Watch the BTN video (http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3507206.htm) on tourism in Bali and post a 100 word comment on the blog.

Some questions to facilitate discussion:
What do you understand more clearly since watching the Paradise Lost story?
What is sustainable tourism and how is it different to conventional tourism?
What can visitors do to help the environment in Bali?

Once you have uploaded a comment visit Tourism Concern (http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk/how-we-work.html) and have a QUICK read through the Vision, Mission & Principles and have a think about what this organisation is responsible for, how they go about achieving this and why organisations like this are necessary.

Why is it important? It involves you engaging with the texts and evaluating the usefulness and quality of what you are reading. Some things you should look out for with your reading are:

1) Author - Who wrote the article? What is the expertise / authority to write on the topic? Is he of she likely to be prejudiced?

2) Currency - Date of when the article was written

3) Evidence - What kind of support is there to support the argument?

4) Emotive language - Does the author use objective language or does he/she try to use unfair persuasion by using emotive words (eg terrible, horrible, disgusting, appalling)

5) Unreasonable assumptions - Does the author expect the reader to accept a fact or idea that is important to the argument, but is not clearly stated.

7) Unsupported generalisations - These statements often beginning with words "all", "every", "most" etc. but lack statistical support.

8) Valid Reasoning - Does the author develop his or her ideas in a logical way?

How reliable is the information you read online? Have a read through the worksheet then answer the questions in your workbooks.

Evaluative Summary

An evaluative summary includes your own opinion of the text (this is different to other summaries). In your evaluation you critically evaluate the material that you are reading. You are required to write about your understanding of the text (in the summary section) and questions the information and opinions of the text (in the evaluation section).

Make sure that you understand the text before writing your evaluative summary!

PLAN

Introduction

Mention author, title, purpose of the text (why do you think it was written? to inform student of the difficulties about working and studying?)

Summary

What is the article about? What are the main points in the article?

Evaluation

Looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the text

Author – What is the author’s expertise on the subject? Are they likely to be bias?

Source – Where does the article come from? It it from a reputable source (book/journal/internet site)?

Currency – how up to date is the article? Does it matter?

Evidence – Is there strong or weak evidence? Does the author use other’s opinions to support his own? Is the statistical evidence too small or unreliable? Is there any overgeneralizations (eg forming a conclusion from only one case)? 

Conclusion

Sentence restating your opinion of the text and any recommendations