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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: reclaimopen
Hometown Heroes
Looks like Martha Burtis and I are hometown heroes thanks to ds106. Reporter Lindley Estes of the Free Lance-Star published an edited version of a post from yesterday’s UMW Newsletter EagleEye announcing ds106 as one of five winners of the Reclaim Open Learning … Continue reading
Decentering Syndication or, a Push Away from RSS
Yesterday Steve Covello tweeted a post at wpmu.org my way. @jimgroom New WPMU hub/spoke architecture: http://t.co/x0RLL0qBPr — Steve Covello (@apescience) September 17, 2013 I was prepared to read about a premium suite of plugins that I could buy for the … Continue reading
Reclaim Open Interview about ds106 with Anya Kamenetz
Yesterday Martha Burtis, Alan Levine, and I sat down virtually with Anya Kamenetz for an interview about ds106. The interview will be the basis of a piece Anya will writing about ds106 as part of the Reclaim Open Innovation contest it … Continue reading
Let’s Talk ds106 #4life: An Interview with Howard Rheingold
DS106: An Open, Participatory, Student-centric, Community-focused Course on Digital Storytelling from DML Research Hub on Vimeo. I didn’t realize it at the time, but this interview with Howard Rheingold for the DML Central blog would be the beginning of—as well … Continue reading
Reclaim Open Learning: ds106 is winning!
I’m happy to report that ds106 has been selected as one of five winners of the Reclaim Open Learning Innovation Contest sponsored by the Digital Media and Learning Hub at UC Irvine and the MIT Media Lab. Alan Levine, Martha Burtis, … Continue reading
Building with Howard: Creating a Learning Environment with Open Source Tools Pt 1
Yesterday I had the distinct pleasure to sit down with Howard Rheingold—at least virtually—and go through the process of setting up a course hub using WordPress. The above video is the first part of a series in which we will … Continue reading
Reclaim Hosting has a new branding logo
Thanks to Michael Branson Smith, my partner Tim Owens and I are really sharpening our brand appeal over at Reclaim Hosting. I think this venture is gonna work! That said, we still need your money (it’s just a short-term loan!) to fund this … Continue reading
Reclaim Hosting needs your money!
Ok, here’s the situation, my parents went away on a week’s vacation Reclaim Hosting is pretty much rocking and rolling. We have an insane amount of interest, conservative estimates put us at about 3000 faculty and students already. What’s more, … Continue reading
Reclaim Open, as in Open Experience
Along with Martha Burtis and Alan Levine as co-conspirators, I just submitted ds106 as a contestant in the Reclaim Open Learning Innovation contest. I think there’s a lot that is compelling about ds106, particularly if the folks at the Digital … Continue reading