[assistant prof. in victoria bc]

I would go for this position if only for the superb location near Victoria BC (it's actually on the Hatley Park National Historic Site):

Communication - Instructor or Assistant Professor

Royal Roads University

Location: British Columbia
Date posted: 2010-03-05
Royal Roads University, Limited Term Core Faculty, School of Communication and Culture within the Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences.

We invite your interest to explore our exciting new two year limited term position (at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level) at Royal Roads University (RRU). Located in beautiful, Victoria, BC our mandate is to solely offer professional degree programs with a focus on applied research. With a reputation for innovation, RRU is a leader in online delivery and primarily attracts learners who are working professionals.

The School of Communication offers three degrees in communication studies which are focused on the theory and practice of professional communication in a wide range of contexts including media, organizational and intercultural. We stress a critical-professional educational approach and we invite you to view our website for more details.

The successful applicant will have demonstrated teaching experience at undergraduate and the graduate levels in the field of communication studies, an ability to work as a team member within an interdisciplinary outcome-based curriculum, and administrative experience and abilities preferably in a University academic setting. The successful applicant will ideally have experience teaching communication theory at the undergraduate and graduate levels. A Ph.D. (or ABD) in communication or related fields in the social and applied sciences is required along with a broad theoretical understanding of communication. The following would also be strong assets in the position: applied research experience, an ability to employ adult learning and applied learning principles with mature learners, and experience in distance education teaching.

In addition to a collegial learning community, RRU offers a comprehensive compensation package to core faculty, with a salary based on rank, qualifications and experience. The term of this position is from 15 July 2010 - 15 July 2012.

For more information and to submit your application, please visit http://www.royalroads.ca/careers




 Note: Image from Royal Roads University.

[a pen]

Interesting digital poetry creation by Jim Andrews: “A project in visual poetry and programming. The project consists of an interactive software pen that uses four ‘nibs’ whose ‘inks’ are lettristic animations of letters.”

[creativity 2.0]

Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) muses on creativity:

[vanilla cake]

Those who know me, know I love cooking. I find it a good way to unwind and relax. Mindless stirring does wonders for my soul. Recently, I've been expanding my baking repertoire. I did a lemon cake, some scones and today I thought I'd try a vanilla cake.

I basically made my lemon cake with vanilla rather than lemon and instead of milk I used buttermilk. Steve says it's very good... The icing is a meringue style. I first dissolved some sugar (I used about 3/4 of a cup) with three egg whites in a double boiler. Then I whisked them up with a touch of salt and tartar powder in my new Kitchen Aid stand mixer (I've only wanted on for about 10 years!). Just as stiff peaks were forming I added 2 tsp of pure vanilla extract.

The final product:

[banff]

More pics from the interventions conference location:

[lake louise]

Supreme gorgeousness:

People skating, skiing, and playing hockey on frozen Lake Louise.

Yup, that's right. That's me, standing on frozen Lake Louise!

[Panel on new formalities @ #interventions]

Moderator Lance Olsen, Steve Tomasula, Charles Bernstein, Erin Moure
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D Kimm on interdisciplinary art @ #interventions

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Jen Bervin @ #interventions

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[panel on reading today, #interventions]

Moderator Al Fillreis, Kenneth Goldsmith, Steve Tomasula, Stephen Osborne

[literary in(ter)ventions]

Interesting talk by Christian Bok (of Calgary uni.) on language as a virus.

How to encode poetry on genomes of bacteria to act as secret message/literary artefact.

[nick monfort at #interventions]

Nick Monfort at the interventions conference talking about literature at the edge. Think of edges in graph theory and how endges act as connectors.
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[technology and teachers]

I just glimpsed this ad. while waiting for an educational site to load. I love the tag line: "no teacher left behind." Precisely. If the educators don't know how to use new media technology, how can they help the students? Educators, in general, require more support from heads of institutions (and probably governments for funding assistance too).

Although, of course, I don't think we should be scared of technology as intimated in the above image.

[snow scenes]

[baking: scones]

A friend came over for tea today, so I thought I'd relieve my cream tea experience from Montague Arms in Beaulieu, the New Forest (England). I set the table with tea cups and had the teapot warming before I made the tea. I tried my hands at some scones (first time) and they went down quite well.

What you'll need:

2 cups all-purpose flour 

1/4 cup white sugar

2 ½ tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup cold butter

1 cup milk

Before you start mixing, have your oven heating up to 400F. Then get your baking trays ready (greased and floured). 


Basically you want to sift and then mix your dry ingredients together so that's the flour, sugar, baking power, baking soda and salt. Add your cold butter. It helps to dice it first so it's easier to blend. When you have floury breadcrumbs you're ready to add in your milk. You don't want your dough too sticky so add just enough milk to get a silky smooth dough. At this point some people like to add sultanas....not me! 


Now it's time to shape your scones. You can roll out the dough (about 2 cm thick is good) and then use cookie cutters to make your shape. Usually scones are circular but I had some maple leaf cookie cutters so I tried those. Some patriotic scones. Bake for about 12 minutes. When I took my scones out of the oven I brushed them with butter and then sprinkled with icing sugar. Decadent and quite delish.