Steven

==Australia is connected with the whole world because everyone has been on the internet and the news. They can talk to their family on the internet and technology, we are united with every single person. Sport is a huge thing like soccer, football, baseball and basketball. Australia is connected with the whole countries, Australia has been connected with the whole world for a long time.==

==Even with games so many people play it and there still connected with other people because we have mics to talk to our friends or other people around the world. The internet is the most popular thing to be connected with other people around the world, because it's so popular that people goes on the internet is that they can talk with the friends, family and others. School is where you can connect with your friends and teachers and also the priest. :P==

= __ Articles: __ =

= 1 . For my first articles i have chosen was on the boy of Bali = [|http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/bali-boy-appears-in-court-flanked-by-six-security-guards/story-e6frf7lf-122618249]

His trial is being held in the administration building, instead of a courtroom, as part of efforts to shield the 14-year-old from the media, and to make the legal process less intimidating.
= 2 . For my second article i have chosen was on **Thailand** floods =

==With floodwaters now edging closer towards the Thai capital's heavily-sandbagged city center, the economic, political and human costs of the country's worst floods in over five decades are fast rising.==

==While northern suburbs are now sitting under two-week-old stinking floodwaters, and historic towns such as Ayutthaya and its famous temple ruins flooded for more thanmonth, the recent news focus has been on whether Bangkok's central areas, including the business district, will likewise be inundated. 400 people have died and over two million have been affected by floods that originated in the country's north and are now bearing down onthe capital city in route to the Gulf of Thailand. Areas that officials earlier said would be spared are now slipping under water. Ploy Patcharin Seema, who on Wednesday was wheeling a case of what she described as "all my things" across the Pinklao bridge linking sodden Thonburi district on the west bank of Bangkok with the mostly dry eastern side. The area is across the river and within walking distance from some of Bangkok's landmark temples and tourist attractions, including the backpacker hub along KhaoSan road andhistoric sites like Grand Palace. It is also a mere five kilometers upriver from the city's main business and financial districts, including the Silom Road area.== ==Perspiring in the late afternoon heat, Ploy pointed back down the bridge toward the flood and in the general direction of her inundated home. "The water is to here," she said, right hand raised to navel level. "It is so dirty now, but we had no choice to stand in it". On her way to stay at a friend's dry house, Ploy said she needs to find accommodation for her mother. "She is still inside at home."==

= __How is Australia socially connected through communication?__ = ==It is connected through communication because we use the internet to talked to other people by using Facebook,Twitter,Skype,phones,talking,playing some games online,sports and other thing we might not know.== ==Everyone has been on all these things and communicated with every single person, not really everyone because some people might not have any technology that we have.We technology that can help other people who are poor or in need of something.==



= __How is Australia globally connected with sport?__ = == Australia is globally connected with sport because everyone plays sport.We Australian play similar sport to every country around the world.Sports that we play are Football,Soccer,baseball,cricket,and other sports.We have a few team who plays for the world cup.But we have been on TV a lot because we are the best Australian people!?==





= __Tourism:__ = == A lot of tourist comes to Australia because they want to see all around the world or they just want to stay somewhere, where they can enjoy there night.Australia is a wonderful place to stay because we have so many fun things on our country to do.We play Sport,Games and others that we might know.You could check the internet to see how good is Australia or how good the places are in Australia.The person might come to stay at Australia to live here or to stay here for a few months or so.We are communicating with every single person in Australia because we are to nice.A bit. ==



//Thank you for your hard work so far Steven. You need to go back and write a response for each of your articles though because all you have done so far is copy and paste the article to your page. You also need to jump on the blog and check out the responses you are missing i.e. sport, social communication and tourism! From Miss Seymour//