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Prompted questions:

1. Why did you choose this lesson? Brief summary or original lesson plan design/goals of lesson.

I chose this lesson because every culinary arts program has some egg cookery included in the curriculum. This is a perfect opportunity to add new ways of presenting to get the students attention. If the information is presented in a fresh new way, the students will retain the material and be incouraged to use these tools in their own work. The original lesson plan included lecture format that can be improved with the digital tools Animoto and Vuvox. These are video tools that add creativity to the same old power point or video.

2. Define new lesson plan design/goals of lesson.

This lesson will take out the traditional lecture format and replace it with videos made in VuVox and Animoto. VuVox is a great tool to demostrate the process of egg production because you are able to view each step in sequence. This format also allows for adding additional informational images related to the lesson (parts of the egg, Coagulation, etc.). The goals of the lesson are to introduce these tools to the students in a fun way. Teach them the lesson on egg cookery and teach them how to use these tools in their own projects. These are great tools for Culinary Arts due to the visual nature of cooking.

3. Which tool or tools did you choose to incorporate into this lesson to potentially improve it?

Animoto- uses short video clips to reinforce a topic. [|www.animoto.com]

VuVox- uses a timeline of pictures, videos, and other clips to present material in a new interesting way. [|www.vuvox.com] 4. Why did you choose this tool(s)?

I chose these tools to bring new life to culinary lectures. Power point and Prezi could have been used in the same way, but I felt these tools were more appropriate for this particular application.

5. What standards were you using to guide your decision on this? NETS?

The lesson is not originally from Rhode Island so I would have to add Common Core State Standards to corespond to the learning. I focussed on the NETS standards in this particular lesson. The NETS standards that I chose were NETS-t-2a., NETS-t-2c., NETS-t-3d., and NETS-t-4b.

6. Do you feel this will improve your teaching? If so, why?

I do believe that this will improve the way that I present material in the classroom. At first these tools can be itimidating, but with some practice they can be very effective teaching aids. This is my first introduction to cool tools for schools and I will definately look into other tools to work into my teaching career. As stated in class, students are already using technology at home. It makes sense to use technology in the classroom too.

7. Do you feel this will help improve student learning? If so, how and why?

I do believe students will absorb this like a sponge. I haven't met a kid yet that doesn't enjoy some form of technology. These students grew up with computers and pick up this material very quickly. Any new use of digital tools in the classroom will only make the student more engaged in the learning process.