Blog post 4

In the class presentations we discovered a lot of different islands and their customs. One cool fact that I learned happened to be one the island of Saba and St. Eustatius and how they only get groceries on Wednesday due to how remote they are.

Title Slide to my presentation 

     I believe I did pretty well on my presentation because I reviewed my work to make sure I din't read directly off the slides , and made sure that I got my facts and information correct. The main thing that didn't work for other students presentation was that they would read right off the board and not go in depth with their information. Overall learning about all of the islands made the research project fun to do.

Blog Prompt 3

• In my presentation I discuss the four key components to tourism within the islands. I give a conclusion to my thoughts and viewpoints on the economic issues of tourism and the beauties that the island holds.

Blog Prompt 2

Research Plans 

In my research paper I plan to focus on the topic of tourism. Within my discussion on tourism I plan to view four focal points

1. Environmental Aspects
2. Geography
3. History
4. Demographics

These are the key components that will me explain why so many people are attracted to the Netherlands Antilles. My research question is as follows:

}What is it about the ABC islands that brings many people to visit each year?

•Side Research question: Does an economy based on tourism bring benefit to the islands?

Some Challenges that I have faced is finding consistent information since there has been a lot of different views on how the islands were established.

•      The first thing I would like to research is the island of Aruba.

Presentation- Day 3

Presentations 4/27/2016 

1.  St. Kits & Nevis-  Tourism 

What did I learn? Smallest country in the Caribbean, they relied on sugar cane exports until that product distribution crashed and they moved to tourism as a base to the economy.
What would I have liked to know? I would have liked to know why the sugar came industry crashed in more detail.
What worked best for the presenter? He knew what he was talking, as in he knew the island from all of his interest.
What should presenters not do? Read directly from the screen. 
I really liked the research presentations because it had plenty of information.



       2.  Antigua & Barbuda- Water Crisis 

What did I learn? I learned that there is a demand for water in the islands from their water crisis.
What would I have liked to know? I would have liked to know a little more detail for the causes of pollution and the causes to the water crisis.
What worked best for the presenter? The colorful presentation worked to bring the audiences attention.
 What should presenters not do? They shouldn't have read directly off the screen.


         3. British Virgin Islands - Coral Reef
What did I learn? The islands are very vulnerable to hurricanes, Tsunamis, and Groundswell events.
What would I have liked to know? I would have liked to learn more about what affects the coral reefs and how the island helps to preserve it.
What worked best for the presenter? The fact that they had plenty of pictures and less text made it easier to understand the topic.
What should presenters not do? The presenter shouldn't talk so softly it was a little hard to hear and keep up.

Flag of Antigua and Barbuda 

Presentation Day 2

4/25/2016
Research Presentations

Puerto Rico- 

 What did I learn? The United States greatly influenced Puerto Rico when the U.S military invaded in 1898.

What would I have liked to know? I would liked to know more about the environment since it is an island

What worked best for the presenter?  They had a lot of information that covered their topic very well.

What should presenters not do? Read every word off the presentation.

Jamaica-

 What did I learn? 15.9% are the middle class, 20.9% are wealthy, and everyone below that is considered to be in poverty.

What would I have liked to know?I would liked to know more about the environment since it is an island because it the environment could play a part in the poverty of the island.

What worked best for the presenter? The charts that the presenter had was good and helped the reader keep up. 

What should presenters not do? Stand directly behind the computers because it made it harder for the audience to hear and see the presenter.

Martinique- 

 What did I learn? The island is small measuring in to be twenty miles wide, Waterborne diseases in Martinique can be assisted by other developed countries.

What would I have liked to know? What are the environmental conditions and do the play a part in the spreading of the diseases.

What worked best for the presenter?The fact that they knew so much information about the diseases found in the island helped the audience to better understand the issue. 

What should presenters not do?  The reader somewhat rushed the presentation.

El Morro

St. Martin/ Maarten- 

What did I learn? Tourism brings in nearly 60% of GDP in both countries. Carnival each year.

What would I have liked to know? I would have liked to have known more about the history of the island and if that plays a role in the tourism economy of the island.

