A 21 year old English tourist drowned in the Kawarau River yesterday. She was part of a small group on a whitewater expedition organised by Queenstown company Mad Dog River Boarding when the accident happened.

Company owner Brad McLeod said the operation had “exceptionally detailed” training and safety planes in place.

Good afternoon,

Just thought that I would remind you, as time is marching on, that there is a formal section during the Field Trip.

We will be visiting a deluxe  hotel and tourism operator and you will be expected to have your business clothes.

Can you please check your wardrobes. Gentlemen, this means, business shirt, tie, dress shoes, trousers and jacket, suit  if you have one (not your old school one please!!).

Ladies, I stray into foreign lands here, but skirt or dress trousers, dress shoes, do you still have blouses?

You will also have to have your name badges. 

If you have any problems please contact me or Nicky.

Cheers,

Kevin & Nicky

Objective

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Students can create and transmit a radio transmission in an emergency situation

Activity

Use of radios in a tourism emergency situation

Scenario

Imagine that you are one of two guides travelling in South Westland with 12 overseas visitors. Your trip has been blessed with fabulous weather and a jolly group of participants. Your company has provided you with a vehicle which has been fitted with a radio system so that you can talk to your base at anytime.

You are driving along Highway 6, about 30 kilometres inland from Haast village. You are in the Aspiring National Park, approximately 2 kilometres west of a picnic area you know as Pleasant Flat on the banks of the Haast River.

Your tour has been going very well when you discover a bicyclist has been hit by a bus and is lying unconscious on the side of the road. He is part of a bicycling tour group and his guide is nowhere to be found as all the cyclists having been riding at their own pace all day and are expected to arrive at their accommodations at the end of the day. There is one other cyclist from the group with the man attempting to assist, but he is very distraught. The driver of the bus involved has moved his bus off the road to park in a safer spot and is walking back.

You have 2 way radio contact with your base only. You cannot contact DOC or Police with your system. There is no cell phone coverage where you are.

On arrival you realise the situation is dire and time is critical.

Describe the steps you would take once you have stopped your bus in a safe place at the scene.

1.  Assess the scene – analyse and summarise what is happening

2.  Scene safe – Make sure no one else is at risk and all your guests and others are safe and secure preferably away from the scene.

3.  Stabilise the biker as best you can, away from the road, though be careful as we do not know what injuries he has sustained.

4.  Notify help – Get on your radio immediately and notify your base that you have come across this incident.

Write (using the correct protocol language) the conversation you would have with your base when you are notifying for help.

 Supporting Material

Hand out – Two way radios

I understand some of you had a few problems downloading the correct MP3 audio files. To save you some time they are now on the student drive (I:) under shared and then go to your programme. This should save you some time, remembering you still have to listen to them and link the correct audio to your slideshow. Then put the correct audio on your slideshow – remember to use “insert’ sound from a file. Don’t worry about putting it on slideshare however you need to email your presentation to Nicky (this is an assessment activity). If you have managed to do the whole thing that is wonderful.

 We look forward to seeing the end product.

Objective

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Following is an activity that should take you about 4 hours in total. You will learn how to:

• download an archive file and extract audio files from it
• play audio on a computer or portable player
• search for and download images with appropriate copyrights
• create and publish a slide show based on an audio file
• send an email with a link to the lecturer

 Activity – Task 1

• Find and download the file containing the MP3 audio files for the audio tour of Millennium Park.
• Pick one of the audio files and find images that are related to the locations and subject matter in the audio.
• Create a slide presentation out of the images with audio embedded and upload the finished work to Slideshare or your preferred web service for publishing images.

NB, make sure you source images that have clear copyright statements that permit you to use the images, or get permission from the copyright holder. A good place to source images with permissions to reuse is flickr’s Creative Commons library (be sure to credit original authors).

• email your lecturer and let them know which audio file you have used and provide a link to your published presentation.

 Supporting resources

• Finding images licensed with Creative Commons – a youtube video demonstration
• Embedding media on a blog – a youtube video demonstrating how to embed media into a blog (optional extra to the activity)

Hello,

This is a message to remind you all to PLEASE come to class Monday August 20 at 0830. Important details regarding the field trip to Oamaru on Wednesday 29 August 2007 will be announced. It is very important that you show up as these details are critical to your Field Trip Assessment.

Thanks.

Kevin and Nicky 

Above is a slide presentation from Slideshare. Let it load and control with the arrows. Click this link to download the origninal powerpoint presentation.

Objective

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Students will design, research and deliver their own interpretations

Activity

Your Choice
Student Presentation – Classroom Interpretation Activity

Each student will give a 15 minute presentation to the class on a subject of their choice. It can be anything that you like, perhaps something you know well. I have used an example below of giving a one hour beginner ski lesson at a ski area to a small group.
Here are some guidelines for you to follow, in designing your presentation:
1. Introduction

You might like to write the introduction, last after you have prepared the body of your presentation. Write the presentation introduction in full. It should not be more than 3 sentences.

Be sure to cover the following:

• Who you are and what is going to happen i.e. Welcome to the Mountain ski school. My name is Nicky and today I will be introducing you to the fabulous sport of skiing during our 60 minute beginner’s lesson.

• How long it will take and what is required for your audience i.e. Over the next few minutes I will explain a bit about skiing and its equipment, then we can all give it a go!

• A theme statement i.e. By the end of the lesson you (the audience) will be familiar with ski equipment and have learnt some new skills for skiing and exploring the mountain by safely.

