Concetta Gotlieb

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Sunday Sep 28, 2008

I brought my Nonna in for show and tell

The students I teach on Thursday work on a modified curriculum.  It is designed to teach them life skills.  Who would have thought you could have fun, teach cooking, media and literacy all at the same time.

Step 1 - Video Explanation of Cooking Steps

Watch video of my nonna explaining how to cook spaghetti bolognaise.  I used the internal webcam and sat myself on the opposite side of the camera so that it looked like she was talking to me.  It's hard to get these kids to watch anything but they watched this and they asked questions about where my Nonna was from and how old she was.

Step 2 - Cooking

Take lots of photos of the cooking.  As long as you have at least 4 or 5 students cooking you can take turns using the camera and doing parts of the cooking.  Talk about which shots will work best eg close up. 

Step 3 - Cooking Procedural Recount

This was the first time for us using iMovie 08 so we did it together.  The students learnt quickly. The results are very good for a first attempt.


Next step

Web-conference Nonna live to give the lesson as the students cook.  The main issue here is someone has to sit beside her because she can't really work the mouse.

Tags: lifeskills media pictures literacy vid recount
Posted at 06:17PM Sep 28, 2008 by Concetta Gotlieb  |  Comments[5]

Comments:

Hi Concetta, I love the way you have integrated technology into this activity. Once upon a time, if Nonna lived close by, we may have invited her to school as a special guest. Now, it doens't matter where Nonna lives, she can help your students from almost anywhere in the world! Thank you for sharing your activity with us. Lucy :) PS: My Dad is 82 and he's not great with a mouse either! ;)

Posted by Lucy Barrow on September 28, 2008 at 09:37 PM CST #

Thanks Lucy. It was a fun activity and really easy to organise. I think the main thing is you don't have to start with big projects. You can just capture things you already do and share them with the world.

Posted by Concetta Gotlieb on September 28, 2008 at 10:00 PM CST #

hi chett. I love the way you included both nonna explaining it and the kids actually cooking it. good job! xoxo, leah

Posted by leah on October 01, 2008 at 04:30 PM CST #

ciao nonna!! bravissima! come mi piace il tuo inglese!! very good and I also make this sauce in Florence, Italy where I live! I add some parsley and celery to the onion mixture, too.....even some wine at the end. Susan

Posted by susan burg on October 02, 2008 at 02:31 AM CST #

What a great way of engaging the students to the passion of cooking. I can imagine your Noona really enjoyed being involved as well.

Posted by Sue Waters on October 03, 2008 at 10:11 AM CST #

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