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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.
I am Jim Groom
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Category Archives: digital storytelling
Two Months Bender
Long live Paul Gleason! Mr. Vernon remains my all-time favorite K-12 administrator ever to grace the silver screen.
Dr. O’Blivion interviews Jim Groom
Dr. Oblivion sits down with Jim Groom for a final interview about what has been happening, Groom’s motives and intentions, and more. Special shout out to Tim Owens for doing the filming, editing, and split screen work!
Summer of Oblivion: The Burtis did it!
An award-winning performance by Martha Burtis right here! Not to mention the brilliant supporting actor role of Steve Greenlaw.
ds106 Finish Up Strong: Archiving and Final Exam
All, The 5 week intensive course has been fast, furious, and a lot of fun. I can’t thank the open, online students enough who carried the commenting, feedback and general network love for many of the for-credit students at UMW. … Continue reading
ds106 live broadcast 7-18-11: Press Conference with Detective Kim Droom
Today’s press conference with Detective Kim Droom starts to shed some light on the events of Camp Oblivion this past weekend. There is a suspect in custody. Also, both Jim Groom and Dr. O’Blivion are alive and well and being … Continue reading
DS107 CARNAGE
DS107 CARNAGE from Jim Groom on Vimeo. A trailer for a film not yet made…. Take the jump for an overview of the process, thoughts on why iMovie 8 sucks, and a bit about Mario Bava.
ds106 on EDUCAUSE Now
Audio from an interview with Gerry Bayne of EDUCAUSE Now about ds106 A couple of days ago I had a discussion with Gerry Bayne of EDUCAUSE Now fame about ds106, the digital storytelling course Martha Burtis and I have been … Continue reading
ds106 live broadcast 7-14-11: Andy Rush on Video
In today’s live broadcast Andy Rush provides in-depth look at the tools of the trade for video. With an examination of codecs, compression, video editors, DVD ripping tools, and other strange transformative tools. If you are in need of an overview of … Continue reading
ds106 Live Broadcast 7-13-11: Introduction to Web Video
Live chat for this live broadcast can be found here. Today’s live broadcast was an introduction to a wide range of examples, genres, and possibilities with web video. The talk was based on Tom Woodward‘s list of videos here as … Continue reading
Summer of Oblivion Radio Shows
July 12th Student Radio Showcase by timmmmyboy Above is an archive of the Live Broadcast of the Summer of Oblivion radio shows that aired yesterday, July 12th, 2011, on ds106radio from 1:30 PM (EDT) until 5:30 PM (EDT). It was … Continue reading