As Ocotillo embarks on its 14th year of supporting the Maricopa Community Colleges' focus on learning through technology, we welcome several new college Ocotillo chairs, Steve Budge and Rick Effland (co-chairs), Mesa Community College, Sheila Brandt, Scottsdale Community College, and Teresa Leyba, South Mountain Community College, as well as representatives from the District Technology Leadership Council and the Faculty Executive Council, Earl Mansour and Barry Vaughn, respectively.
Retreat 2001 Recap
Last May, the Ocotillo Retreat again packed a great deal of activity into two days of hands-on sessions and interactive discussions, with nearly 400 people attending events at Paradise Valley Community College and South Mountain Community College. The outcomes of the discussion sessions helped us plan for this year's goals. A highlight was our "Futures Panel" in which our Chancellor, Vice-Chancellors, College Presidents, Industry Representatives, and Chandler-Gilbert Ocotillo Chair Pam Petty outlined a Maricopa vision of technology for the year 2006. All the details are captured on the retreat web site.
Ocotillo Chairs Elizabeth Jacobs (Glendale Community College) and Teresa Leyba (South Mountain Community College)
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Ocotillo 2001-2002
In its first meeting this year, the Ocotillo Chairs established goals and a list of prioritized issues to address this year. Clearly, the most important one is going to be providing input on instructional technology to the District Strategic Planning process and the Bond 2004 planning. In addition, the chairs will address issues of support for technology development, online learning, and doing more with limited resources.
Another major goal is for Ocotillo to promote instructional technology, reach more people, and improve teaching and learning through vehicles such as the Ocotillo Spotlight. Each month our web site "spotlights" a brief article describing a particularly innovative practice or effective use of technology at one of the Maricopa Colleges. The most recent Ocotillo Spotlights featured the Title V grant at Phoenix College and the students of the Student Technology Assistant Research (STAR) program at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.
Other means of reaching more people are the monthly meetings of the Online Learning Group, Technology Dialogue Days, and the Ocotillo Retreat. Because of the popularity of the format of the last two "in-town" Ocotillo Retreats, we are planning fall and spring Technology Dialogue Days. Both of these events will provide the types of hands-on sessions that drew the crowds at the recent year-end retreats.
Working with Glendale Community College and the District Information Technology Services (ITS) department, we are presenting the WebDev 2001 Dialogue Day (November 9, 2001), an open event for anyone in Maricopa interested in Web Development. Featuring a theme of "The Strongest Link," this day will feature an interactive morning discussion activity and a series of afternoon computer classroom demos and electronic poster sessions. There will also be a Spring Technology Dialogue Day on March 29 at GateWay Community College. The Ocotillo Retreat will return to its previous intensive format and May date. Watch for more information on spring activities in the near future.
Throughout the year, Ocotillo continues to serve as a human network of faculty, staff, and administrators, sharing at the District level ideas and issues on instructional technology that come from the college groups, and communicating information back to those same groups. To learn more, contact your local Ocotillo chair or visit our information packed web site.
Ocotillo Representatives
- Pam Petty (Chandler-Gilbert Community College)
- Roger Yohe(Estrella Mountain Community College)
- Charlene Almendarez(GateWay Community College)
- Elizabeth Jacobs(Glendale Community College)
- Steve Budge and Rick Effland (co-chairs) (Mesa Community College)
- Nancy Matte (Phoenix College)
- Jon Storslee (Paradise Valley Community College)
- Pat Case (Rio Salado College)
- Sheila Brandt (Scottsdale Community College)
- Teresa Leyba (South Mountain Community College)
- Earl Mansour (District Technology Leadership Council)
- Barry Vaughn (Faculty Executive Council)
 Doug Sawyer, Ph.D., Ocotillo Faculty Chair and Alan Levine, mcli
Ocotillo
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ocotillo/
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