The students are learning to be creative, think visually and think logically. Those are skills they can take anywhere. This year, the focus has been on food. A cooking show is a wonderful way to teach students about doing television because you have to understand the five senses and produce them in a two-dimensional medium, Mazzocco said. Filming is the easiest part.
Planning is the hard part.
Five seniors take the role of producer with help from other students. The students select and contact the chefs, discuss with them what to expect as well as what dishes to prepare and what to wear. They write the scripts and prepare for production day. She was in last semester's class, which created the title and format of the show. It's interesting to see how a group comes together as a team and ends the semester with a finished product.