Task 4 - I Need A Vacation
Introduction | Task
| Resources | Process
| Evaluation | Conclusion
Introduction
Need a vacation? Now is the time for you to plan your
vacation. Skiing? Washington D.C.? Yellowstone National Park?
You are going to choose a vacation destination, research the lodging,
airfares, entertainment options and expenses. Decide when you are
going and for how long. You have $2000 for this trip, take a friend,
if you can afford it, and include them in the budget. You will organize
all of your data in various documents to enable you to compare options
and make educated decisions. In the process, you will demonstrate
your ability to use the internet for researching and incorporating
that information into several formats.
You will complete research on the internet about your
vacation trip and gather as much information as you can on your data
collection sheet. Once you have collected all necessary data, your
task will be to complete the following documents and save them to
your saving folder in a folder called "My Vacation." It is absolutely
mandatory that you save all your documents in the correct folder for
grading purposes.
Required Documents:
- Complete the preliminary data collection sheet with researched
information necessary to complete the following tasks.
- A spreadsheet with all lodging (hotel) information on
(5) different locations. (ie: hotel name, address, room price,
e-mail address, etc).
- A "travel budget" spreadsheet with expense categories
(travel, lodging, food, car rental, entertainment, miscellaneous,
etc). along with a chart or graph to express your
data visually.
- A 4-5 slide presentation, done in past tense, about your travel
destination and what you did while there, using PowerPoint.
Ideas and Links
- If you need Ideas for travel destinations,
here is a list of some popular vacation spots with some links
to information about those destinations. Using this site will
save you time.
Travel Planning Sites
The following are travel planning sites where you can
get airline and flight, hotel, and car rental, information, etc.
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Things to do |
How to do it |
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Choose a vacation spot |
Decide on a vacation spot of your choice.
If you need help with this click on Ideas
to see a list of popular vacation destinations along with
links to some sites. Using this will save time. |
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Preliminary Data Collection Sheet |
As you research your destination, record
the data on the preliminary Data
Collection Sheet with the information necessary to
complete all the following tasks. If you have internet access
at home, you may be able to do some of this research outside
of class. |
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Approval of data collection sheet |
Once you have completed research and
filled in your data collection sheet, show your Data Collection
Sheet to Mr. Hurt for approval. He will initial it and check
you off before you go on. |
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Lodging Spreadsheet |
In AppleWorks or Excel, create
a spreadsheet with all lodging (hotel) information
on (5) different locations. (ie: hotel name, address,
room price, e-mail address, etc) Sort in alphabetical order.
Finding this info may require some research. (click here
to see an example and additional information) |
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Travel Budget - spreadsheet and graph |
Using AppleWorks or Excel, create
a "travel budget" spreadsheet complete with formulas
and expense categories (travel, lodging, food, car rental,
entertainment, miscellaneous, etc). Do a cost analysis of
various options making adjustments to bring your expenses
within your $2000 budget. Make a chart or graph
to express your data visually.(click here
to see an example and additional information) |
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Final Presentation
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Using PowerPoint, create a presentation
about your vacation:
- 5-10 slides
- at least 4 pictures
- a map downloaded from the internet
- past tense description about your travel destination and
what you did while on your vacation.
- budget graph
Make the presentation past tense, as if you have already
taken the trip, you should know enough about this vacation
spot after your research to do this. (click here to see an
example and additional information) |
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Print your Documents |
Once you have completed everything and
double checked it for accuracy, spelling, following of directions,
etc., then show Mr. Hurt the documents you created and turn
them in and/or incorporate them all into your final project
for him and the class to view. You should have:
- Data Collection sheet
- Travel budget with spreadsheet and pie chart
- Lodging Spreadsheet
- Presentation Rubric with your
self evalaution filled out
- Final Report(Print the slides, with notes if you used
them)
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Your grade will be determined by the documents you create
and how well you adhere to the guidelines of instruction. This project
should provide enough valid information to enable you to plan an actual
trip. You can view the rubric to see more
specifically what Mr. Hurt will be looking for in your project and
how you will be graded. You will need to score at least a 30 to pass
this Task Four.
Once you have completed this project, you will have
shown an ability to create various computer documents necessary to
be considered computer literate. In addition, you have learned some
practical travel planning techniques using the widely available internet
as a resource. One day you will use these techniques to plan an actual
vacation. Have fun, Bon Voyage!
Introduction | Task
| Resources | Process
| Evaluation | Conclusion
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