Online websites to assist Teaching and Learning:

• For faculty development, we recommend going to www.wherefacultyconnect.com , a website operated by Wiley Publishing. Watch for live podcasts which you can sign up for free lectures by instructors in culinary arts and hospitality. And if you go to their archives, you can see a wide range of topics that have been recorded. We saw the following in the archives when we last looked:

  • Incorporating Multimedia in the Cost Control Course for Culinary & Hospitality - Desmond Keefe
  • Baking for Special Diets: A Focus on Gluten-Free Baking - Wayne Gisslen
  • Math for Bakers - Wayne Gisslen
  • Greening Your Restaurant: Design and Equipment Selection - Gus Katsigris
  • Food Sustainability: Chefs and Local Farmers Working Together - Joseph Bonaparte
  You can complete a free registration to view the archives.
• Gigachef.com created by experienced working chefs, provides solutions, resources, and recreation for culinary professionals at all levels who are forced to meet rising expectations to succeed. www.gigachef.com
• People not only learn at different rates, but also in different ways. Want to find out your student’s learning styles to adjust your teaching methods accordingly? Visit: www2.nc.edu/virtcol/ss/learn.html#five
• Discovery has a great resource to make puzzles for use in teaching at: puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
• A great source to use for current events quizzes is a free subscription to SmartBrief; it is sent via e-mail during the work week, to get a free subscription visit www.smartbrief.com/nra/
• An extensive listing on all sorts of teaching tips can be found by visiting: www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom
  /guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm#techniques
• Students can learn history of cutlery and how it is made and maintained, courtesy of Canada Cutlery, Inc by visiting: www.canadacutlery.com/product/education_pg2.html
• http://www.canadacutlery.com/product/education_pg2.html
• http://www.waitersworld.com/ - WaitersWorld is the culmination of several years’ focus on the needs of the professional waiter. It offers basic service skills, product knowledge, and taps into the international pool of experienced professional waiters around the world.

Great Search Engines to find Foodservice-related Information:

• PageLab Network Inc. has a site to allow average people to easily find information on the web at: www.subjex.com/
• One of the most popular search engines is found at: www.google.com
• Students are familiar with another excellent search engine known as Ask Jeeves at: www.ask.com/
• A source that has 10,000 databases, archives and search engines is: www.invisibleweb.com
• Another familiar search engine is found at: www.yahoo.com
• A most unusual search engine that flow charts search results is: www.kartoo.com

Jobs for Students in the Foodservice Industry

• The National Restaurant Association’s Information on careers: www.restaurant.org/careers/

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