Antes que todo y primero que nada Gracias Teacher Doris, por hacer tan agradable estas largas 48 horas del curso, y por animarnos a dejar ese miedo y temor a equivocarnos al tratar de expresas nuestras ideas en Ingles, o a pronunciar palabras que no estábamos seguro de cómo se decían, pero con la seguridad de que vendría un explicación de la pronunciación correcta y un ejemplo de la misma.


Gracias por ayudarnos a entender sin darnos cuenta que aprendíamos Ingles, al igual por los conocimientos compartidos en el área de informática, blog’s, herramientas, diccionarios y magazines.

Espero podamos toparnos en el camino, y que en esa oportunidad sea yo quien pueda ayudarle y transmitirle los conocimiento e información que necesite.

Thank you very much again

Health Drive on the Colombian/Venezuelan Border
Wayuu Taya Foundation - Wednesday, 9 June 2010 09:19
Two health drives were held on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, reaching 3 communities in the Mara and Guajira municipalities. The initiative was made possible with the help of several companies and organizations and was promoted by CAVECOL (Venezuelan/Colombian Chamber for Economic Integration) and the Wayúu Tayá Foundation.

Anti-parasite treatments were offered in addition to health workshops and assistance to refugees; everything with direct involvement by the following organizations: SENIAT of Paraguachon (National Integrated Service of Customs and Tax Administration), the Border Patrol; Bolivarian National Guard, doctors and nurses from the Red Cross, Sanitas Foundation of Venezuela and the Nestle’s Nutri Movil who provided nutritional evaluation, pediatric and gynecologist consultations, as well as general medicine.

1. Health Drive at the Yanama, Paraguachon School
More than 50 people from the health industry, drive facilitators and the Wayúu Tayá Foundation traveled to the Venezuelan Guajira to assist kids in the Yanama school and the Paraguachon community through a variety of workshops: Premature birth prevention, prevention of drug abuse, early detection of breast cancer, in addition to pediatric, gynecology, general medicine and nutritional assistance – (Sanitas of Venezuela and Breast assisted in promoting the above).

Community kids from the Intercultural school “Yanama”, expressed a message of love to Patricia Velázquez, president of the foundation, and asked her to visit the school.

The drives established interaction and rapport with the border communities between Colombia and Venezuela, offering medical and social assistance to the Wayúu indigenous community; benefiting 735 people divided accordingly:

• Health and Prevention Workshops: 300
• General Medicine: 50
• Pediatrics: 91
• Anti-parasite Prevention Treatment: 112
• Gynecology: 25
• Infant Nutrition: 157

2. Social Action in Tepichi Talashi
This same drive extended to Mara Municipality May 27, 2010, specifically at the Nerio Emiro Semprun “Tepichi Talashi” school of the Wayúu Tayá Foundation.

As part of the strategic alliances, we counted on the security logistics support of the government of Zulia State. Also present were the same institutions that accompanied the health drives, adding to these medical personnel from the Bolivarian Mara mayor’s office and Hydro Mara; providing children and adults all of the required medical attention, whereby a huge social impact was achieved with the student population and community in general.

• Health and Prevention Workshop: 462
• General Medicine: 50
• Pediatrics: 228
• Anti-parasite Treatment: 145
• Vaccination: 60
• Gynecology: 25
• Infant nutrition: 157

3. Jesús Redentor “Los Lechosos” School with Special Visit from Yehuda Berg, Eloisa Dudamal and Patricia Velásquez

The closing of the health drive was conducted at Jesús Redentor “Los Lechosos” School. Along with the Mara volunteers and the members of the foundation, they achieved the overwhelming success of this important social activity.

The health drive counted on the assistance of Patricia Velazquez, President of the Wayúu Tayá Foundation who was accompanied by Yehuda Berg of the Kabbalah Center and Eloisa Maturet, wife of world renown musical director, Gustavo Dudamel. They all toured the Tepichi Talashi and Jesús Redentor Schools, sharing special moments with the indigenous community of Mara municipality. The joy on children’s faces was evident in the three health drives where they received multivitamins, books, gifts and candy. Personnel from the Red Cross were in charge of painting the children’s faces.

Wayúu Tayá Foundation wished to thank all those who participated on this initiative making it a complete success!

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Saludos.

In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula, and others, designed, developed, and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of the mouse-driven graphical user interface which led to the creation of the Macintosh. After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher education and business markets. Apple's subsequent 1996 buyout of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he has served as its CEO since 1997.

In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd which was spun off as Pixar Animation Studios. He remained CEO and majority shareholder until its acquisition by the Walt Disney company in 2006. Jobs is currently a member of Disney's Board of Directors.

Jobs' history in business has contributed much to the symbolic image of the idiosyncratic, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, emphasizing the importance of design and understanding the crucial role aesthetics play in public appeal. His work driving forward the development of products that are both functional and elegant has earned him a devoted following.