2. Transition from introduction

A short statement including a “hook” to get your audience interested i.e. Skiing is a fabulous opportunity to fill your lungs with fresh mountain air and get some exercise all the while having fun!
3. Body of presentation

Write each of your key points (or sub themes) as a sentence where the themes progress from one to the next.

For example:

• Sub theme 1 – I will introduce the equipment to the visitors, first the clothes they are wearing (waterproof pants and jacket, gloves, sun glasses and hat), and the boots that they have on their feet, explaining a little about the environment and weather conditions.

• Sub theme 2. Next I will introduce the ski, top(shiny pretty coloured bits), bottom(sliding surface), tip, tail and binding (bit that connects your foot to your ski)

• Sub theme 3. Then I will demonstrate how to put the ski on and off

• Sub theme 4. I would then invite the audience to give it a go and then try skating around on one foot!

• Sub theme 5. Being satisfied that all participants have learnt how to put a ski on and off and skate around, I would introduce and demonstrate some skills like walking around with two skis on and then sliding down a very small(and safe) slope, inviting them to participate

• Sub theme 6. Once they have achieved this I would then introduce the technique for stopping on a slope again inviting them to participate. I would ask them to have a go at making a triangle shape, or a piece of pie or a wedge. Demonstrating whist sliding along how producing a wedge shape with my ski tips together and the ski tails apart how this will make you stop! Then invite participation and have you all sliding and stopping on the slope.

• Sub theme 7. Once achieving this I will introduce the skiers to the magic carpet or riding the beginner’s rope tow. Giving good clear instructions on safe riding procedure, how to get on the lift at the bottom of the slope, how to get off the lift at the top and where to wait once you have ridden to the top.

• Sub theme 8. I would have everybody gather at the top of the lift and prepare for the first ascent of the beginners slope. All the while reinforcing safety first, then fun!

• Sub theme 10. Satisfied that everyone has made a fabulous first ascent I would have them make a couple of runs practicing sliding and stopping then teach another skill such as turning.

• Sub theme 11. Now, since our 60 minutes is nearly up, I would explain this is all for the first lesson and that people can spend the rest of the day practicing all they have learned. Leading to the…

4. Conclusion

Write this in full and be sure to cover the following:

• Re-state or encapsulate your main theme i.e. Well folks that’s the end of our ski lesson today.

• Thank them for coming on your tour or listening to your presentation i.e. Thanks very much for joining me on this beautiful blue sky day in the mountains!

• Leave them with a good feeling about your company or activity i.e. It’s been great having you with us at the Mountain ski school, we congratulate you giving skiing a go and choosing us to give you that experience!

• Provocation or further thought or action i.e. Enjoy your day out there, the beginners lift is open until 4pm and the snow is fantastic! It gives me great pleasure to invite you back to go on to the next level, (that takes us up the chairlift), when you are ready!

• End with a bang! i.e. Lesson two is available at 2 people for the price of 1, at 3pm today if anyone is keen! You can sign up at the ski school office any time this afternoon. Take care and thanks again for coming! Remember Ski Safe!!

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Objective

To develop and improve interpretation skills for students

 Activity

Read through this story and then complete the tasks outlined below

A group of fourteen tour operators from England, went on a familiarization trip (fam trip) to Mauritius.  Since the purpose of the fam trip is to encourage the tour operators to sell Mauritius as an option in their country, it was important that the fourteen tourists (participants) sample some of the local sites.  One of the sites chosen was the Botanical Gardens at Pamplemousses, in the south of the country. A site tour guide was to meet the bus at the venue.

On arrival at the site, the tourists disembarked from the tour bus. The tour guide approached the bus with a cigarete hanging from his mouth. Without a proper greeting, he launched ino his commentary of the Botanical Gardens in his native tongue of Kreole. When walking through the area, there were deer and a turtle farm, but the tour guide sped along without allowing the tourists to take photographs.

At a pause, one of the tourists asked a question and the tour guide replied that he did not know the answer and it was not a relevant question anyway.

On returning to London, the tour operators refused to sell the tour to Mauritius that included a visit to the Botanical Gardens. The representative from the Mauritian Tourism Promotion Authority that organized the fam trip wondered why this was a frequent occurrence with all the tour operators on the trip. Hence a follow-up call was made to the tour operators/tourists on the trip. All the comments centred on the tour guide and his performance.

1. What are three (3) things that the tour operators might have said about the tour guide?
2. In about one hundred (100) words, write how you would correct the errors of the tour guide.
3. Try to find the Gardens of  Pampelmousses on the internet and print a photo on your work

 Supporting materials

First, refer back to the interpretation and presentation skills slideshow and then come back to this activity.

Image courtesy of geishaboy500

Objective

To provide students with practical paraphrasing experience of a tour interpretation

  

 Activity

A group of tourists visiting Barbados is on a scenic island tour. On route, the bus passes through the west coast of the island in the parish of St. James, near the site of the landing of the British in 1635. The tour guide had previously read the following extract and wishes to paraphrase the facts to the group:

Holetown is one of the larger cities of Barbados, along with the city of Speightstown and the capital city Bridgetown. Holetown is located in the parish of Saint James.Holetown is where the English landed for the first time in Barbados in 1635. This is comemorated by a plaque which erroneously records the date as 1605.

Write another paraphrase version of the interpretation above based on the initial information and then use the internet to research enough information to add another paragraph.

Supporting materials