TechnoTravel

To begin, students select a destination. Some ideas for selecting a destination include:

• Local Community: Attract tourists to your community by promoting local events and sites.
• Familiar Vacation Spot: Select a favorite family vacation students have taken.
• Location based on Curriculum Unit: Pick a location that is part of a curriculum unit.
• Destination for a Type of Tourist: Plan a weekend getaway for families, couples, or seniors.

Once students have selected a destination, they use Windows Internet Explorer to research facts about the location. The travel lesson plan contains step by step instructions explaining how to organize information. Students use a checklist to remain focused during the research process.

Once the research is complete, students start to create the travel advertisement for their weekend getaway.

Students use the detailed PowerPoint lesson plans, to learn how to customize the slide master to create a unique design for their advertisement. Working with the Slide Master, students learn to:

• select a unique background
• draw and format a shape
• format text
• change the bullet style
• customize header and footer
• resize and move placeholders
• include a clip art that acts as the company logo

Next, students create a travel itinerary that outlines the activities, site seeing trips, and events planned for the weekend getaway. Detailed instructions explain how to use a table to organize activities for each day. The table is formatted to look great.

Helpful tips are included with the instructions to encourage students to be thoughtful about the itinerary. For example:

• What activities will tourists like?
• How much time is needed to participate in the activity?
• Will the weather be suitable for the activity?