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Frillio's Pizza Desktop Publishing Simulation
A Desktop Publishing Simulation That's as Good as Pizza!

©2004
Business Education
Publishing
ISBN 0-9721331-3-5
By Michael Gecawich

 



In this fun and exciting real world simulation, students become the hired desktop publishers for Frillio's Pizza, a new restaurant about to open its doors to the public for business.

Throughout the simulation, students are guided step-by-step in creating an assortment of documents for Frillio's Pizza. Creativity, design, and page layout skills are challenged as students receive hands-on experience in applying desktop publishing skills to a real world business.

• From designing a menu to creating promotional punch cards, students get hands-on practice in using and applying desktop publishing skills

• Developed for use with industry-standard DTP software including:
PageMaker
®, InDesign®, MS Publisher®, Quark®, and even MS Word®







All about the Frillio's Pizza DTP Simulation and Web Site:

All kids love pizza! In this case, it's a hands-on pizza-design business simulation that will have your students fully engaged in the desktop publishing process.

Joe Frillio, the owner of Frillio's Pizza, needs the help of your desktop publishing students. Before Frillio's Pizza can open its doors for business, there are many documents that need to be created, designed, and printed. In this self-guided business simulation, students create an assortment of pizza restaurant themed documents.

From start to finish, students learn how to apply desktop publishing skills to a real world business.

The workbook integrates with FrilliosPizza.com, a special Web site that gives students access to:

• Free clipart to help them build each document (in association with Clipart.com) 
• Download the official Frillio's Pizza logo
• Get design tips & advice
• Download document planning forms
• And a host of other great tools to assist students throughout the simulation

Preview the Frillio's Pizza Web Site Now>

From designing a menu to producing promotional punch cards, students get real world practice and reinforcement in:

• Page layout & design skills
• Using graphic images and objects
• Creativity and imagination
• Technical writing & critical thinking
• Establishing a real world business identity
• Advertising & marketing
• Planning & decision-making
• Completing a real world comprehensive project

Grade, Skill Level, and Standards...

• Designed for use with grades 9 and up 
• Appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced desktop publishing, word processing or graphic design courses
• Aligns with NBEA standards IV, V, and VII for Information Technology

Specifications and Summary...

• Soft-cover, 8.5 x 11" workbook format, 106 pages
• Published by Business Education Publishing
• Grades 9 and up
• Appropriate for all desktop publishing skill levels
• Teacher's Guide (available separately) includes grading rubrics, grading forms, completion timeline table, and sample designs of each document from the student workbook
• Includes Web site access to Frillio's Pizza Web site
• Aligns with NBEA standards
• Includes over 15 self-guided lessons
• Use with PageMaker®, InDesign®, Publisher®, Quark®, and even MS Word®
• Free restaurant and pizza related clipart (courtesy of Clipart.com)

Students are Challenged to Create Real World, Non-traditional Documents...

• Restaurant Menu
• Children's Place Mats
• Cup Coasters
• Logo (self-created or download)
• Grand Opening Print Ad
• Poster
• T-shirt Design
• Coupon Cut-outs
• Customer Flyers
• Refrigerator Magnets
• Stationery
• Business Cards
• Envelope
• In-store Signage
• Gift Certificates
• Bumper Stickers
• Takeout Menu Brochure
• Promotional Punch Cards
• Employment Forms
• Pizza Club Fill-out Cards

Built in Flexible Completion Time...

The simulation is designed to be used by schools following either block or traditional schedules. All of the tasks are separated into individual lessons, you can choose to eliminate lessons to meet your allotted time frame or course objectives.

Preview a sample page from Frillio's
Pizza DTP Simulation

NEW! Frillio’s Pizza Classroom Poster

Get your students motivated and excited about working on the Frillio’s Pizza Desktop Publishing Simulation with this full-color, large format classroom poster.

• 17 X 22" large format
• Full-color
• Printed on 100# glossy stock

Frillio’s Pizza Desktop Publishing Simulation Pricing

 

Item #

Description

ISBN

Price

Order Online

FPWB

Student Workbook
(softcover, 112 pages)

0-9721331-3-5

$24.95 ea.

FPTG

Teacher’s Guide

0-9721331-4-3

$34.95 ea.

BEP-FRILLIOS

Frillio’s Pizza Classroom Poster

N/A

$18.95 ea.

 

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