this clip he might be seen as “predicting” the creative power of social sites like … Continue reading
Web 2.0 Online Learning Festival
T -48 minutes to the Web 2.0 Online Learning Festival for the NMC Online Conference on the Convergence of Web Culture and Video. I am all fired up, and here is the link to the wiki, half fully-baked, but an … Continue reading
Mojiti Crack Spider Test
Just a Mojiti test for my favorite video. Feel free to add your comments to this video here. I am pretty impressed with how quick and easy Mojiti is to use -and it obviously imports to WordPress well. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc[/youtube]
Spam can be entertaining
bavawiki (a MediaWiki install) gets the occasional spam. Here is one I got recently that made me laugh: Hi Boss, People who do lots of work… make lots of mistakes People who do less work… make less mistakes People who … Continue reading
I love John Locke
Well, the other John Locke. He’s a great spirit, a Shaman. I just had to get that off my chest. During a recent conference in Vancouver many contracted the dreaded Moose Fever, whereas I picked up the arguably more contagious … Continue reading
Now soliciting submissions for an online video dance learning party
Shama lama ding dong! That’s right folks, teaching and learning technologies have never been so much fun. Brian Lamb, D’Arcy Norman, Gardner Campbell, and I have joined forces to offer a little “twist” on the standard presentation for the NMC’s … Continue reading