Vacation Presentation

VACATION PRESENTATION

Objective

Students will create a multimedia project using real life internet research in Google Drive (Presentation).

METS

· CI.2- Create an original project using a variety of media to present content information to an audience.

· CT.1- Use Spreadsheets to make predictions, develop strategies, and evaluate decisions to assist with problem solving.

· RI.1- Use a variety of resources to locate information.

Introduction

Surprise!!!!! You are going on a 7 day, all expense paid vacation to any destination of your choice! You will be leaving on your next birthday or half birthday (Pretend you have no school;0). You may choose any place in the world to travel to, but you MUST travel to this destination by plane!

Your assignment is to plan out your entire trip and to create a presentation that will advertise your vacation and tell about everything that you will be doing while you are on your trip . You will use Google Drive (Presentation) to create a presentation describing information about your flight, hotel, weather and activities that you will be doing while you are away.

You will be planning a trip for one person, but you may work with a partner on this project. If you choose to work with a partner, both you and your partner must complete separate presentations. Both presentations may include the the same researched information, but should look somewhat different.

Getting Started

To begin, you should log into your Gmail account.

Once logged into your Gmail, you should click on the tab labeled Drive on the top of the page.

On the left hand side you will click the orange Create tab and select Presentation.

- Once your blank presentation loads, you will need to choose a Theme.

Make sure you rename your presentation. To do this, click Untitled Presentation and change the name to the location that you are traveling to.

Instructions

Your Presentation will have at least 7 requirements or slides (you will be skipping Requirement 7) with graphics/images, different backgrounds, and various (and animated) fonts styles, sizes and colors. The following information must be included in your presentation:

**Requirements For EVERY Slide: Every slide MUST be creative and colorful, have at least one picture/image along with a different background, and MUST have at least 1 animation (select the imiage/text you want to animate->right click->Animate)

Feel free to use Flaming Text Maker, 3-D Text Maker, Animation Library to Snazz Up your presentation. You will need to Copy and Paste using the keystrokes CTRL+C and CTRL+V

Requirement 1:Title of Your Vacation Destination: You will have the location to where you are traveling to, your name and a picture of where you are traveling. (i.e. Virginia Beach Vacation by Mrs. Maurus 5th Hour)

Requirement 2: Map of Your Destination: Use Bing Images or Google Images. Make sure to give this slide a title such as Map

of _________________.

Requirement 3: Flight Information: Use Travelocity to plan your trip. Be sure to include the dates that you will be gone, the times you will be traveling, any connecting flights, the airline(s) you will be traveling on, and the cost of your flight (including taxes and fees). You will be planning your trip as an adult and may fly any class (i.e. first, business, economy, etc.) that you would like.

**Make sure you include a title AND at least 1 picture/image on this slide.

(This is much easier if you use the Travel Form below to help organize your thoughts and information).

You should type out something similar to the script below:

I will be leaving Detroit at (time your flight will be departing) and arriving in

(where you will be traveling to) at (time your flight will be arriving at your chosen destination) using (airline you will be ) airlines.

I have ______ stop(s) in ____________________.

I will be leaving __________________ at ________ and arriving in

Detroit at _______________ using __________________ airlines.

I have _______ stop(s) in the following city/cities _________________. The total cost of

Flight is $_______________.

Requirement 4: Hotel Information: You will need the following information about your hotel:

The name of your hotel

The location of your hotel.

A picture of your hotel

Tell how many "stars" or the rating of the hotel

A brief description of the hotel telling me what is included at the hotel or what made the hotel appealing to you. You must include information that you researched online. Feel free to include the hotel amenities too.

Include 1 positive review from someone who has stayed at this hotel in the past. You will need to "quote" this person's review.

The TOTAL price of Hotel (including taxes) using www.hotels.com. **I do not want the price per night, but will need the total cost for your entire stay.

Requirement 5: Weather: You will need to include the weather (or average weather/temperatures) for the duration of your. trip. Use www.weather.com and type in the name of where you are traveling to. Research what the weather will be at your chosen destination during the 7 days that you will be traveling there.

If the Weather is Unavailable For the Dates You Will Be Traveling to Your Destination

Once you go to www.weather.com and you locate the weather for your destination:

Click on the monthly tab
Scroll down and click on the yellow box titled Averages
At the top where it says "Monthly Averages" click on the arrow and select daily averages
Select your month of travel

Requirement 6: Attractions and Activities: Research 3 attractions and/or activities that you will be doing while you are on your vacation (Concerts, Sporting events, shows, museums, amusement parks etc.). You will need to research the internet to find specific things that you can do while on vacation. You can research things to do and see using Google by searching for Things to do in _______________ (the name of your city) or search by adding the word attractions after your destinations name (i.e.Virginia Beach attractions).

