IT in SOSE Level 6
 
Activity title: Planning Your Ideal Holiday
Key learning area: Studies of Society and Environment
Strand: nbsp
Level: 6
Learning outcome: SORE61
Chart reference: Application: Electronic Communication, Level 6 
Example:  
Uses search engines to locate specific information on the World Wide Web and download files
Task objectives: Students develop knowledge and skills in: 
  • understanding the factors which affect tourism
  • describing different types of tourists and tourist activities
  • analysing and predicting the impact of tourism on the environment
  • Accessing Qantim to develop their own print out of a travel itinerary
  • Creating a travel itinerary
Activity developer: Pam Welsford, VAEE
 
A
Overview
 
This activity forms part of a Level 6 unit which students use to explore a particular type of tourist such as mass tourist, independent, tourist and reflect on the impact of this style of tourism on the environment. Qantim, the Qantas airlines plane schedule software, is a tool students use to develop their own travel plans. 

Students may work through the Qantim tutorial as a stand alone activity or the activity could be used as an integral part of a unit on tourism. How this activity is approached will have assessment implications. The assessment details described below test the understanding of the Qantim tutorial only.
 
B
Resources
 
Publications 
Australians and Tourism, VAEE, 1988 
Ecotourism, Issues, ACER, Volume 23, June 1993. 
Getting the Story Straight: Uluru NP, "Eingana", ( Victorian Association for Environmental Education Inc, May 1995.) 
An Introduction to Tourism Hospitality Press, Melbourne, Jackson,I., 1989 
Tourism Global Issues, " Geography Teachers Association of Victoria Inc" Volume 3, No 3, 1997. 

Web sites: 

http://www.qantas.com.qantim/index/html (Travel Itinerary Manager for Qantas). This can be downloaded and used to produce an itinerary with flight schedules and accommodation. The program also contains a tutorial. Once the program is down loaded it can be opened by clicking on the Qantas icon.
 
C
Pre-entry Requirements
 
This activity has been designed on the basis that students possess the following knowledge and skills: 

Technical knowledge and skills 

Students can: 

  • access the Qantas web site to follow the Qantim tutorial.
  • wordprocess a report that pastes a map and imports text; uses Clipart and simple formatting commands such as FOOTER, HEADER, BULLET, etc.
Content knowledge and skills 

If students are to undertake the whole activity they need some knowledge of tourism, the different types of tourists and the impact of tourism on the environment. 

  • skills in planning a holiday
  • students need to be able to use charts and maps that contain a variety of symbols.
 
D
Assessment
 
  • What to assess
  • What criteria will be used
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  • Suggested techniques for collecting and recording evidence about student achievement
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  • Knowledge
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  • Knowledge
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  • How to access the Qantas Internet site
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  • Observation of students using the internet site
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  • Print out of the discussed itinerary
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  • Know places named in the tutorial
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  • Skills
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  • Skills
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  • Skills
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  • Using file menu
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  • Observing students undertaking the required tasks
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  • Observing students
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  • Using map of Australia
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  • Print out of the discussed itinerary
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  • Following instructions from the Qantim tutorial
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  • Using flight schedule
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  • Using the accommodation item
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    E
    Classroom Management
     
    Ideally each travel group should have access to the Internet. 

    The Qantim tutorial should take half a lesson. If students use this software package to develop their own travel plans, the second itinerary would take half a lesson, but the students must know where they want to go and how long they want to stay. 

    If this activity is being undertaken as part of a topic on tourism some groups could be researching the other aspects about their travel plans besides the itinerary. This lessens demands on the computers in the classroom. 

    STUDENT NOTES
    Your Ideal Holiday

    1. Planning your ideal holiday 

    You and the small group you are working with have been given three weeks holiday. You decide to plan the holiday of your dreams. Your goal is to develop the travel itinerary for yourself and the rest of the group. Money is not a problem.  

    In planning your holiday you need to consider 

    • The type of tourist you are
    • The destination(s) you wish to visit
    • The type of accommodation you wish to stay in (provide a plausible names for the accommodation in the area(s) you are visiting)
    • The type(s) of transport 
    • The types of foods
    • The activities, tours you will undertake
    • The cultures of the countries/regions you will be visiting and how you think you will respond to the culture and customs
    • The impact(s) of your party on the natural and built environments
    • The impact(s) of your party on the local people
    • The types of souvenirs you would buy.
    In researching your holiday you could collect data from the Internet as well as travel books, information from friends and relatives, tourist brochures and photographs. 

    2. Putting it altogether 

    The holiday report will include  

    • the itinerary
    • a map of places visited
    • a report of the impacts the holiday had on the built and natural environments of the host destination 
    • the social/cultural impacts on the inhabitants of the host destination.
    3. On reflection 
    • what do you expect to gain from this holiday?
    • what are the positive aspects of your trip to the region you visited?
    • what strategies did you use to reduce your impact on the region(s) you visited?
    • how could your group further reduce any negative impacts on the host destination and its people?
     

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