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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
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-James D. Calder
@jimgroom is the Billy Martin of edtech.
-Luke Waltzer
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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
STEMmEd Workshop
Next week I’ll be heading to Puerto Rico to run a workshop with one of my favorite bloggers, and an early WPMu education maverick, Mario A. Núñez. I’m going to use the occasion to really conceptualize the syndication bus more … Continue reading
Day 108: Starship Enterprise
Image credit: Wishbook’s “1976.xx.xx Sears Christmas Catalog (Canada) P246” In the 70s I was forced-fed the Star Trek re-runs as a child, and I probably saw the entire series, though I don;t remember much of it. In fact, I was … Continue reading
Beginning of the Semester Traffic
Well, we are actually in the third week of classes here at UMW, amazing how fast it is going, especially since we are literally crushed with activity and uptake of UMW Blogs. It has been a banner semester with almost … Continue reading
Day 109: Planet of the Apes figures
Image credit: Wishbook’s “1976.xx.xx Sears Christmas Catalog (Canada) P246” Image credit: Wishbook’s “1975.xx.xx Sears Christmas Catalog P573” I don’t think there are too many cooler toys than the Planet of the Apes figures. And their loose fitting, spandexy outfits were … Continue reading
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes – “Lousy Human Bastards”
Click on the image or this link to view video. The Planet of the Apes films have to be one of the single greatest film franchises ever. Out of the five films made, all but one were solid and compelling … Continue reading
Day 110: The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man was a special toy for me because I actually got it during the only Xmas my family was ever away from home for that holiday. We were at my mother’s parents’ house in Florida, and I … Continue reading
BlackBoard PSA: The Elephant in the Room
Special thanks to Andy Rush for the tagline and a special guest photoshop genius from the visiting the Serena Epstein.
Hippie Skippy
Because I can… Image credit: Wishbook‘s “1986.01.xx Garbage Pail Kids 091b (Recto)”
110 Days to Xmas: Cause it’s never too early for nostalgia
Image credit: Wishbook‘s “1976.xx.xx Sears Christmas Catalog (Canada) P220” As those of you beautiful people who frequent the bava may know, my favorite kind of blogging is rooted squarely in nostalgia. I love exaggerating and re-inventing the past, and I … Continue reading
One False Move- Stabbing Scene
Tonight’s installment of scenic is brought to you by the CogDog, who blogged some books he had bought, in which I caught a glimpse of Walter Mosley’s name, which made me think of his novel Devil in a Blue Dress, … Continue reading