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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.
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Everything Jim Groom touches is gold. He's like King Midas, but with the Internet.
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-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
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-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: December 2009
Adventures in Stormtrooping
I have to say that this series by Greg Easton Photography that visually narrates the adventures of Stormtroopers using the Star Wars action figures is hysterical and pretty amazing. Though my favorite is this one, with the “Nuke Canada” arcade … Continue reading
Day 11: Fisher Price’s Sesame Street Clubhouse
I’ll let Cracklin Tulip’s Photos do the talking on this one…. Image credits: Cracklin Tulips’ “Sesame Street Clubhouse,” “Untitled 1” and “Untitled 2”
Day 12: Play Family Village
Image credit Cracklin Tulip’s “Play Family Village Outside” I spent hours on end moving between the jail cell and the phone both, that is afer hanging out listlessly on the roof and putting out a fire or two.This was truly … Continue reading
Day 13: Fisher Price’s Play Family “A” Frame
Image credit: Cracklin Tulip’s “Swiss-styled Chalet for the Little People” after that image, do I really need to say anything? Fisher Price may have made some of the best toys ever, and the “A” Frame is a brilliant example of … Continue reading
Day 14: Super Jock
There were many Super Jocks, but in my mind there was really only one: Super Toe. This was one of those toys that seems ridiculous, and that within minutes you would be bored to tears by it, but it is … Continue reading
Care to share?
Image credit: Ryancr’s “Sharing” This semester has been a whirlwind, and while it has been great in many respects regarding the work we are doing at DTLT—more faculty and students than ever experimenting with UMW Blogs, some larger recognition, as … Continue reading
Husbands from Hell: Guy Woodhouse from Rosemary’s Baby
While up late last night with newly minted Tommaso, I couldn’t help but thinking about the character Guy Woodhouse (played brilliantly by John Cassavetes) from Polanksi’s brilliant Rosemary’s Baby (1969). Thinking about how Guy sold out Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and … Continue reading
UMWeb 2.0: UMW webifies its world
Well, it’s a proud time for the folks at UMW’s DTLT these days, we’ve been a tight group, and I think our personal dynamics have as much to do with our success as the fact that we all share these … Continue reading
EDUPUNK on Fox News?
Aaron Fowles sent along this video from Fox 5 News in Memphis, Tennessee that highlights the MidSouth Technology Conference, which is an edtech event for K-12 teachers (warning–first 30 seconds of video is an obnoxious Xmas ad). And while I … Continue reading