Cookbook

=Lamar Cookbook Project = = = =Campus: Huntsville ISD =

Members
​ Tammy Bybee,Texas Department of Criminal Justice ([|TDCJ]) - HR Regional Coordinator & Trainer Mandi Briley, Family and Consumer Science Teacher 9-12, [|Winters High School], Winters, TX Lou Jean Beckett, Elementary Music Teacher, [|Seabourn and Hodges Elementary School], Mesquite, TX Greg Garner, 8th grade Technology Applications, [|Moore MST Magnet School], Tyler, TX

Purpose
This wiki will be used to assist teachers in discussing ways to create a classroom or school project for fourth-grade students (project can be revised for other age groups) that incorporates and reinforces the technology skills outlined in the Texas Long Range Plan ([|TLRP]). The TLRP (2006) indicates that learners (students) "develop the self-directed learning skills and attitudes that enable them to learn effectively for a lifetime of global citizenship" (p 4). Our project will be a class or school cookbook. The project will allow students to share ideas on how to ensure proper technology is incorporated into the project without giving the students a "roadmap" to follow. Open discussion should allow students to determine groups (teachers should not break the students out into groups) and specific group responsibilities on the project. This way the project incorporates teambuilding skills, if several classes work together, a wiki could also be utilized to coordinate efforts and as a communication tool. The project should have a specific deadline and goal, such as having the project completed and published in time to present the cookbooks as Mother’s Day gifts. This gives the students the opportunity to learn that in a group project they will have deadlines that must be met even when they do not have complete control over the various parts of the project. This project incorporates a variety of skills such as word processing skills that to include typing, writing, and formatting (page numbering, table of contents, and index). The students will also work with graphics. To expand the project into other areas of education, a few recipes can be selected for a “trial run” allowing students to measure ingredients, cook (if a kitchen area is available at your school) and possibly even photograph the finished product.

Questions
Please feel free to add other questions or issues that you think need to be considered for this project. Post responses to questions on the discussion board. 1. The goal for our students learning is to ensure that they are able to incorporate technology into their daily learning and activities to recognize and solve problems and take these skills into the workplace. What skills will the students utilize in this cookbook project that will benefit them in the future? 2. How can we be sure students understand what skills and lessons were learned during the project and how they will benefit them in the “real world”? 3. What recommendations would you give to the teachers to ensure that we give the students flexibility in determining how to complete the project while still teaching new techniques? 4. What guidelines should be given to the students prior to the project? 5. What lessons should be taught prior to the project? 6. This not only hits the Technology TEKS, it also is going to incorporate Mathematics. What Mathematics TEKS are you wanting the kids to know or learn from this project?