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Assignment: You will create a 3-column (3-fold) 2-sided tourism brochure for a Spanish speaking country.
1. Enter the URL of the Bookr product that you created for a Spanish-speaking country. URL: http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/?id=56328 What country did you write about? Ecuador
 * Background**


 * 2. Know: ** These are the facts that I know about the country/country site.
 * 1) Ecuador has a very famous island, the Galapagos.
 * 2) Largest export of bananas


 * 3. Need to Learn: ** These are facts that I need to learn to complete the brochure.
 * 1) How many people visit the Galapagos each year.
 * 2) What is there to do in Ecuador.

Western side of the country are beaches Historical parts of the country Visit the Amazon Basin Galapagos Islands
 * 4. Go to Country Report to research more information about the country.**
 * Do not copy and paste, but make notes of information about the country here.**

The target audience would be on families who would travel to Ecuador to experience the country.
 * 5. Decide on a specific focus for the brochure and decide on a target audience. Describe both here.**

The language of persuation that I will be using will be warm and fuzzy and bandwagon. Warm and fuzzy can be shown as a family having fun, and bandwagon can be used to inform that the person reading the brocheure would like to be something like the people in the brochure.
 * 6. What language of persuasion will you use in the brochure. Explain with examples.**


 * 7. Use Open Office Text to create a 3-column, 2-sided brochure. Make sure the information is accurate. You may use creative commons images for the documents.**


 * Keep in mind the 4 principles of good design: Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, Proximity. **
 * Use //**CONTRAST**// to “pull” the viewer in, create hierarchy, and make it easy to pick out important information
 * Use //**ALIGNMENT**// to unify and organize the page(s) and publication(s), and make text easy to read and understand
 * Use //**REPETITION**// to unite, join, and fuse the pages and publication(s) together, and provide a consistent “look and feel”
 * Use //**PROXIMITY**// to indicate relationships and create visual connections between elements.

=Thinking about Your Thinking= =9. Your Analysis:= Learned: These are facts that I learned about the country.
 * 8. Export the final document as a jpg and upload it to your wiki page. **
 * 1) The Galapagos has a very famous biological research center called the Charles Darwin Research Station which deals with the wildlife of the island.
 * 2) The diverse wildlife only inhabits the Galapagos.
 * 3) About 180,000 people visit the Galapagos each year.

Resources: The most useful resources for images and ideas were:
 * 1) Flickr
 * 2) Google Images

Discuss the following:

 * 1) What is the target audience? Explain why this was a good audience for the country you were researching. Why would they be interested in the country? The target audience was to the people who wanted learn about what was there to do in the Galapagos Islands. They would be intrested in the country because it is a tropical place so it is a very potent tourist attraction.
 * 2) What creative techniques are used to attract attention? How do the text, colors, language appeal to a specific audience. Provide specific examples. I used alternating colors on my brochure to attract attention
 * 3) How might different people understand this message differently? (Would a different audience find the brochure appealing to them? why or why not?)
 * 4) What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message?
 * 5) Why would this message be distributed? This message would be distributed for people who want to learn more about the country.

Problems and Solutions: What were the biggest problems that you encountered in completing the assignment. How did you solve the problems?



= Assessment Rubric =

Based on Science Leadership Academy Rubric

- Does student plan and structure the project thoughtfully and purposefully? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student demonstrate the understanding of ideas through inquiry, research, analysis, or experience? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student use a variety of skills and strategies to apply knowledge to the problem or project? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student take the necessary steps to fully realize the project goals? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student effectively communicate the central ideas of the project? ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || Exceeds Expectations 4 || Meets Expectations 3 || Approaches Expectations 2 || Does Not Meet Expectations 1 ||
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