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“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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Tag Archives: ds106
Response to Concerned Students of Noir 106
I got the following email this evening: So, in keeping with the anonymous demands, I made my video response. Cliff notes: I have no idea what they’re talking about. Response to the Concerned Students of Noir 106 from Jim Groom … Continue reading
Filthy Hippie Noir
I saw Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice (2014) last night. I enjoyed it. I just ordered Thomas Pynchon’s novel it was based on because I’m interested in how he adapted the original. I haven’t really been interested in Pynchon since undergrad. … Continue reading
Noir 106: Week 1 – All Work and No Play
Just checking in to make sure everyone know that week’s one work is due this evening, no later than 11:59 PM. This will be the case each and every week, and I will not be sending these email reminders going … Continue reading
A Kind of Screw
I’ve had a month-long hiatus from blogging on the bava—which may be the longest ever—although I have been posting images, tweets, bookmarks, and more here. Fittingly, the latest incarnation of ds106 has started up, noir106, so I am getting back … Continue reading
The Wire Come to Life
For the final project in Wire 106 students were asked to chose a character from the HBO series The Wire and build an online presence for them across several social media sites. It’s been interesting experience these narratives because they hit me … Continue reading
Wire 106: Week 16 – Game Over
Seemed like just yesterday we were preparing for the big adventure that was #wire106. But 50 episodes of The Wire later and 2336 posts of awesome—as of this moment—looks like the game is over. Given it is finals week, and … Continue reading
Free at Last
my #dailycreate was chosen today! feeling special! #wire106 #ds106 — Syd Bauman (@syd_the_k1dd) December 5, 2014 Thanks to Syd Bauman’s Daily Create I was inspired to reflect on a ton of assignments I did for ds106 over the last five … Continue reading
Connecting to the IndieWeb Movement
Tomorrow at 12 PM Eastern/ 9 AM Pacific I’ll be be hosting a Connected Courses discussion that will explore the IndieWeb movement as a people-centered response to the corporate web. How do core IndieWeb principles such as owning your content, remaining better … Continue reading
Connected by Design
“Connect ALL the courses!” –@drjaxon. Watch yesterday’s #ccourses webinar here: http://t.co/1baibggFEe pic.twitter.com/mmTsuB0AiJ — DML Research Hub (@dmlresearchhub) December 2, 2014 On Monday I hosted the first of two Connected Courses sessions this week that focuses on actually building a connected course. This … Continue reading
Wire 106: Week 15 – Time to Get Real with the Final Projects
This is where we start winding down the perpetual motion machine that is #ds106. You all have been on your A-game throughout the semester, but finals are fast approaching and this semester cannot last forever, unfortunately. There will be some … Continue reading