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New city to rise within Dubai: Shaikh Mohammad

From gulfnews.com - November 27, 2012 1:11 PM
The new city will feature world class leisure facilities for 35 million visitors...


His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice- President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has announced the establishment of a new city within Dubai, setting new benchmarks in urban development in the region.Comprising four key components, the new city, which will be called “Mohammad Bin Rashid City”, will feature world class leisure facilities and provide an integrated environment for the development of entrepreneurship and innovation.

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chris tobin's comment, March 14, 11:47 AM
Tourism is big business. Tourists need to obey local customs and laws which may be different than our own.
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At least 20 tools that might help you curate something

At least 20 tools that might help you curate something | Regional Geography | Scoop.it
From www.rumproarious.com - March 31, 2012 10:14 PM

If you are looking for a deeper look into curating, it can be found. I want to build a curation tool, so I am working my way though my backlog of pinboard links about curation. Here I have a list of all the tools I can find that would be considered curation tools.  Curating, blogging and critiquing can be excellent forms of student projects. 

 

Curating Tools (My personal favorites):

 Storify : http://storify.com/

 Scoop It : http://www.scoop.it/

 

Blogging Tools (My personal favorites):

Blogger: http://www.blogger.com

Wordpress: http://www.wordpress.com

Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com

Posterous: http://www.posterous.com

 

 Additional Curating Tools:

Stellar : http://stellar.io/

Bundlr : http://gobundlr.com/

Curated By : http://www.curated.by/

Thoora : http://thoora.com/

Postpost : http://postpo.st/

Snipi : http://www.snipi.com/

trap!t : http://trap.it/

scrible : http://www.scrible.com/

faveous : http://www.faveous.com/

memonic : http://www.memonic.com/home

Bag The Web : http://bagtheweb.com/

 

And more at Rumproarious : http://goo.gl/TxQSn


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Seth Dixon's comment, February 8, 2012 12:56 PM
I was just telling my students to find digital resources to curate news for a semester long project...glad to find this.
Karen du Toit's comment, February 9, 2012 7:17 AM
Thanks!!
Gust MEES's comment, February 9, 2012 5:56 PM
@Seth Dixon, Ph.D.

Glad that it is helpful for You and your students. So students can also use different tools and later compare...
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