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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
The ds106 99: #2 ds106 Minecraft
ds106 has a Minecraft server, how sick is that? If you don’t know what Minecraft is—like I didn’t two months ago, read more about it here. I just spent my first hour in Minecraft getting a tour from the great Noise … Continue reading
The ds106 99: #1 Rapid Prototyping the Mashup
I have to be honest, I have generally been exhausted by ds106. It is the best thing I have ever been part of professionally, but it has been kicking my ass pretty regularly for the last four months, so I … Continue reading
I got 99 #ds106 posts and this ain’t one
So, today marks the beginning of a project I have come up with to push myself to document all the genius happening around ds106. It’s simple in theory: three posts everyday until Northern Voice (which is exactly 30 days away … Continue reading
ds106.tv
Thanks to the great Tim Owens we are up and running with ds106.tv, and after last Friday night’s epic Karaoke cum all night conversation on ds106.tv I couldn’t wait to test it out this week (I was dreaming about it … Continue reading
Week 12-13 Assignment: El Mashup
Over the next two weeks you will be asked to do a mashup. See the guidelines below and keep in mind you are by no means limited to video for this assignment. Also, last semester the ds106 students went to … Continue reading
Jesus Eyes
I procrastinated tonight with an animated GIF, and you know what….it felt good! Now, the bigger question—does anyone have any idea what film this is from?
Tom Woodward on Video in #ds106
Tonight the face-to-face ds106 class, as well as anyone on ds106radio, had the pleasure of hearing Tom Woodward take us on a tour of some fascinating videos that really set the stage for what’s emergent right now in this most … Continue reading
A Sordid tale of #ds106
David Noel just added a new assignment in the Webstories section (the first one!) and it is a blast. The general idea is make a quick story in Google’s My Maps using the directions line and some pop-up text bubbles, … Continue reading
Video Essay Tutorial
I started a page on the ds106 wiki that takes you throw the possibilities for getting the Video Essay done. It takes you through ripping DVDs (for Mac and PC), some quick trimming and compression tools, and how to do … Continue reading
A Gilliam-Inspired Animated GIF
Emily Roberts, a ds106 alum from Spring 2010, tweeted an awesome animated GIF she did today that draws its inspiration from Terry Gilliam’s Monty Python animations. isn’t that brilliant? I love it!