If you have not been able to do your evaluation due to the weather alerts etc., please email me at kholmes@uu.edu. We can fax it to you (probably tomorrow) and you can fax it back to Kim in the Social Work office.
Thanks,
Dr. Holmes
Monday, December 15, 2008
If your paper didn't make it in by noon to 1pm...BB Deadline
You had better send me an email with your reasons (and immediate remedy). Point deductions begin after 1pm. If not received by thursday at noon, you will receive an incomplete and will not be allowed to move forward in the program.
I've gone ahead and extended the BB deadline by 12 hours. Just get everything in to BB by midnight.
Happy Holidays!
Dr. Holmes
I've gone ahead and extended the BB deadline by 12 hours. Just get everything in to BB by midnight.
Happy Holidays!
Dr. Holmes
Updated HBSE II Schedule
January 5, 2009: Mandatory Program meeting (s) at regular class times. Be there! Make sure you get into the new Blackboard classroom and "check in" by midnight- you actually have access 2 or 3 days prior if you want to check in before Monday.
January 12, 2009: ONLINE CLASS ONLY for HBSE II. You will meet on Campus for your new Professor and Course at the designated time. This way, you can focus on the new requirements for the new professor etc. Feel free to use your class time to catch up on your reading for our class as well...there will be a "discussion" set up for that day on Blackboard. You will need to be reading chapter 7 (quiz next week) and through page 89 of 19 Minutes. The updated Syllabus will be online before class begins and I will bring updated timeline to class, but I'd rather not waste all of that paper. Much of it is the same as HBSE I.
January 19, 2008: On campus, regular class. Quiz: Chapter 7. Mini- exam on 19 minutes through page 89. IF YOU READ THE WHOLE THING ALREADY, DON'T SPOIL IT FOR OTHERS (do a quick re-scan to see where the class discussion will end- your fellow classmates get MAD at spoilers).
Something to think about: Professional presentation skills will be important in the next semester. Proper use of grammar, speaking clearly and succinctly will be important to your grade and to your attaining a Master's Degree.
See you soon, have a wonderful break!
Dr. Holmes
Weather Alert, Campus Closing
Campus closes at 1:30pm.
Please note the weather advisory for this afternoon and evening:
Issued by The National Weather Service
Memphis, TN
5:17 am CST, Mon., Dec. 15, 2008
... ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
MOSTLY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON... BUT THE FREEZING RAIN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MORE SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
THE ICE STORM WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE DAY TUESDAY IN LATER FORECASTS.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
More Information
... SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID-SOUTH BY TUESDAY MORNING...
.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MID-SOUTH TODAY. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD FROM NORTHEAST ARKANSAS TO NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BY NOON... THEN INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BY MID-AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN... MOSTLY LIGHT... WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TODAY... RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY. HOWEVER... THE MORE SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE FREEZING RAIN INCREASES. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT FROM NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE.
WINTER STORM AND ICE STORM WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO TUESDAY FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. IN ADDITION... FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT JUST SOUTH OF THE ICE STORM WARNING TO ACCOUNT FOR MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
Please note the weather advisory for this afternoon and evening:
Issued by The National Weather Service
Memphis, TN
5:17 am CST, Mon., Dec. 15, 2008
... ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
MOSTLY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON... BUT THE FREEZING RAIN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/10 OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MORE SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
THE ICE STORM WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE DAY TUESDAY IN LATER FORECASTS.
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
More Information
... SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID-SOUTH BY TUESDAY MORNING...
.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MID-SOUTH TODAY. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD FROM NORTHEAST ARKANSAS TO NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BY NOON... THEN INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BY MID-AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN... MOSTLY LIGHT... WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TODAY... RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY. HOWEVER... THE MORE SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE FREEZING RAIN INCREASES. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT FROM NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE.
WINTER STORM AND ICE STORM WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO TUESDAY FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. IN ADDITION... FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT JUST SOUTH OF THE ICE STORM WARNING TO ACCOUNT FOR MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
The End!
Hello Everyone,
So, here we are- at the end. I have seen MANY of you here today and plan to see even more tomorrow and Monday. Tomorrow I still have plenty of slots available so contact me for that. I will be in after 10 (I am giving a final in my morning class first thing).
At least drop by between now and Monday at 5pm to fill out the evaluation. If for some reason you can't get here, let me know and we will work out a way for you to get it done!
Some couldn't find the last two discussion topics (Adoption and Daycare) on BB- I got an apology note from BB this morning, there have been some problems, so no surprise. I re-did them and they are there (at least from what I can see). Last chance for participation ;)
Cutoff for EVERTYHING is on Monday in Blackboard. I am not sure when they cut you off for grades, but if you don't know what your grade is after meeting with me, and you get cut off from BB, you can contact me and see where I am on that. I will also keep posting to the blog. That will remain the same for the next course as well!
