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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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Author Archives: Reverend
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69, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. The Daily Create: “Make a photo of something upside down that is never seen that way” tdc.ds106.us/tdc29/ I used the cover of The Magnetic Fields’ “69 Love Songs” album to picture a number … Continue reading
Miles Playing Pacman
Laundrymat-Pacman, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. Anto took an image of Miles playing Pacman at a local laundromat. And I can’t begin to tell you how much this image makes me understand the crazy, scary, and beautiful cycle of … Continue reading
It was a dark, winter night…
It was a dark, winter night…, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. Via Flickr: The Daily Create #24″Make a creative photo silhouette by aiming the camera into a bright light.“
ds106 sites hacked, but sense of humor remains intact
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This Week in ds106: Kim Droom vs Enre5807
Almost all the students blogs in ds106 have been hacked by Enre5807, luckily we have detective Kim Droom on the job investigating the case. It is a complex case with a lot of ins and outs—but ds106 lies down for … Continue reading
Up in the Air, Junior Dogman
Up in the Air Junior Dogman, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. Via Flickr TDC23: Make a photo that freezes or isolates the motion of an object (or person 🙂 )
Week 3: Web 2.0 Storytelling
Assignment 3: Part A: Readings Tim O’Reilly’s “What is Web 2.0?” Bryan Alexander’s Web 2.0 Storytelling Seven Things You Should Know about Creative Commons * Share (a.k.a. blog) your initial thoughts about the above readings and their relationship to one … Continue reading
This Week in ds106: Week 3 Preview
Alan Levine and I preview what’s to come in week three. Alan is looking forward to some face-to-face love with his students and we are both excited about Bryan Alexander coming to chat with us this Thursday, February 2nd about … Continue reading
Blood Relations
Blood Relations, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. Via Flickr:“Like father like son like hell.” Toay’s Daily Create: Take a photo of two related objects of drastically different sizes. I love the image Antonella took of me and Tommaso, our … Continue reading
The Daily Create (tdc021): Scottloesque Daily Upate
Today’s Daily Create asks that you record a quick video of yourself doing an update that includes the date, time, weather, and a rating for the day. Scott Lockman has been doing these for what seems like months, and they … Continue reading