• The Big “D” Scavenger Hunt

• Melody Cockrell

• Ben Barber Technical Academy, Mansfield, TX

In this presentation, AOHT teacher Melody Cockrell describes a curriculum extension activity called “The Big ‘D’ Scavenger Hunt”. Melody makes key hospitality and tourism concepts such as “destination” and “target market” come alive for her students as they document tourist sites throughout the city of Dallas. Back in the classroom, students create multimedia presentations showcasing this destination’s appeal for their target market: high school students.

• Multimedia Resume Portfolio PowerPoint Project

• Jennifer Dick

• Balboa High School, San Francisco, CA

In this presentation, English teacher Jennifer Dick describes a multimedia resume portfolio project that she designed for her AOIT students. Jennifer explains the project’s cross–curricular components as she breaks the project steps out in weekly increments. The end result showcases students’ skills with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, and professional design for potential job and internship employers.

• Travel Destination Commercial

• Johnetta Koukalik

• Thomas Jefferson High School, Dallas, TX

In this presentation, teacher Johnetta Koukalik shares her class’s experience with the Travel Destination Commercial project from the new NAF Geography and World Cultures curriculum. She outlines what the activity involves, the student process for completing the project, and the learning outcomes she observed.

• Pelican Point Mall Project

• Fran Thew

• John I. Leonard High School, Greenacres, FL

In this presentation, teacher Frances Thew introduces her school and discusses the benefits of project based learning as well as some of the challenges of introducing innovative programs while addressing the requirements of mandated state standards and graduation requirements. Listen as Ms. Thew outlines the Pelican Point Mall project, a project based extension to the Financial Services class that allows her finance students to explore different aspects of business and entrepreneurship by simulating the start of their own mall-based store.