Video discussing meal schedule

Week Two

Going into week 2, these are the things that I would change.

1. I would not use avatars unless they are connected to an assignment.
2. I would let students choose their type of assignment, but not the due date.
3. I would make the informative paper a group project.


The class seems to enjoy the discussions and the group work. Today, I talked about food deserts. The first part of the assignment was a 7 day food schedule, students were given $125 to feed a family of four for seven days. I thought that this part of the assignment would take less than 20 minutes, however, 45 minutes later, I had to stop this part. Most of the students had never set up a food schedule.
The second part of the assignment, students had use make a schedule using $125 and fitting the menu into the food pyramid. The next part of the assignment was to write a 7 day schedule using an $80 food stamp allotment and meeting the pyramid guidelines.

The shock on their faces, their moans, and several students said that it couldn't be accomplished. I asked the students to work on it and bring it to the next class.