The Dream Vacation Travel Agency has just opened

and YOUR team is the Star Travel Agent!!

Together, your team will put together one of the BEST Spring Break vacations for families to escape the cold, dreary Central Michigan weather.

Your team will select the Ultimate Vacation Destination and collect astounding information about it.

Mrs. Finck's Class Vacation Planner

Once you collect your information,

the President and Chief Agent (Mrs. Western) has decreed that you must submit

three pieces of advertising

that will convince families that YOUR travel plan is

the best planned, the most interesting, and the most budget-wise vacation. 

1. Individually, you will each create a travel poster using Glogster.

2. As a group, you will work together to create a placemark in Google Earth with information about your vacation destination.

3. Individually, you will each assemble a music video

of exotic scenes to show off your vacation. 

Click on your team's page below and good luck!

Due date: March 30, 2012

Good luck!

Sign in with your Network Login Username and Password (start password with f)

Resources for your research:

Distance from Mt. Pleasant

Go to How Far Is It? 

Scroll down and enter Mt. Pleasant Mi and your city/state or country

To find the 

average temperatures

go to Weather.com.

Type in your city.

Scroll down until you see a graph on the right side labeled: Today's Averages and Records.

Below the chart, click on Historical Data.

Change from Daily Averages to Monthly Averages.

Read the graph to find your information. 

Find a flight 

Leaving March 31 & Returning April 7 for 2 adults + 1 child

United Airlines US + international flights

Continental Airlines US + international flights

Delta Airlines US + international flights

Spirit Air US + Carribean

SouthWest Airlines US + Mexico only

Find a hotel 

Checking in March 31 & checking out April 7 for 2 adults + 1 child

Expedia

Orbitz

Hotels.com

Find a restaurant

Restaurants.com  Great for locations within the US

Find your city zip code here. 

Google Maps:

1. Type city & state in search box. Click Search Maps.

2. Type in restaurant in the search box. Click Search Maps.

3. Click on a restaurant link. Look for a menu link.

Yahoo Maps: US only

1. Type city & state in Find a location. Click Get Location.

2. Click in Find a business. Type in restaurant. Click Get Business.

3. Click on the restaurant link (next to review stars). Look for a menu link.

Vacation spot web site for more info

Google search: your city and state/country and information

For example: Santa Fe, California information

Find a web site that has information about your city

Interesting Facts

Google search: your city and state/country and facts

For example: Rome, Italy facts

Things to do 

Frommers:

1. Type your city & country in the Search box. Click Search.

2. Choose your Frommer's Guide to your city.

3. Click on Attractions. Follow the links for more information.

Fodors:

1. Type your city & country in the Search box. Click Search. Click on Sights and Top Attractions.

Lonely Planet:

1. Type your city in Search for a city. Click Search. Click on Sights.

Finished with your Research?

1. Make a TRAVEL VIDEO

TEAM:

Each team member should locate 8-10 pictures of your vacation spot.

Cite each one in MS Paint.

Go to Creative Commons Search.

*Click on Fotopedia.

*Make sure there is a check in front of modify, adapt, or build upon.

*Type in the name of your city & state/country in the search bar.

INDIVIDUALS:

Make a travel video in Animoto using at least 10 images collected by your team.

See Mrs. W for your log in.

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2. Make a Google Earth placemark

TEAM (each member chooses ONE activity below):

1. Find 1 web address for more info about your destination.

'Collect' 10 words or phrases about your location.

Create a Wordle: write your location 3 times and your 10 words or phrases once each.

Ask Mrs. W to show you how to take a screenshot of your Wordle.

<img src='XXXXX'> 

2. Find a video about your city, state, or country at National Geographic. Click on Countries on the left. Find a neat video. Copy the embed code.

Can't find your location? Try SchoolTube or WatchKnow.  Search for your state/country. You'll still need the embed code. YouTube videos will NOT work at school.

3. Create a Blabber about one cool thing to do or see at your destination.

Make sure you start out telling the name of your city/state/country.

Then write 3 or 4 sentences with what you will say about your vacation spot.

Mrs. W will show you how to make your Blabber and find the embed code.

TEAM:

Ask Mrs. W to show your team how to put your

web address & Wordle,

video,

and Voki

into a Google Earth placemark.

3. Make an online Poster

INDIVIDUALS:

1. Write 1 short paragraph (no more than 25 words) about the one cool thing to see/do at your destination.

2. Make a online poster in Glogster about your dream vacation.

1. Copy & paste your paragraph into a text box.
2. Add 10 images from your travel video folder to your Glogster.
3. Add a link to your Animoto video to your Glogster.

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Please take a survey!

Animoto points.pdf

25 points

GE points.pdf

20 points

Glogster Points.pdf  

30 points