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=** Travel & Tourism **= This page is a collection of samples from our Travel and Tourism class. Please see the headings below to find examples for whichever lesson you are working on. Please check back for updates. If you review the samples, you can get ideas for your own projects.

=__ WELCOME ASSIGNMENTS __=

[|L1: Welcome to the Course] - Good sample of thoughtful answers to all 6 questions
 * Lesson 1**

**Lesson 2: About Me**
[|L2: About Me] - Hilarious story

[|Using Zoho Show] - an online slideshow program [|Google Slide Show]- creative way to do this assignment
 * Lesson 3: Things to Know**

=Americas:=

**Lake Tahoe** Travel Budget [|Budget with table] - Tells a good story and details how all the money was budgeted [|Budget with table] - Has a fantastic description with specific examples of cost [|Slideshow Presentation of Budget]- Using Slideshare.net Outstanding Details of Lake Tahoe Trip - **http://www.scribd.com/doc/13711386/Lake-Tahoe-Budget-Project**

[|Sedona, Arizona] - Slideshow using Gdocs [|Sedona] - Bright, slides and pictures, really good details using Google Docs [|Sedona Slideshow] - using Voicethread, an audio and image presentation
 * Sedona, AZ**

[|Northern California Coast]- Using Slideshare
 * California**

[|Kauai Comparison in a Quiz Format] - using program called [|Quizilla]
 * Hawaii**

[|Cancun]- using slideshare [|Cancun] - Using Voicethread a combination of audio and pictures [|Cancun]- Using Zoho Show. Good pics, just be careful about text getting cut off.
 * Cancun**

[|Acapulco]- note: good organization and links
 * Acapulco**

[|Google Map of Vancouver] - well written descriptions
 * Vancouver**

=**Europe**=

Paris Itinerary with Descriptions - Using a Wiki with pics to help showcase [|Paris Itinerary] - Using Google Docs but with lots of pics. Paris Presentation - Using Slideshare.net, an online presentation program. http://www.slideshare.net/mrplough07/intro-to-travel-paris Paris Presentation - Amazing graphics, using slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/mrplough07/paris-france-1211282
 * Paris**

[|Map with Questions]- Using Google Earth Using Google Maps and Google Docs - http://bit.ly/rPWZ
 * Ireland**

[|Digital Brochure for Tuscany] Created with Microsoft Word and Uploaded to Scribd- http://www.scribd.com/doc/13709977/Tuscany-Flyer
 * Tuscany**

[|Scandinavia Test]- note: Very well organized and meets all the requirements.
 * Norway and Denmark and Sweden**

=Caribbean=

Compare 2 Jamaican Resorts - Using a wiki [|2 Jamaican Resorts] - Using Google Presentation [|Montego Bay]- note the great pics used to help tell the story of this vacation spot [|Montego Bay] - using Google Docs. Jamaica Comparison - Using Slideshare.net. http://www.slideshare.net/mrplough07/jamaica-vacation-comparison
 * Montego Bay Jamaica**

=**Australia**=

[|Sydney] - Using Google Presentation Sydney - Using a Wiki with lots of pics

=Africa= [|Johannesburg] - Using Google Docs

=Asia=

[|Beijing using a Webpage] [|Zoho Show Presentation] - Great writing and pics
 * China:**

[|Powerpoint of Bangkok]- Good organization [|Bangkok] - Using a slideshow presentation called Slideshare
 * Bangkok**

http://www.scribd.com/doc/31891798/tokyo
 * Japan:**

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Translation Tips (not doing this semester)
[|A great display of the travel vocabulary in the unit as well as the 5 languages needed for this assignment. Well written]

CIA Factbooks (not doing this semester)
[|Japan]- Please note the style she used to include normally boring facts. [|Aruba]- Note the elaboration used to describe Aruba.