Computer Technology
Fantasy Vacation Project
INSTRUCTIONS: Congratulations! You are going on a dream vacation sponsored by the Gateway
High School Business Department. The object is to plan an exciting trip to 4 non-English-speaking
countries without going over your budget of $4000 per person.
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Choose 4 travel destinations – either 4 separate countries or 4 different cities within a
country.
All travel must be completed during summer months
You must use actual flight, hotel, food and transportation cost data.
Each student is to prepare a PowerPoint presentation in accordance with the guidelines below for
your assigned documents. The presentation will be graded using the attached PowerPoint rubric.
Name this file FANTASY VACATION.
REQUIREMENTS: Use appropriate graphics related to your travel destinations. Include animations,
slide transitions, entrance effects, exit effects, and emphasis effects. Also, include a video in your
presentation.
IMPORTANT: All eleven documents must be turned in to get credit for the project.
Required Documents
Students are responsible for creating the following documents:
1. Passport (Use MS Word for the research portion, and any program you like to create the
passport.)
2. Travel Itinerary (MS Excel)
3. Phrase Book (MS Word)
4. Expenditure Report
5. Map
6. Currency exchange rate chart
7. Travel flyer
8. Places of interest
9. Sources researched
10. Travel Destinations Database/mailing labels for friends
11. Cultural Synopsis
After you have completed all required documents, combine the details of your research into a
PowerPoint presentation. You should use animations and transitions for each slide. Please include
music and a travel video.
Document Instructions
Passport
1. Outline the steps to get a passport to your destinations. Include information about how much it costs. Tell
whether your destinations require a visitor’s visa, immunizations (which ones), or HIV/AIDS testing.
2. Create a realistic passport using any computer program you wish such as Adobe PhotoShop, MicroSoft
Word, etc.
3. Images of US passports are available online at
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gs_nf=1&cp=1&gs_id=q&xhr=t&q=us+passport&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.
r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1024&bih=535&wrapid=tljp1331565282046012&um=1&ie=UTF8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=URJeT4qyH6bs2gWKhvTjDg. You can also find instructions to help
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you create your passport at http://www.ehow.com/how_6219103_make-fake-passport-school-projects.html.
Try to make your passport look as realistic as possible.
4. Requirements:
- All information required in Step 1 should be recorded on a Word document. Insert a header on the document
that includes your name, the assignment title (PASSPORT), and the class period.
- Your passport must include your photo, name, nationality, place of birth, date of birth, and the passport’s
date of issue (Date the passport was created.)
Travel Itinerary
1. Create a travel itinerary in MS Excel using actual flight and hotel information.
2. A sample travel itinerary is located online at http://home.kpn.nl/vangi140/itinerary-samples/Itinerary-sampleprivate.xlsx
3. Requirements:
- Arrival and departure dates and times beginning at home and including all four countries
- Flight numbers and names of airlines
- Hotel names, addresses, and phone numbers for each country
Phrase Book
1. Create a phrase book including a section for each of the primary languages spoken in the countries you plan
to visit. For example, if you plan to visit France, Italy, Spain, and Germany, you will need a section for French,
Italian, Spanish, and German.
2. Requirements:
- Each section of the phrase book should include a minimum of 20 useful phrases including the following:
- Hello
- Excuse me.
- Please.
- Thank you.
- Yes
- No
- Good
- Bad
- Stop
- Help
- Police
- Hospital
- Telephone
- I need a doctor.
- Do you speak English?
- I do not understand.
- Where is the nearest restroom?
- I need food/water.
- How much does it cost?
- Numbers 1 through 10.
Expenditure Report
1. Prepare an expenditure report in MS Excel. Include all daily expenses in your report – airfare, taxi/rental car,
meals, hotel, recreation, and sightseeing costs (tours/souvenirs, etc.).
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PowerPoint Instructions
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Slide 1: Title Page of PowerPoint Presentation (1 slide)
1.
Create a title slide to begin your presentation.
2.
Include the following information:
The title “Fantasy Vacation Project”
Names of countries visited
All travelers’ names
Course name (Computer Technology) and current semester (e.g., Spring 2012)
Slide 2: Passport (1 slide)
1.
Title this slide “Passport Information.”
2.
Identify your country.
3.
Identify passport requirements for your country.
4.
Include the following information:
Passport/visa requirements and costs
Immunization requirements (tell which ones are required)
AIDS/HIV testing requirements
Slide 3: Travel Itinerary (1 slide)
1.
Title this slide “Travel Itinerary.”
2.
DO NOT import the entire Travel Itinerary document from MS Word.
3.
Identify your major travel destination.
4.
Include the following information:
Actual flight information
All departures and arrivals between all four travel destinations (dates and times).
Slide 4: Phrase Book (1 slide)
1.
Title this slide “Phrase Book.”
2.
Identify the dominant foreign language and your country’s name.
3.
Display the English phrases in the “Greetings” section of Appendix B together with its
foreign translation.
4.
Know the pronunciation of at least three greeting phrases.
Slide 5: Expenditure Report (1 slide)
1.
Title this slide “Expenditure Report.”
2.
DO NOT import the entire Excel spreadsheet.
3.
Identify three major cities visited on your slide.
4.
Provide the total cost of your trip in US dollars.
5.
Provide the total cost of your trip in the foreign currency of your major destination.
6.
Provide the total cost of ALL transportation for the trip.
7.
Provide the total cost of ALL lodging for the trip.
8.
Over/Under Budget-state if you were over or under your $3,000 budget, and by how much
(express this in percentages).
Slide 6: Map of Travel Route (1 slide)
1.
Title this slide “Travel Route Map.”
2.
Identify the country of your main destination.
3.
Place the names of the remaining three travel destinations attractively on your slide.
Slides 7 through 9: Currency Exchange Rate (3 slides)
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Prepare three slides ONLY—one for your bar, column, and line charts.
Title these slides “Currency Exchange Rate” and include the name of each type of chart on
your slides.
Copy the chart from Excel and paste onto the slide.
Slide 10: Travel Flyer (1 slide)
1.
Create a travel flyer slide.
2.
Name the three major cities visited and at least one attraction from each.
3.
Include departure and return dates.
Slides 11 through 15: Places of Interest (5 slides)
1.
Prepare one slide per place of interest.
2.
Identify the “Places of Interest” assignment at the beginning of your presentation slides.
3.
For each place of interest, include a short synopsis describing the place and a picture.
Slides 16 through 18: Web Site for Destination (3 slides)
1.
Prepare one slide for the Home Page and one for each of the two related pages.
2.
Identify the “Home Page” at the beginning of your presentation slide.
3.
Identify the title of each of the two related pages.
4.
Include the following information
Representative sample of pictures from each Web page
Text from each Web page that describes the content of the page
Slide 19: Travel Destinations Database (1 slide)
1.
Open the Table in MS Access
2.
Edit and Select All
3.
Copy from Access
4.
Paste into slide; adjust the size to fit
Slides 20 and 21: Cultural Synopsis (2 slides)
1.
Title your slide “Cultural Synopsis” and (name) the country at the beginning of your slides.
2.
Use bulleted statements.
3.
Fit the following information on the two slides:
Population
Dominant language
Dominant religion(s)
Major exports/imports
Paper currency and coins
Weather during summer months
Unique custom
Slides 22 and 23: Notebook Title Page/Works Cited (2 slides)
1. Title these slides “Notebook Title Page” and “Works Cited.”
2. Copy and paste the Title Page onto a slide.
3. Copy and paste Works Cited page onto a slide.
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