What worked best for the presenter? How much they knew about tourism and what the affects were.

What should presenters not do?  They didn't have that many photos of the islands that made it a little hard for the viewers to visualize the island. 

My presentation.

Bahamas-  

What did I learn? First inhabitants were the Lucayans. Black Beard operated in the Bahamas his real name was Edward Teach.

What would I have liked to know? I would have liked to know a lot more on the general information of the island  since it was based on famous people that are related to the island.

What worked best for the presenter? The clean layout of the island was good to follow.

What should presenters not do? How much they read off of the screen, and they didn't really know the general information of the island besides the famous people that they listed.

Presentation Day One

Part. 1

1. Cuba-  

What did I learn? They have major beaches
What would I have liked to know? I would have liked to know about the environment of the island. And if it plays a part in their history.

What worked best for the presenter? It was good that they didn't have too much text on their presentation and talked off of the bullet points.

What should presenters not do? They should try and stay away from words like "Umm.."

Saba & st Eustatius- 

What did I learn? You only get groceries on Wednesday.

What would I have liked to know? I would have liked to know a little bit about the history of the islands and if that plays a part to the tourism.  

What worked best for the presenter? How much they knew the island helped and how they didn't read directly off the screen the entire time.

What should presenters not do? Have too much text on the screen. Try and keep it simple.

Trinidad-

What did I learn? Petroleum is a major factor in their economy.

What would I have liked to know? More environmental aspects since it is an island that has plenty of natural aspects to go off of.

What worked best for the presenter? The fact that the presenter had plenty of numbers and statistics were good thing that helped the audience understand the information better.

What should presenters not do? Read directly off the screen.

 

Haiti-
What did I learn?T- shelters and how organizations don't really do much about the development of shelters: Earthquakes occur often.

What would I have liked to know?  Like the history would have been a good thing to include because the history of the island does play role on the conditions that it is in today.

What worked best for the presenter?  The really graphic pictures that they had really helped bring more awareness to the issue that island is in.

What should presenters not do? Even though the information and presentation was good the fact that talked over the time made it less intriguing.

Official Flag of Guadeloupe

Part.2

 St. Vincent & Grenadines

What did I learn?People engaging in agriculture make money primarily off of bananas in islands.

What would I have liked to know? History: Maybe the history of the island had some role in the economy and tourism. 

What worked best for the presenter? The fact that they had videos of the islands made it better to visualize the environment. 

What should presenters not do?  They read directly off the board word for word.

Guadeloupe- 

What did I learn? Men took pleasure in tearing hair out one by one with their knives , and women burned off their leg and arm hair.

What would I have liked to know? I would have liked to know a little but more about the environment, because maybe that had a role in their customs of no hair on their bodies.

What worked best for the presenter? Their presentation was really great and they had a lot of detail that made it much easier to interact with the presentation.

What should presenters not do?  They could have moved from behind the computers so you could have seen and heard them a little bit better.

Blog Prompt 1

 

                                         ABC Island
 In this project I plan to discover the islands environment and natural attractions. I would like to focus on how the people of the islands survive off the natural resources and what the island has to offer. I have the pleasure in researching the "ABC Islands” that includes Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao. This cluster of islands are three western most islands of the Leeward Antilles.     

          Each islands has its own identity. Aruba being the most developed has tons of attractions to offer such as golf-courses and shopping malls. The climate tends to be very dry and sunny, which is the perfect weather for beach lovers. Moving towards Bonaire, the islands is filled with national parks. It being surrounded by coral reefs it is protected by marine “national park”. This is the best islands for outdoor tourist. Being the largest of the three islands Curacao has the largest population. This islands has tons to offer with its high developed city structure.

          Overall each islands has a little something extra to offer. Each of the islands are like a different worlds all on its own. Bonaire offers more down to earth personalities, Curacao has a busier life style, and Aruba attracts more tourist. Every islands is beautiful and attractive in its own way. They all have lovely natural attractions and some have more rather man made that still is pleasing to many people.

          The more research done the closer you get to each islands. Having so much information available, it makes you feel as if you are visiting the island and have become a part of each culture.