Updates

I started the final project in the last week. It is the awesomest thing ever! I created a website/blog on weebly. It's called Nutritious but Delicious. I am posting nutrition information/ healthy recipes. It's actually really fun to do. I got an email from weebly saying that my site is becoming popular and I should consider allowing it to be easily searched through google. It made me laugh. It was exciting, though. I'm glad it's getting attention. I put the link on my facebook, so I'm sure that's where I'm getting the views from. Here is the link. It's going to be awesome. So far it only has one recipe. But there will definitely be more

Multimedia

Rosi Rummler and I created a Mormon Message. We used the talk "Courageous Parenting" from conference. There are some differences in the requirements for the message than for the multimedia project. We were not supposed to include credits at the end. We used 14 seconds of a combination of tiny clips of train scenes from the movie Stand by Me, so that is our credit to it. According to the copyright things we studied, it is ok to use less than 3 minutes of video if used for educational purposes (as this project is). Another difference is obvious--it is not teaching something from the Utah Core Curriculum. Those are the differences. Since the video is on Rosi's computer, she will be uploading it onto YouTube and linking it to her blog.

Personal Project

I thought for a long time about what really interests me along with what kinds of projects I would assign my students. I decided that it would be beneficial for students to start a blog about a topic that interests them from a list of topics. They would need to do research and creatively create this blog that is informing and interesting. I am going to create a foods blog. I can see it unraveling in my head, and it is awesome! I want to create this blog with nutritional information/ facts about certain foods, vitamins, and minerals. And I am going to post nutritious and delicious recipes. I see this being great!

Storyboard

Here is a screen shot of my storyboard.

Multimedia

I had this great plan for my multimedia assignment, but so far I haven't figured out quite yet how to do it. I am determined to do it (as of right now anyway). Hopefully with this week of playing around with my computer I can figure out how play a video on windows movie maker but also have other things going at the same time. Does that even make sense? I am doing a Mormon Message, and I want the dude to be speaking in the talk and also be able to have other things happen while he is talking. I also lost my camera 2 months ago and still can't find it. I miss it. Hopefully I can figure all this out with my technology challenges!

Comfort Food

I was looking at some website that had fall comfort foods. They didn't all look good, except these cookies sure did! I like them even more because they have wheat flour.

Whole Wheat S'more Cookies

Whole wheat flour gives these clever cookie S'mores a graham-cracker flavor. Leave the marshmallows out for a day or two on a plate to get stale—they'll hold their shape better during baking

Makes about 36

Recipe by Susan Reid
Photograph by Con Poulos

February 2008

Ingredients

• 3 cups whole wheat flour or white whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups (packed) golden brown sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon robust-flavored (dark) molasses
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips (about 9 ounces)
• 1 cup mini marshmallows
• 3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 3 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda in large bowl. Whisk eggs, buttermilk, molasses, and vanilla extract in medium bowl; whisk in butter. Add egg mixture to dry ingredients, stirring until dough is evenly moistened. Stir in chocolate chips, marshmallows, and nuts.
• Drop cookie dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared sheets, spacing about 3 inches apart (about 12 cookies per sheet). Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until golden brown, dry to touch, but still slightly soft, about 15 minutes. Let cookies cool on sheets 10 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks and cool (cookies will firm up). DO AHEAD Can be made 2 days ahead. Store in airtight container at room temperature.

Read More http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2008/02/whole_wheat_smore_cookies?mbid=synd_yshine#ixzz144Xgncls