Be My Guest
George Washington High School
San Francisco Unified School District
San Francisco, California
         
  Teachers: Ms. Benson, Mr. Koski, Mr. Schmiechen
Grade 11


George Washington High School's AOHT program used the digital storytelling process to introduce basic hospitality terms and concepts as part of its first-year curriculum.

With a newly launched program just coming out of their Year-of-Planning, the teaching team wanted to involve all of the instructors — the Hospitality teacher, Ms. Benson; the IT resource specialist, Mr. Koski; and the English instructor, Mr. Schmiechen — in a joint activity that would engage their juniors in a hands-on presentation project.

Using their own homes and neighborhoods as a point of departure, students worked in pairs to develop a concept for a hotel and its requisite amenities. Students created mission statements for their proposed hotels, finished associated PowerPoint presentations, wrote and rehearsed voiceover scripts, and gathered digital assets to illustrate their digital stories.

To view the digital stories, click an image below.
 
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AOHT Instructor Ms. Benson talks about her experience with the project.
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  Hotel Dreams Come True
by Adriana, Bridget
  Hotel Hermosa Ayala
by Jennifer, Linda
  Hotel Paradise
by Osman, Wallead
  Hyphy Hotel
by Aaron, Agness
  Lakeside Hotel
by Carmen, Kirsten
 
             
  Pacific Palace
by Allen, Robert
  Pink Palace
by Lauren, Lizzy
  Sky Nine
by Betty, Candy
  West Coast Comfort
by Tarin, Tracy