by B. Taylor

Created on: February 05, 2009   Last Updated: February 17, 2009

7:30 a.m., time to fire up the computer and see what activity my undergraduate Psychology students engaged in last night. Now, let's see... of my twenty five students, nineteen of them responded to my email from two days ago. Oh, good, I see a few of them have attached their thesis outlines already. Good for them! This is the perfect time to take a look and give them a little feedback.

I like what Marissa has done. I'll send her an email telling her to get started, and suggest a couple more resources. She'll like this book; it will help her.

Jason is on the right track, but he could use some suggestions.

Dear Jason,

Good job so far. I think your paper will turn out better if you focus less on Skinner's life, and more on his theories and how they play out in the laboratory as well as in the day to day world. You have expressed an interest in using his theories in the classroom; I want you to focus the bulk of your paper on how that works and back it up with Skinner's research. I want to hear back from you in the next 36 hours; either rework your outline and submit it, or write back with any questions. I look forward to reading your work. Thanks,

Prof. J.

The others have attached their questions; good, I'll draft answers.

What to do about the six unresponsive students? I think I'll send a personal email to each one, and ask if they need help. If I get no response, then there isn't much else I can do. Hard to keep track of the ones that don't want to be kept track of.

Later this afternoon, I am going to digitally record next week's lecture so I can post it early. But in ten minutes I'm scheduled for office hours in the chat room. Just enough time to make a cup of tea before I log in. Hope lots of students make it, I like interacting with my students in chat.

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