Jim Groom

I'm a community facilitator for the CUNY Academic Commons

I'm co-founder of Reclaim Hosting, an independent web hosting company focused on higher ed. Previously I was director of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies and adjunct professor at University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. I was a Ph.D. candidate in the Grad Center English program before I found edtech.

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    Ryan Seslow and Profile picture of Jim GroomJim Groom are now friends 6 years, 1 month ago

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    Scott Voth (he/him) and Profile picture of Jim GroomJim Groom are now friends 6 years, 5 months ago

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    Jim Groom wrote a new post, Bubbles, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 6 months ago

    The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly. -F. Scott Fitzgerald

    EdSurge had a feature article about the CUNY Games N […]

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    Jim Groom wrote a new post, Post-Labor Day, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 6 months ago

    “We are not complaining about the work. We want to see our hard work reflected in our pay.”

    -Emmett J. Bogdon, President NALC Branch #116 (IN)

    Possibly the biggest national and local news in Higher […]

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    Jim Groom wrote a new post, Ed-Tech Scars, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 7 months ago

    We were barely out
    of middle school
    when Stuart showed me the scar—
    From Gary Jackson’s “The Family Solid”

    The Grad Center’s Convocation and New Student Orientation took place yesterday, and if Twitter i […]

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    Jim Groom started the topic Citation Needed Round-up: Troll Rocks in the forum Group logo of The Teaching and Learning CenterTeaching and Learning Center 6 years, 7 months ago

    This week's round-up of happenings around the CUNY Academic Commons is up on the <a href="https://citationneeded.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/08/12/troll-rocks/">Citation Needed blog</a>. Some quick keyword highlights: Captain America, Portable EEGs, Iceland, GC Teaching Center, and the hippie scourge….

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    Jim Groom wrote a new post, Troll Rocks, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 7 months ago

    America when will you be angelic?
    When will you take off your clothes?
    When will you look at yourself through the grave?
    From “America” by Allen Ginsberg

    I have to start this week’s round-up with a nod t […]

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    Jim Groom wrote a new post, It's In There!, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 7 months ago

    An agitation of the air,
    A perturbation of the light
    Admonished me the unloved year
    Would turn on its hinge that night.
    —“End of Summer” by Stanley Kunitz

    With the coming of August there’s been a bit […]

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    Jim Groom commented on the post, In the beginning…, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 8 months ago

    I was wondering what it would take to get you to comment on this blog. I now know 🙂 BAVA COMMENTS 4LIFE! Thanks Boone, I love you!

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    Jim Groom commented on the post, Faith in a Seed, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 8 months ago

    I am playing with an email service called Tinyletter that will send out a version of this weekly email to folks. I subscribe to Chris Lott’s Katexic Newsletter newsletter that does this, and I love it. I’m not […]

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    Jim Groom commented on the post, Faith in a Seed, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 8 months ago

    I’m look at the subscriptions plugins available now. I’ll make sure that’s in place soon.

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    Jim Groom commented on the post, Faith in a Seed, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 8 months ago

    It took me long enough to get here, thanks for your patience! Now, let’s see if I can make this make sense ;0

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    Jim Groom commented on the post, Faith in a Seed, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks Chris, that means a lot. Appreciate the heads up on Events and Social Paper, I’ll be sure to loop them into my round-up. This first one was a rough template, but going forward I am hoping to start breaking […]

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    Jim Groom wrote a new post, Faith in a Seed, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 8 months ago

    Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has
    been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed
    there, and I am prepared to expect wonders. —Henry David […]

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    Jim Groom commented on the post, In the beginning…, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 8 months ago

    I am so glad you came here granting wishing, I wish to blog like you! Also, I totally agree about the image embedding in comments, I just tried to embed both yours and Sarah’s images, but was rejected.

    I […]

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    Jim Groom commented on the post, In the beginning…, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 8 months ago

    Well, you can always release those cyanide capsules if not. Or you can just go around saying, “Jim Groom? I thought he was dead.”

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    Jim Groom commented on the post, In the beginning…, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 8 months ago

    One of the first things I need to change in my new role as Blogger extraordinaire is getting Giphy links to automatically embed!

    In fact, I even tried wrapping the link to that GIF in the img tags, but I felt […]

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    Jim Groom wrote a new post, In the beginning…, on the site Citation Needed 6 years, 8 months ago

    I’ve been blogging for the last five months on the CUNY Commons News blog. I’ve been getting a feel for the community and keeping up with what’s happening around the Commons. That said, I’ve been struggling a […]

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    Jim Groom created the site Citation Needed 6 years, 8 months ago

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    Jim Groom wrote a new post, Graphic Activism: Lesbian Herstory Archives, on the site CUNY Academic Commons News 6 years, 9 months ago

    As I was cruising around the CUNY Academic Commons sites earlier today to see what’s good, I was immediately taken with Shawn(ta) Cruz-Smith’s recent post on the Grad Center’s Library blog, namely “Graphic […]

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