Comments on: WordCampEd: Permanent Revolution

By: Blunt Force Presentation Trauma » CogDogBlog

Blunt Force Presentation Trauma » CogDogBlog — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:05:45 +0000

[...] presentation Stephen Downes does, he aims to provide a recorded audio with the slides. Check out how Jim Groom shared his Word Camp Ed presentation- if you had just the slides alone, it is almost nothing more than a fun flip book; but he shares as [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:38:40 +0000

I am happy to have known The Jim Groom when he was but a mere mortal.

In all seriousness, I’m glad to see you getting the recognition you deserve. There’s so much useless crap going on in education. It makes me happy to see you doing real things that matter and being not just open but wide open in terms of sharing how and more importantly why you’d want to do this.

The costumes would have been fun but would have distracted from the message without really adding anything (other than flash and comedy) so it was a good thing that you ended up doing what you did. It was a great presentation with the right blend of philosophy backed by concrete examples. You are a passionate, passionate man to be sure.

Working through things with you is always fun and interesting, even though I have to play the role of the heavy. As recompense I will happily take a 20% royalty on all future BavaMan™, EduPunk™ or The Jim Groom™ merchandise sold.

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:41:08 +0000

Thanks for the shout out. I really dug your presentation, both in substance and style. The stuff you are doing with umwblogs is spectacular and I hope not just an inspiration to me, but to many out there.

By: Cole

Cole — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:25:18 +0000

Jim … the presentation was excellent and really struck a chord. I know Brad and I spent nearly the entire trip back discussing your ideas. It helped us think about what we are all doing in a new way.

Thanks for the over-the-top kind words. What I love about playing in this space is that so many people share what they are doing and are happy to just give away great thinking. I loved your example of spinning up another entire University’s blog project in about an hour. The ability to “give it away” is what so many of us love about working in higher education.

Great preso and an absolute honor to get to meet you in person. Really looking forward to hanging out in Orlando for ELI!

By: WordCamp Ed » Blog Archive » Permanent Revolution at WordCampEd

WordCamp Ed » Blog Archive » Permanent Revolution at WordCampEd — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:31:54 +0000

[...] everyone, thanks for a great day. Here is my post on the conference and the links to my slides, “script,” and audio from the [...]