Wednesday 26 April 2017
Good luck for the rest of the assessments from my cat!
Here is a wee snap of my wee cat Jet. He needs to work on his relaxation techniques I think, always on the go...
Tuesday 25 April 2017
This is a really handy website for you to use to improve your writing skills
http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
This is one I have used for teaching and writing purposes over the years and certainly one I would encourage you to bookmark somewhere!
This is one I have used for teaching and writing purposes over the years and certainly one I would encourage you to bookmark somewhere!
Thursday 20 April 2017
Contingency plan and revised running order of the final classes
Firstly, welcome back one and all, I hope you all had a restful break and weren't thinking about College TOO much!
I have been extremely impressed with the standard of work for the Sam Kass assessment, so much so, that a fair number of you passed without any remediation at all which is fantastic. Any students who have had some amendments have been extremely minor, so all in all a very successful assessment indeed.
By the close of play today everybody will have submitted and by tomorrow I expect every student to have been successful in this assessment. This is more of a triumph than you can imagine by the way!
So, thinking ahead then. Due to the excellent standard of work produced for the first listening task, I had made a decision a few weeks ago not to hold the session which was earmarked for another practice as it would cut into your assessment time.
There is every chance that there will be a strike next Thursday and it could be the case that there will be a series of strikes thereafter. I should say at this juncture though, that our Union is doing their very best to avoid this, but if management are unable to honour the deal they agreed last year, then strikes will be inevitable. That said, this isn't going to have too great an impact on your learning in my Unit. The last three assessments can all be done outwith the class and are not done in controlled conditions. I always factor this in for my final assessments, so it was kind of a masterplan I guess!
The last three assessments are:
1. Listening assessment. Same generic questions as per the Sam Kass one but this time it will be a discussion. The topic is on drugs. There is no transcript for this one but you can watch it as many times as you wish. I will put the link onto the blog in two weeks time so everybody has access to it and distribute the questions (same ones) at that time.
2. Report assessment. This is the one on HIV you have already done, are currently doing, have started researching or are thinking about doing for your respective lecturer!
3. Essay assessment. This will be either a persuasive or an argumentative essay on a topic broadly associated with Nursing / Healthcare.
For the two written pieces I have put a substantial document together for you. Included in that are the briefs, examples, helpnotes, lecture notes and referencing information. This is aimed to help you with the assessments and also your further study, so it should be of great help to you.
The report you submit to me will be a slightly longer version than the one you submit to either Moira or Ashley. This is good news for you, as many of you will no doubt have extra information / content you couldn't submit to them because their assessment demanded that it be no more than 500 words. Mine says at least 650 words. I will provide the structure for you. So, no extra research, just extra words. Efficient!
Tuesday class - I will go over report writing and essay writing in this class and give you the handbook I have been putting together for the last few weeks or so.
Thursday class - if there is no strike, then I will do this with you too. If not, I will do it the following week. You are in a slightly better situation as I understand that most of you have been working to an earlier deadline with Moira on your report assessment anyway as she is going to Malta, so that isn't a problem in terms of timing.
The deadlines for the three assessments noted above is Friday 2nd June. That gives you all plenty of time to be working on your various assessments for me, whether there are strikes or not. If we are not on strike, you will be able to work on them during my class time.
This leaves two final weeks if we need them, but I hope we don't need them. I can work on marking your assessments remotely and will turn them around in good time as always. I should add here though, that if we ARE on strike on any given day, my labour is withdrawn completely for those days which you will appreciate.
On Tuesday 6th June and Thursday 8th June I will need all class members in attendance though, as I want to do a final class where we can reflect on what we have achieved, the assessments and kind of say goodbye I guess. We aren't quite there yet, but we are getting to the business end. I don't expect anybody at this stage to falter as almost all of you have passed the first 5 assessments and to a very good standard, so from my side, I am really very happy with the way things are going. It does leave that final week after should anybody need the time to complete, so I have factored that in too.
I hope that this provides answers to any questions you may have at the moment.
All the best,
Mark
I have been extremely impressed with the standard of work for the Sam Kass assessment, so much so, that a fair number of you passed without any remediation at all which is fantastic. Any students who have had some amendments have been extremely minor, so all in all a very successful assessment indeed.
By the close of play today everybody will have submitted and by tomorrow I expect every student to have been successful in this assessment. This is more of a triumph than you can imagine by the way!
So, thinking ahead then. Due to the excellent standard of work produced for the first listening task, I had made a decision a few weeks ago not to hold the session which was earmarked for another practice as it would cut into your assessment time.
There is every chance that there will be a strike next Thursday and it could be the case that there will be a series of strikes thereafter. I should say at this juncture though, that our Union is doing their very best to avoid this, but if management are unable to honour the deal they agreed last year, then strikes will be inevitable. That said, this isn't going to have too great an impact on your learning in my Unit. The last three assessments can all be done outwith the class and are not done in controlled conditions. I always factor this in for my final assessments, so it was kind of a masterplan I guess!
The last three assessments are:
1. Listening assessment. Same generic questions as per the Sam Kass one but this time it will be a discussion. The topic is on drugs. There is no transcript for this one but you can watch it as many times as you wish. I will put the link onto the blog in two weeks time so everybody has access to it and distribute the questions (same ones) at that time.
2. Report assessment. This is the one on HIV you have already done, are currently doing, have started researching or are thinking about doing for your respective lecturer!
3. Essay assessment. This will be either a persuasive or an argumentative essay on a topic broadly associated with Nursing / Healthcare.
For the two written pieces I have put a substantial document together for you. Included in that are the briefs, examples, helpnotes, lecture notes and referencing information. This is aimed to help you with the assessments and also your further study, so it should be of great help to you.
The report you submit to me will be a slightly longer version than the one you submit to either Moira or Ashley. This is good news for you, as many of you will no doubt have extra information / content you couldn't submit to them because their assessment demanded that it be no more than 500 words. Mine says at least 650 words. I will provide the structure for you. So, no extra research, just extra words. Efficient!
Tuesday class - I will go over report writing and essay writing in this class and give you the handbook I have been putting together for the last few weeks or so.
Thursday class - if there is no strike, then I will do this with you too. If not, I will do it the following week. You are in a slightly better situation as I understand that most of you have been working to an earlier deadline with Moira on your report assessment anyway as she is going to Malta, so that isn't a problem in terms of timing.
The deadlines for the three assessments noted above is Friday 2nd June. That gives you all plenty of time to be working on your various assessments for me, whether there are strikes or not. If we are not on strike, you will be able to work on them during my class time.
This leaves two final weeks if we need them, but I hope we don't need them. I can work on marking your assessments remotely and will turn them around in good time as always. I should add here though, that if we ARE on strike on any given day, my labour is withdrawn completely for those days which you will appreciate.
On Tuesday 6th June and Thursday 8th June I will need all class members in attendance though, as I want to do a final class where we can reflect on what we have achieved, the assessments and kind of say goodbye I guess. We aren't quite there yet, but we are getting to the business end. I don't expect anybody at this stage to falter as almost all of you have passed the first 5 assessments and to a very good standard, so from my side, I am really very happy with the way things are going. It does leave that final week after should anybody need the time to complete, so I have factored that in too.
I hope that this provides answers to any questions you may have at the moment.
All the best,
Mark
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