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My trip to Zozobra was really amazing. I went to one of these crazy advents when i was younger but really enjoyed this trip. When the bus first dropped the class off i wasn't ready for how busy Santa Fe was just because of the Zozobra burning. There where a lot and i mean a lot of people there and all of them came to see this crazy figure burn. With this there where more people working on this burning than you would think.

There are dancers, musician's, lights, cameras, and a lot more jobs than i never saw or fount out information about. The one job that stood out the most wasw the Zozobra figure and how much work was put into it. Now just because you only see one major job doesn't mean that is the only one. With this big festival there where to many jobs to count on one hand. There where food stands, music, sound and many, many more. There was one and only one job that caught my eye and that was the people that vedio typed this crazy sight all over the world wide web.

Now i didn't realize this was a major tourist attraction and many people wanted to see what all the crazy New Mexicans where celebrating about. When standing there waiting for this crazy figure burn they announced that this advent is being seen all over the world. Now to have something like this to be shown all over the world that gives New Mexico a lot of recognition. Now that is an amazing job to get into because you can make anything shown over the web and everyone can see it. So the biggest job a thought that made everything was the Zozobra burning going around the world.

So i was very happy i got to go to this crazy expericence and saw a really big pupet burn to the ground. i would never do this agian because it is just a once in a life time thing and too many people crowding you in. Zozobra was very interesting and anyone can learn a lot and find what kind of jobs go into a big project like this. this is a great trip for the next years class to learn what it takes to get a job and what you might be able to do in that job.

This afternoon I was driving down north 4th and it hit me. The real reason I live in New Mexico.

For several weeks now, at the Walmart on Coors Bypass there's been caution tape around a wall of shopping carts, and off in the corner a propane tank and a blackened metal cage.

But today, there was the aroma of fresh roasted green chile. I'd venture to say that there are few, if any, other locales in the U.S. that have a comparable aroma announcing a season. You don't smell the leaves turning red in the northeast. Maybe you smell the grunions running at Cabrillo Beach, but it's not much different than any other day of the year.


I think I love the smell of fresh roasted chile more than I love eating them even. <i>Ai DIos Mio!</i> If someone could only bottle that scent! I've often toyed with the idea of just buying a bag and driving around with it in my trunk, enjoying the slowly released fragrance, that smoky goodness with the tantalizing tang of scorched capsaicin.
It's certainly a good roasting that does it. After the heady dose of Hatch Perfume, I was compelled to swing by Spinn's for a Green Chile burger. Instead of roasted chile, I was treated to a barely warmed and peeled firebrand. Feh!

Forget your chamomile or valerian or hops, le sublime odeur de chili vert is the ultimate comfort scent. Maybe if I was to stuff my pillow with the stuff my dreams would be sweeter (<i>and</i> spicier!!)

teachers blogging and experimenting with new technology.

 

http://www.nextgenteachers.com/ 

"I realized that it was time to think seriously about what kind of professional development experiences we could provide and how we wanted to provide them. The first thing we did was to focus our professional development work by articulating specific professional development outcomes — faculty learning outcomes, or FLOs. This seems so obvious, but many colleges never articulate exactly what they hope to achieve through their professional development programs. One of our FLOs was to “create connections among faculty,” both within the new faculty cohort and with seasoned faculty members. We also wanted to create both interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary connections, as well as connections across our seven-campus system. It was time to take professional development online.'

http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11586.shtml 

Berkeley College of New York and New Jersey has developed, continually upgrades, and monitors Berkeley College’s convenient, but very comprehensive, program of completely online faculty training and support. In order to accommodate a busy faculty, many of whom teach both onsite and online, and many of whom serve as department chairs, Berkeley has developed a totally online, anywhere anytime, program of totally online training and support, enhanced by video and voice.

http://www.sloan-c.org/node/1441 

The book club takes place asynchronously, via online discussion boards. It is one week in duration, and it allows faculty to interact with each other around a focused online teaching topic. One chapter is selected from a book on online teaching, and faculty are mailed a copy of the chapter two weeks prior to the start of the book club. The book club is offered toward the end of the online semester, after mid-term exams and before final exams. Future book clubs will be determined by the requests and interests of faculty.

http://www.sloanconsortium.org/node/374 

http://facultyinquiry.net/about-fin/

uses WordPress -- might be a good model for the COE project. 

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3672/a-plan-to-deve

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/faculty-and-staff-audiencemenu-328/1834

The homepage for the CurrySupport program at the Curry School of Education at UVA, including resources and links to services.

 

http://www.itc.virginia.edu/instruc/

The Instructional Technology Group focuses on supporting the teaching mission of the University through the incorporation of computer technology into the classroom. The Instructional Technology Group provides assistance to any member of the University community involved in teaching through training, consulting, development of instructional materials and helping deploy these materials via the local area network, the web or media such as CD-ROMs.

(note -- UVA is deploying Sakai. )

http://mcli.maricopa.edu/

Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction.  Maricopa Community Colleges.

http://mcli.maricopa.edu/learning-technologies 

Dear VISTA Students,

 This email details the two steps that need to be taken so you can receive your second VISTA Scholarship disbursement of $250.  To ensure that you receive your disbursement no later than October 29, both of these steps need to be completed no later than 12:00 PM on Thursday, October 23, 2008.   

Recently, an email was sent out to all of your professors asking them complete an Online Progress Report.  These Progress Reports will let us know what your academic standing is in each of your classes.

 

In order to receive your second VISTA disbursement, we must have these completed evaluations by the October 23 deadline mentioned above.  Please contact your professors and let them know that your scholarship funds cannot be disbursed until they complete your Online Progress Reports.  (Remember; please be professional and courteous with all of your professors.)

 

If you are having any trouble with this process, or your professors have not received the email regarding your Progress Report, please let me know immediately so we have time to resolve any issues. If we do not receive all of your progress reports by this deadline, you may not receive your second disbursement until all of your grades post at the end of this semester, and you are deemed academically eligible.

  

You are also required to meet with before you can receive your second disbursement.  Please come in during my regular walk-in advisement hours, between October 13- 23.  During this meeting, we will discuss your academic progress, plan a schedule for next semester, and I will remove your academic advisement hold.