You will need to include the following:

· The attraction's specific name. For example, if you are going to visit a beach, you MUST tell me what beach you will be going to.

· At least 1 picture/image of an activity or attraction that you will be doing or seeing.

· The specific location of your attraction/activity.

· A description of the activity or attraction. What will you be doing and/or seeing?

· The cost of what you will be doing (per person), if the cost is available.

Requirement 7: Shopping Spree: SKIP THIS REQUIREMENT You have been given $1,000.00 as an early birthday present to buy a wardrobe and/or supplies for your trip... so let's go shopping!!!

You MUST spend between $995-$1,000 (fictional money, of course). Follow the directions below to do this!

1. Open up a new Spreadsheet in Google Drive (Creat->Spreadsheet)

2. Your spread sheet should be formatted as shown on the Spreadsheet Sample.

3. To merge the cells in row B highlight the entire row (through the letter G) and click the merge cell button. With the row still highlighted, Increase the font size and boldface the font.

Repeat all of the steps in step 3 for row C.

4. Make sure you Bold and change the font size of your titles including the words Sub Total, Tax, Grand Total & Money Left Over

5. Let’s Go Shopping! You will now need to use the internet to explore various stores and buy various supplies that are appropriate and that you can use on your trip. Pay attention to what the weather is going to be like on your trip so that you can buy appropriate clothes and items (such as sun block) for your trip. **You may only buy 1 large ticket item that costs more than $101 and less than $500.**

6. You will need to use formulas to calculate the Total Cost, Sub Total, Tax, Grand Total, and Money Left Over. These formulas can be found in the Spreadsheet Sample.

7. After completing all of the tasks above Snazz Up Your Spreadsheet by adding some color.

8. Take a ScreenShot of your spreadsheet (CTRL + Print Screen).

9. Paste (CTRL + V) your spreadsheet onto Slide 7 on yourVacation Presentation

Requirement 8: You MUST have a Bibliography page that lists all the websites you got pictures and information from (www.google.com is NOT a citation). You will use the Citation Machine for quick and easy help with citing all of your sources. If you are citing a website where you got researched information from, you will use Web Document to cite your source. If you are citing an image/picture/photograph/map you will use Web Based Image to cite your source. ** You do not have to animate or add any pictures/images to this slide**

Normally, you would cite the sources for ALL of the images and/or information you borrow from the internet when conducting research. For this assignment you will be citing only one source for each slide 1-6 (you may choose either a website OR a picture/image to cite the source for). You will have a total of 6 citations on slide 8.

Adding Your Google Presentation to Your Electronic Portfolio

· Log into your Electronic Portfolio.

· Select the New Page tab in the upper right corner.

· Name your new page Vacation Presentation and click Create.

· In the upper left click on Insert-> Presentation and Select the Vacation Presentation that you created.

· Check all of the Display boxes and change the size to Large and click Save.

· Click Save again in the top right hand corner.

· Add your Vacation Presentation web page to your Sidebar.

o Click My Links on your Sidebar on the left side of your website.

o Select Add Page

o Locate your Vacation Presentation page and select it.

o Click OK, OK, Close

- - Grading Rubric

- - Research: 4 3 2 1 0
  - Student accurately researched required information.
  - Length: 4 3 2 1 0
  - Presentation consisted of all required information.
  - Overall Presentation:
  - Presentation includes graphics, animation, "Snazzed Up" text and different backgrounds. 4 3 2 1 0
  - Presentation is very creative 4 3 2 1 0
  - Easy to see and follow 4 3 2 1 0

- - Spreadsheet: 4 3 2 1 0
  - Slide 7 contains a spreadsheet that accurately displays formulas to total the cost of researched information.
  - All formulas provide correct results.
  - Spreadsheet is organized neatly and includes all required information.
  - Student spent $495-$500 (fictional money)
  - Conventions: 4 3 2 1 0
  - Spelling and grammar has been checked for errors
  - Bibliography: 4 3 2 1 0
  - Bibliography includes all of the URL's where the student found and used information and/or pictures.
  - Conventions: 4 3 2 1 0
  - Spelling and grammar have been accurately checked
  - TOTAL ________
  - 36-33 A
  - 32-29 B
  - 28-26 C
  - 25-22 D

- 21-0 E

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