Jobs is listed as either primary inventor or co-inventor in over 230 both awarded patents and patent applications related to a range from actual computer and portable devices to user interfaces (including touch-based), speakers, keyboards, power adapters, staircases, clasps, sleeves, lanyards and packages.
Fuente: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

Actividades a Realizar:
a. Seleccione un texto y escribe cuatro preguntas puntuales sobre (Fechas, sitios, etc) (Utilizar una biografia de algun referente al area de experticia).
       1) Place of Birth and Date of Birth of Steve Jobs?
       Born in San Francisco February 24, 1955
       2) Achievements?
       He is well known for being the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple
       3) Occupation?
       Chairman and CEO, Apple Inc., Board of Directors, Walt Disney Company
       4) Residence
       Palo Alto, California, USA
 

b. Indica cuales son los marcadores de definicion, marcadores de tiempo y marcadores de secuencia presentes en tu texto.
      1) Marcadores de tiempo:
       February 24, 1955
       in 2006
       in 1985
       since 1997
       In 1986
       in 2006
       In 1972
       In the autumn of 1974
       * inter alias.

     2) Marcadores de Secuencia: First, Later, During, After, Until, On, In
     In the late 1970s
     In the early 1980s
     Until the end of June 2009
     During a July conference
     Two years later

     3) Marcadores de Definición: This is, for example, in other,suchs as, known, for instance, refers to, etc.
     He is well known for being the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple

Career Tracks for Online Educators
The Proper Care and Feeding of Adjuncts
By Mark Welch, Bob Robertson, and Darren Adamson
March 16, 2010


The formula seems so obvious, yet we seem to have overlooked it. Simply put, when the best online instructors can see a viable and attractive career track for themselves, they are more likely to be satisfied and more productive with the institution and their students.

There are approximately 7,000 colleges and universities in North America, and the vast majority of them are teaching online classes and offering fully online degrees, meaning instructors have countless options of where to teach. How can a program or university attract the best online instructors and keep them, thereby also retaining more students?

To increase instructor retention in online education, we propose four separate but interchangeable career tracks that instructors can move between.

Four Career Tracks for Online Instructors
1. Teachers. The first career track is for those who only want to teach and nothing else. In this track, we propose using academic rank as a type of compensation. We don't necessarily think it's best to use the same titles as in traditional academia, though. For example, Capella University (one of the author's alma mater) offers academic rank, such as core faculty. Other job title are professor of practice, mentor faculty, and senior professor. It could be said that in academia, the pay is poor, so institutions give titles to their faculty.

2. Administrators. The second track is partly or totally administration, such as associate dean, dean, or program chair. Many online programs are stuck in a paradigm that mandates their administration must be on campus. Returning to the Capella example, its deans and executive administration live all over the world. This type of flexibility is a very attractive incentive for the best and brightest faculty to work at an institution.

3. Faculty trainer or mentor. The third track is faculty trainer or mentor. These are the best online instructors who want to train and mentor other faculty.

We believe that all new instructors should be compensated when they shadow their first course and that they should have a mentor with them while they teach their first course. Some might add up the pay of the trainers and mentors and question the financial viability of this approach. We would remind them of the cost of replacing an employee at this level.

4. Researcher. In the fourth career track, professors and their graduate students conduct studies (short studies, articles, theses and even dissertations) regarding what factors increase instructor retention and the viability of these career tracks. These studies can then be published and presented at conferences, further helping to attract the best online instructors.

ROI

There's a simple return on investment for the online degree program here. There seems to be little or no research on cost of replacing an online professor. Typically, replacing a mid-level employee cost about 50 percent of their annual salary. This includes the costs for the time the position remains vacant, recruiting, training, and the time period for the new employee to get up to speed.

Retaining the best online instructors, can save significant money, which can be used to mitigate the impact of tuition increases and to fund implementation of additional student and faculty retention programs, such as those we are suggesting.

An example from one of the authors provides an appropriate conclusion; in fact, this moment was the impetus for this article:

"I remember my first day on a campus as a new instructor. When I walked into the classroom, the tension was almost visible. The students had checked the class schedule and did not see many of their favorite instructors listed. The students were upset and stressed. One student made this statement: 'It stopped me cold.' She said, 'If the college does not value the best instructors, then why do I think they value me? My instructors were smart, and they left this college. Maybe I should be smart and leave it as well.'"

About the Authors
Dr. Mark Welch, is the executive director of the Online Education Alliance, a graduate of Oxford University, and a former dean of Online Education.
Dr. Bob Robertson is the dean of the MBA program at St. Leo University. He also created the first doctorate of business administration program in Central Asia.
Dr. Darren Adamson has been the campus director of three Argosy University campus. He is also a practicing psychologist.

Fuente
http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=opinion&article=132-1

Observa la imagen y contesta las siguientes preguntas:
De acuerdo al título y la imagen ¿cuál cree usted que es el tópico que esta apunto de leer?
Clases a distancias

¿Cual es la idea general del texto?
La formación de los docentes que brindan clases en línea para mejorar su retención.

¿Que palabras se repiten?
Instructors, Example, Students, Online,

¿Que palabras se parecen al español?
Formula, Instructors, Institution, Students, Classes, University, Professor,

¿Cuales son las palabras en negritas, el titulo, subtitulo o gráficos que te ayudan a entender el texto?

• The Proper Care and Feeding of Adjuncts
• Four Career Tracks for Online Instructors
• Teachers.
• Professor of practice, mentor faculty, senior professor
• Core faculty
• Administrators.
• Associate dean, dean,  program chair
• Faculty trainer or mentor
• Researcher
• ROI

¿De qué trata el texto? (leer el primer párrafo y el ultimo o las ultimas ideas del ultimo párrafo)
Recursos que pueden utilizar para estimular y mejorar la retención de los profesores en línea.