One last note on the final paper for those who have not yet turned it in.
We got a letter of concern to our department from the Hundley Center about Plagiarism. It seems that many have turned in papers for editing that clearly are using other people's words without giving credit for it. I am not saying "many" to point out a couple. I am saying many, because it is MANY. I want to say this in the kindest way to you. It concerns me. You MUST know the difference between paraphrasing and direct quotes. If you did not write that phrase or sentence, quote marks belong around that phrase or sentence, with a page number at the end. If this is done in your final paper, it will be returned to you as I cannot ethically accept it. Plagiarism is simply wrong.
This is how you paraphrase: You read the entire article (or the section that you think is important to support your ideas). Ask yourself what the point of it was. Write that, in your own words. It is your interpretation of what they said/ meant, then after that write (Smith, 2008).
How NOT to paraphrase: Copy and paste a large section/ paragraph or sentence into your paper (and perhaps even try to change the words around a little bit) and put (Smith, 2008) after that.
THAT IS PLAGIARISM.
Longer than 4 lines (should be rare, if ever) of someone else’s words: BLOCKQUOTE
Last thing- DON’T write out the journal title or article name in your paper. Use the AUTHOR NAME (S).
Example: Smith, James and Rice (2006) found that…
NOT: The Journal of Social Psychology and Health Sciences in the Southern Region of Care found that…
I look forward to seeing you all :)
Sincerely,
Dr. Holmes
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Test Scores are IN
I'll be out of town until Monday, so here is some immediate feedback as a whole...Where did you go wrong?
Here are a few themes:
I was VERY generous on baby safety issues and attachment types.
Too much opinion on circumcision, not enough facts. YOU SHOULD NOT "TELL" a client anything about what they SHOULD do medically with a child. You definitely should not tell them to do something becuase YOU think it is a good idea, despite the recommendations of the AAP. You need to give them unbiased information, and not biased or INACCURATE information (such as "most people have their boys circumcised"). It is not your position to convince your client about medical issues regarding their baby. You can be supportive and provide references and unbiased information. Once they have made a decision, you can help them get the facts on how to best take care of their child whether it is to explain hygine or circumcision care.
SIDS: yes, cigarette smoke increases SIDS risk, as does prematurity but NOT co-sleeping. BACK to sleep campaign, NOT Stomach.
CORD BLOOD: What exactly is the "moral issue" several of you listed?
Too many of you had no idea what the difference between a 6 month old and three year old milestones were (not babbling or rolling over at 2 years?)
I am happy to go over your exam with you individually when I return...
But thought you would want to know!
Here are a few themes:
I was VERY generous on baby safety issues and attachment types.
Too much opinion on circumcision, not enough facts. YOU SHOULD NOT "TELL" a client anything about what they SHOULD do medically with a child. You definitely should not tell them to do something becuase YOU think it is a good idea, despite the recommendations of the AAP. You need to give them unbiased information, and not biased or INACCURATE information (such as "most people have their boys circumcised"). It is not your position to convince your client about medical issues regarding their baby. You can be supportive and provide references and unbiased information. Once they have made a decision, you can help them get the facts on how to best take care of their child whether it is to explain hygine or circumcision care.
SIDS: yes, cigarette smoke increases SIDS risk, as does prematurity but NOT co-sleeping. BACK to sleep campaign, NOT Stomach.
CORD BLOOD: What exactly is the "moral issue" several of you listed?
Too many of you had no idea what the difference between a 6 month old and three year old milestones were (not babbling or rolling over at 2 years?)
I am happy to go over your exam with you individually when I return...
But thought you would want to know!
Monday, December 1, 2008
End of HBSE I and HBSE II
In person appointments can be made all week next week and the following week (Dec 8-15 until noon).
December 8: ONLINE CLASS ONLY (Adoption Discussion)
December 15: ONLINE ONLY (Daycare Discussion), PAPER CUTOFF noon MY DOOR- HARDCOPY ONLY
HBSE II
January 5, 2009: We will be meeting online only the first week of class. Make sure you get into the new Blackboard classroom and "check in" by 9pm (there will be a "discussion" set up for that day. You will need to be reading chapter 7 (quiz next week) and through page 89 of 19 Minutes.
January 12, 2009: Regular class, on campus. Quiz: Chapter 7. Mini- exam on 19 minutes through page 89. IF YOU READ THE WHOLE THING ALREADY, DON'T SPOIL IT FOR OTHERS (do a quick re-scan to see where the class discussion will end- your fellow classmates get MAD at spoilers).
Updated Syllabus will be online before class begins. I will bring updated timeline to class, but I'd rather not waste all of that paper. Much of it is the same as HBSE I.
Something to think about: Professional presentation skills will be important in the next semester. Proper use of grammar, speaking clearly and succinctly will be important to your grade and to your attaining a Master's Degree.
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