Ocotillo

While at Maricopa, Alan was a key contributor to significant efforts such as Ocotillo, a faculty-led initiative that promotes innovation and drives change, created the Maricopa Learning eXchange MLX, a virtual warehouse of innovation that pioneered the use of RSS in syndicating learning object content, and developed Feed2JS, an open source software shared for allowing people to easily incorportate RSS content into web pages.

K12 Online 2006 Darren Kuropatwa 2006

While at Maricopa, Alan was a key contributor to significant efforts such as Ocotillo, a faculty-led initiative that promotes innovation and drives change, created the Maricopa Learning eXchange MLX, a virtual warehouse of innovation that pioneered the use of RSS in syndicating learning object content, and developed Feed2JS, an open source software shared for allowing people to easily incorportate RSS content into web pages.

Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Kuropatwa 2006

"All the lamps, the liquor bottles and the TV hanging from the ceiling shook, but nothing dropped," said Marina Garcia, an employee at the Burgers and Beer restaurant in El Centro, about 30 miles east of Ocotillo.

Ocotillo Quake: 5.9 Quake Hits Southern California 2010

That magnitude-4. 6 temblor struck at about 9 miles north of Ocotillo.

Long Beach Earthquake Rattles Southern California AP 2010

That magnitude-4. 6 temblor struck at about 9 miles north of Ocotillo.

Long Beach Earthquake Rattles Southern California AP 2010

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered five miles southeast of Ocotillo in Imperial County – about 85 miles east of San Diego.

Ocotillo Quake: 5.9 Quake Hits Southern California 2010

A little kit fox just northwest of Ocotillo, not all that far from where I lived for a while.

A Roadkill Map of California | clusterflock 2010

Ocotillo behaves as if it were a CAM-succulent, drought deciduous shrub, but it is neither CAM nor succulent (see details in the species accounts).

Adaptations of desert plants 2009

Jonathan Karp An Ocotillo plant provides a rare glimpse of green in the rocky, brown landscape.

A Desert Escape 2008

During wildflower season, the Ocotillo produces bright red blooms.

A Desert Escape 2008