A road trip across the USA- in sound and pictures

Introduction. - work in groups of 3-4 students

You are going to plan your next summer holiday – a road trip across the USA. You have a ticket to New York on 15 June, 2014 and a return ticket from Los Angeles on 1 August, 2014.A Ford Mustang is waiting for you at John F Kennedy Airport.Use the Internet or other sources of information to plan your journey across the USAPrepare a presentation of your travel plans including the following:

• Which route do you want to take?

• Where do you want to make your stops? • Be realistic!! – driving your car is the only means of

transportation allowed

• What sights do you want to see along the way?

• Give a detailed description of EACH sight (a minimum of 2 sights per group member)

• Prepare to present your travel plans in a small film made by means of a PowerPoint presentation with voice-over.

• Use ”screencast-o-matic” (www. screencast-o-matic.com) to add voice-over to your PowerPoint.

• All group members must participate actively in the presentation (i.e.: everybody must say something in the voice-over)

• Your final presentation should last at least 2 minutes per group member.

Practical information:• Time frame: you will have today + 6 full lessons for this

project.

• Your perfectly edited and ”voiced-over” presentations/films (mp4) must be uploaded to ”elevplan”

• Due date: 28 October, 2013 (before 10:00 pm)

• The next couple of weeks we will watch a film or two every time we meet

How to use screencast-o-matic• When you have finished your PowerPoint with pictures, text and

everything, AND you have carefully prepared what to say to each slide, you must add your voice-over.

• Log into www.screencast-o-matic.com.• Open your PowerPoint.• Make sure that your microphone and your volume is turned on.• Click ”Start recording” and do just that!

• When you have finished your ”film” save it as an mp4-file and upload it to “elevplan”.

Have a nice ride!