1. A road trip across the USA
- in sound and pictures

3. 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, 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 USA Prepare a presentation of your travel plans including the following:

4. 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)

5. 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.

6. 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 

7. 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
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”.

8. Have a nice ride!