Assessment Three - Listening

Here’s the link to the third assessment, Listening.

I’d ask that you don’t provide any feedback in the comments section this time please, given that it’s an assessment.

All the information has been noted in the e mail of 22/2/22 (neat date) and I’ve also popped the info on Moodle for you. 

The final submission date, by e mail to me, is 16:00 on Tuesday 22nd March 2022. 

Ofer Levy: The new science of personalized vaccines
https://www.ted.com/talks/ofer_levy_the_new_science_of_personalized_vaccines

Good luck as always,

Mark 

Something slightly off topic!

I watched “Respect” again at the weekend, which is a truly beautiful film about the legend who was / is, Aretha Franklin.

This is a song from the film, written by the star in the lead, Jennifer Hudson, and one of my favourites, Carole King, who is 80 next week, wow.

You might enjoy this, play it loud: https://youtu.be/Numz97dBEm0

I thought the film was 5 stars all the way.

Mark

Jamie Oliver TED talk

Hi all, this is the TED talk I would like you to watch before next Tuesday's class.

If you have any general comments, please make them in the comments section as always - you need to sign in to the blog to do so of course.

I look forward to next week's discussion.

All the best,

Mark

Please click the link below.

https://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver_teach_every_child_about_food/up-next?language=en

Mind your P’s and Q’s…

Hello all,

This is worth a look!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5y4KwV4wmB2sMlv7SPMjCNs/punctuation-how-to-mind-your-ps-and-qs

The podcasts are great too, where they look at words in a variety of different contexts. Good for content and great for getting a feel for podcasts. 

What do you think? 

Mark 

Happy Ne’er

Welcome to 2022 everybody! I hope you had a lovely Xmas and here’s to a productive new year. Sending positivity to you all. I thought these words were appropriate. Best wishes, Mark

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas...

Hello everybody,

I just wanted to wish you all a peaceful holiday, richly deserved and a prosperous Ne'er when it finally arrives. You have all worked so very hard this year, so please afford yourself some you time and also some reflections on how far you have all come, both personally and academically. 

Here is a short vocal delivery for you, from my front room in Edinburgh.

All the very best to you all.

Mark

Final presentation success and overview of today's class (30/11/21)

Hello all,

Another great class today where we discussed the following:

1. We went over the FAQs for the report writing assessment (see blog post below).

2. The class looked at a report which needed remediation and why.

3. I introduced you to the "Using formal English" document I prepared for today.

4. A quick round the Zoom to see how the reports are coming along (11/1/22 deadline).

5. I was able to clarify that we are only doing four assessments instead of eight for this Unit, which is a concession on the part of the SQA as we are still learning, teaching and assessing during a pandemic (a good move on their part I would suggest). The four assessments are oral presentation, report writing, listening analysis (TED) and reading analysis. The final two assessments look at similar analytical and evaluative skills. I suspect we will complete everything by the Spring break. 

6. Johnathan delivered the final assessed presentation for the first outcome successfully. As always, please note any feedback in the comments section below. Well done Johnathan, we all learned a great deal from your research. And well done to all 18 members of the class, some excellent work across the weeks when we had the presentations. 

See you back on the 21st December to say our festive goodbyes. The next two Tuesdays are self study periods for you for my unit. Good time to think about your reports really...ha ha.

Have a lovely evening.

Mark