10 minutes is more than enough time to cook the perfect omelette. I encourage you all to cook alongside me during the presentation.
To follow along, you will need:
a working stove, a small frying pan, 2 eggs, a small bowl, a fork, and a tablespoon (15mL) of olive oil.
You may also want:
a plate, cheese (sliced or shredded), chopped onions (I suggest green onions), sauteed mushrooms (I suggest white or button mushrooms), jalapenos (if you like spicy), and whatever else you like in your omelette
When I used to work at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, I sometimes worked the omelette station where I did nothing but cooks omelettes for people at the breakfast buffet. Sometimes, I would do this for private breakfast buffets for major league soccer teams who stayed at our hotel when playing against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
The plan:
As I go through the cooking process, I will be explaining what I am doing, why I am doing it, other approaches and how things could go potentially go wrong.
I will also provide background information about things like:
the overall plan
why what we are learning is important, relevant and applicable to our lives
the goal of the lesson: to enable students to cook their own omelettes perfectly
background information on how I learned
background information on ingredients like nutrition and quality
ethical issues surrounding eggs and animal-based foods
how to assess quality afterwards
other approaches to cooking eggs
Name of person teaching: Ben Gregson
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b)Clarity and quality of the content: 3
c)Timing and pacing: 3
d)Use of material and media: 3
e)Level of focus/engagement of learners throughout: 2
f)Confidence and teacher presence: 3
Comments:
Very good pace.
Could ask more questions to engage the public more.
We could see your screen very well with the stove.
Thanks for the presentation, I hope my cooking abilities will improve.
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Comment: What an interesting lesson Ben!! I love how you put effort in emphasizing the details (from cutting cheese to flipping the omelet). I definitely will feel more comfortable in making omelet using some of your techniques. Great presentation overall!
Self-assessment: Topic: Omelettes
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Comments: I would've liked to have people cook along with me to increase engagement but that is hard to do. Also, I feel I was a bit rushed and could've gone longer.
topic: cooking an omelette
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comments: Ben I'm hungry now!!! What a cool presentation, I really like how you started your lesson with a 'why this is important', it really helped with your presentation! You spoke very clearly, and I appreciated you showing the camera each step, not just doing it on the side.
I know that this is a hard topic to incorporate others, especially if we're all at computer desks instead of in the kitchen, but I could see this being really fun and interactive given the right circumstances. I appreciate you trying to incorporate the students near the end by allowing us to ask questions, but also asking us questions
Update:
ReplyDeleteOne thing I would do to try to improve my presentation for next time is to try to involve the audience more. I think asking them what they like to have for breakfast (and why) would help get them more involved. Also, asking them how they like to cook their eggs would be interesting and then we could potentially cook that way as well. Another way to improve would be to also show other approaches to cooking omelettes in order to discuss the benefits of each approach. For example, cooking everything in the same pan instead of separately.
Very nice! Your peer and self assessments are remarkably consistent here. I like your ideas for making the lesson more participatory, even when you don't have the option of having learners cook along with you.
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