EXPO 2008 » Research http://expo2008.edublogs.org The Best Project Ever Mon, 26 May 2008 07:30:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Tourism Post http://expo2008.edublogs.org/2008/04/23/35/ http://expo2008.edublogs.org/2008/04/23/35/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:10:37 +0000 dilworthm http://expo2008.edublogs.org/2008/04/23/35/ Your assignment today is to find and locate the official tourism site for your country. In your post please include a link to the official website and a video that promotes your country. Try and find the slogan that is used to promote your country. For example, Incredible India.

]]> http://expo2008.edublogs.org/2008/04/23/35/feed/ 0 Traditional Stone Jumping http://expo2008.edublogs.org/2008/04/21/traditional-stone-jumping/ http://expo2008.edublogs.org/2008/04/21/traditional-stone-jumping/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:50:35 +0000 expo2008 http://expo2008.edublogs.org/2008/04/21/traditional-stone-jumping/ This is a remarkable activity that Fergus shared with us during class today. It is a traditional activity practiced in the south of Indonesia.

“Stone jumping involves leaping over a stone wall about up to 1.5 m high and was originally used to train warriors.”

Wikipedia Link

Have a look to see this guy leap over 7 feet in the air.

Remember, your next blog post should be about tourism in your country. Try and find a tourism video or the official tourism site and post it to your blog.

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Log into your iGoogle account and click News in the top left corner.

This should take you to a page that looks like this:

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Click on the link to Personalize the page. Then you will have the option to add a customized section to your Google News feed based on a keyword of your choice.

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Enter your assigned country or any keyword such as a the name of a leader or city to receive news updates. The feed will appear at the bottom of your page but you can arrange the feeds by dragging them in the above window.

Good luck with your research!

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