TRCS RENSIZZLE PLANNING FALL 2012

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Tourism

ET, Yianna

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$195.00

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Aim/Intended Learning Outcome

Practicum Experience and Out of School Trips

Multimedia Component

Writing Component

Targeted Skills

Notes, Required Materials, Anticipated Costs


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Monday November 26, 2012	Whole circle greeting	Establish Group comradarie.	Students interacted within a diverse setting (wide age range).			Social Interaction	Tea and Bread (courtesy of E.T.)
	Brainstorm potential destinations	Determine Touring Schedule for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday	Students were each assigned a destination to research on the internet in order to gather information in regards to hours of operation, costs,discounts and transportation. They determined a reason, perpuse or justifcation for going to that destination.			Research; Scheduling; Finance	Computers for student research
	Report Research Findings	Establish Three Day Travel Itinerary	Each student presented their findings. A group decision was made in terms of which destinations were most desired and feasable and a three day itinerary was set.		Presentation in form of written notes, lists, itineraries	Presentation	Printer
	Booking the destinations	Details and fine tuning	Students regrouped to hone into the details of the established destinations in terms of booking details. They spoke to Reservations Agents, noted costs and relayed information as to what is required to secure the booking. Details were inserted into the itinerary.		notes, lists, itineraries	Speaking	Computers and phones
	Discussion of necessary preperations	Logistics	Students completed trip consent form, made copies, generated a list of each other's cell phone number, discussed lunch options and budgets.	forms and lists generated	consent forms, list of cell phone #s, lunch options and budget	Planning	Copier
	Individual Reading and Sharing	To learn about the hospitality industry and career options within	Student pairs read one of six chapters of Hospitality & Tourism. Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill Education, 2012. Print., and shared their learning to the group spawning a discussion about specific jobs in the industry.		note taking	Reading	Copier
Tuesday, November 27	Trip to Ripley's Believe it or Not! and visit to the M&M Store	To determine if Ripley's Believe it or Not is worth inclusion in the brochure	Experience of being a tourist in NYC. Students take photographs to be included in brochure.		Student Reflections of day's event.	Note-taking; Writing	Subway passes; lunch money; pre-paid admission total of $215.85
Wedensday, November 28	Trip to The Bronx Zoo	To determine if the Zoo is worth inclusion in the brochure	Visit the largest Zoo in NYC; Take photographs to be included in the brochure		Student Reflections of day's event.	Note-taking; Writing	Subway passes; lunch money; $30 donation for group entrance to the Zoo.
Thursday, November 29	Double Decker lower Manhatten Bus Tour and visit to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum	To determine if a bus tour is an efficient way to see much of the sites in NYC and to decide if a trip to the Wax Museum would be appealing to tourists. Lunch in Chinatown.	Witness a tour guide on duty; Visit a was museum to determine if should be a must see site for NYC tourists. Take pictures to be included in the brochure.		Student Reflections of day's event.	Note-taking; Writing	Subway passes; lunch money; $1012.50 pre-paid bus vouchers and admission to wax museum.
Friday, November 30	Assembling the Final Project	To create a brochure by teens for teens visiting NYC.	Brochure Layout and Design; Create slideshow presentation; Diary of student reflections.	Powerpoint Presentation; Microsoft Publisher.	Write ups and testimonials of selected destinations; photo captions.	Writing; Technology; Creativity;	Computers, printer.





Narrative: Themes and Goals - NYC Tourism - Preplanning
Will be investigating Global tourism industry; national sites of interest; NYS sites of interest including NYC; learning how to be a tour guide; learning how to run a tour business; designing a tour; classifying tours/comparing tours--all based on student input and decisions (see above.)
Reading/Media Content will include selecting chapters to read from some text books; showing NYC/NYS tour guide videos; studying the brochures of some tour companies; researching how to be a tour guide.
Incorporating Writing: Students will take notes on the selected chapters for jigsaw activities. Students will be taking notes of the appealing freatures of the brochrues and/or the tour guide videos. Students will be designing a brochure of a selected site. Students will make a summary of the job descriptions. Students will be designing a tour itinerary of a selected site and presenting to the group.
Narrative: Themes and Goals - NYC Tourism - Final Projects to include a diary of student reflections, a powerpoint presentation of photos and a brochure.


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