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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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Category Archives: OERxDomains21
Domains21: Jelastic – a Look at the Technology Behind Reclaim Cloud
Keeping up with my OERxDomains21 syndication series, here is a another great session featuring Jelastic founder and CEO Ruslan Synytsky whochats with Tim Owens about all things Cloud. In the Summer of 2020 Reclaim Hosting rolled out Reclaim Cloud -a next-generation hosting … Continue reading
Domains21: “My OER Journey through Domains”
Ed Nagelhaut is a repeat offender for the Domains conference, and an absolute joy of a human. So him narrate his journey through OER viz-a-viz domains was a personal highlight of OERxDomains21. Honest, authentic, and empathetic, Ed really highlights the … Continue reading
Reclaim Today Episode 30: OERxDomains21’s Headless TV Guide
For episode 30 of Reclaim Today Lauren, Tim, and I sat down with Tom Woodward and Michael Branson Smith to talk about the development of the headless WordPress conference website OERxDomains21 Guide. It was a fun one! In this episode … Continue reading
Domains21: Michigan State University Enmeshed in the Cloud
I’ll be posting sessions from Domains 21 over the next several weeks as a way to keep OERxDomains21 as close to my blog heart as possible, you’ve been warmed and warned! 🙂 In this session Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Scott Schopieray … Continue reading
Domains21: OpenLab – Open Infrastructure in Action at CUNY
I’ll be posting sessions from Domains 21 over the next several weeks as a way to keep OERxDomains21 as close to my blog heart as possible, you’ve been warmed! This OERxDomains21 session discusses how New York City Technical College (City … Continue reading
Reclaim Hosting does an OERxDomains21 Debrief
Several members of the Reclaim Hosting team who chipped into the OERxDomains21 conference effort took some time out yesterday to reflect on the experience for episode 29 of Reclaim Today. We did a similar therapy thing after OER19, so it … Continue reading
Design and Development Notes on the OERxDomains Guide
I want to see if I can organize a Reclaim Today session wherein Tim, Lauren and I sit down with Michael Branson Smith and Tom Woodward to talk about the OERxDomains21 site. I figure the sooner we can capture some … Continue reading
OERxDomains21’s Instant Archive
I’ll be blogging A LOT about OERxDomains21 over the next couple of weeks, and there’s no better way to start than with the now entirely open and freely available archive of all the presentations that lives at https://oerxdomains21.org. In fact, … Continue reading
OERxDomains21: Reclaiming the Conference Experience
I had planned a more comprehensive post coming off the epic two-day OERxDomains21 online conference, but I’m still so jacked up as a result of all the energy that it’s been quite difficult for me to focus. I can point … Continue reading
OERxDomains21’s Headless Program
It’s the day before OERxDomains21 and I am blogging, that’s a good sign, I think….regardless, it’s happening! And, given I still have a blog, I have the distinct pleasure to share with you my favorite part of the conference thus … Continue reading