lunes, 28 de marzo de 2011







INTRODUCTION





New Seven Wonders of the World was a project that attempted to update the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World concept with a modern list of wonders. A popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the Swiss based, government and controlled by New7Wonders Foundation, the winner were announced on July 7, 2007 in Lisbon.
The New7Wonders Foundation claimed that more than 100 million votes were cast through the Internet or by telephone. Nothing prevented multiple votes, so the poll was considered "decidedly unscientific".According to John Zogby, founder and current President/CEO of the Utica, New York-based polling organization Zogby International, New7Wonders Foundation drove “the largest poll on record”.
The program drew a wide range of official reaction. Some countries touted their finalist and tried to get more votes cast for it, while others downplayed or criticized the contest. After supporting the New7Wonders Foundation at the beginning of the campaign, by providing advice on nominee selection, The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) distanced itself from the undertaking in 2007.
The New7Wonders Foundation, established in 2001, relied on private donations and the sale of broadcast rights and received no public funding or taxpayers' money.After the final announcement, New7Wonders said it didn't earn anything from the exercise and barely recovered its investment.

martes, 8 de marzo de 2011

FIRST REPORT


PROJECT NAME: The Top 10 Wonders of the Modern World
This blog publishing information about the election process of the current wonders of the modern world
and according to the number of votes received at the time of the election, will discuss the top 10. In each week will discuss each of them through the presentation of photographs, videos, trivia, etc.

CONTENTS:

1. B
rief review of the election process
2. The Great Wall of China (China)
3. Petra (Jordan)
4. Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
5. Machu Picchu (Peru)
6. Chichen Itza (Mexico)
7. The Colosseum in Rome (Italy)
8. The Taj Mahal (India)
9. Alhambra Palace (Spain)
10. The moais of Pascua Island (Chile)

FINAL PRESENTATION
In the final presentation we will dramatize the query from a couple
(Cristian y Ana),  to a tourism consultant (Carolina) , who are interested in traveling to a particular place. The viewers should be aware of the dialogue and according to it, identify which is the place that is being discussed.