【The Fifth Taiwan School Cyberfair】
 

2003/09/20

Hold Meetings

    The headmaster called in the supervisors, the office workers and the members of the parents’ committee to announce the activity arrangements, choose supervisors and participants, ask for parents’ support and work out the goal of the project.

2003/10/05

Collect Data on Line   

    The students searched the references about Takopueanu on the Internet in their spare time.

2003/10/13

Consult References

    Mr. Jiashun Chong, took the group members to consult some references about Takopueanu.

2003/10/19

Field Visit

    Mr. Jian-hsiung Wang, the President of Sinmei Community, took the group members to do field work and visit the Takopueanu tribes of migration.

2003/11/02

Visiting Descendents

    Interviewing Takopueanu’s descendent, Mr. Yang-ming Fang, at the headmaster office.

2003/11/11

Visiting the Elders

    Interviewing the elders, Mr. You-de Wang and Mr. Sin-jhung Fang, at Kubah of the school.

2003/11/18

The Elders Telling Stories

    The elder, Mr. You-yao Yao, told us stories about Takopueanu.

2003/11/25

Visiting Descendents

    We went to Mr. Wen-ming Fang’s and asked him about Takopueanu for he was too a descendent of Takopueanu.

2003/11/27

Visiting Descendents

    We went to visit Mrs. Mei-si Lu, whose grandpa’s family was one of the two Takopueanu families migrating to Shanmei!

2003/12/10

Web Editing

    After the fieldwork and the interviews with the elders and descendents, the group members began to sort out data and edit the web.

2003/12/20

TV Interview

    We were interviewed by the program of Hualumi After School of public TV. They were very interested with our study. How excited we were since it was our first on TV.

2003/12/30

The End of Web Editing

    The hard work of editing web has been finished. Let’s enjoy it!

【The Sixth Taiwan School Cyberfair】 

Participate in the Project of “Little Digital Hero”

    On the last weekend before the new term begins, we went to Taipei with Ms. Cui-li Yang to learn from their experience. It is the first time for us to participate in “Little Digital Hero” of Hope Agent Development Association and we want to learn from their rich experience. We shared ideas and exchanged experiences. The Fourth Cyberfair failed last year because they were unfamiliar with the contest procedure and they participate again this year to struggle for a better performance.

2004/09/06

Hold Meetings to Discuss Cyberfair Project

    The headmaster called in the office workers and teachers to hold a meeting about The Sixth Cyberfair. They proposed the subject, decided the students of grade five and six as the main participants, worked out the outline about the introduction of the tribe community and brought the study in the 2004 curriculum.

2004/09/21

Decide the kind and subject of the contest and call on the parents’ committee to cooperate

    We have been considering the characteristics of Sinmei since we participated in the contest. Then we decided to focus on the local tourist resources. We can not only make the students understand their tribe and value their hometown but also make the people of Taiwan and the whole world get to know new and beautiful Sinvi through the web. We expected the involvement of the whole tribe and held the parents’ committee meeting to ask for their cooperation.

2004/09/27

Decide the web structure and introduce the community from the three aspects of history, humanities and sceneries

    The headmaster held the second Cyberfair meeting and decided the web structure. The subject of the contest last year was “Lost Takopueanu” but was finally disqualified from the contest because we did not carry out students’ mutual evaluation. This year we enrich the contents by putting together the old subject as the past story and the new subject of humanities and sceneries as the present story and give its name “The Past and Present of Niahosa”. We are expecting a better performance this time.

2004/10/18

Organize the students and teachers to program for the registration to Taiwan school network

     We had Cyberfair Class in the second class of the afternoon on Fridays this term. We arranged such activities as fieldwork and computer operation to collect data for the website. In the first class, we arranged the member registration to Cyberfair. We explained the origin of Cyberfair, the procedure and different items of the activity and at the same time had the students get familiar with the computer operation. Now the Sixth Cyberfair of 2005 is ready to work!

2004/10/15

Formally present the application form of the Sixth Cyberfair

     After discussion, we presented formally to the Taiwan school network the registration program of the Sixth Cyberfair. We filled out different forms according to our subject and began the mysterious journey to the Past and Present of Niahosa.

2004/10/22

Search the data about bamboos on the Internet

      The bamboo production is the main industry of Sinvi. So let’s get to know bamboos first. In fact, both the teachers and students cannot recognize clearly the kinds of bamboos. Then we asked the students to go online to understand different kinds and uses of bamboos before the parents of the tribe took them to do fieldwork the next week.

2004/10/29

Find out the distribution and industrial activities of the bamboo

    On Friday afternoon, we invited the village head Mr. Ching-hui Yang to take the students to see different bamboos and bamboo industries, to recognize different kinds and uses of bamboos like Ma bamboo, Kuei bamboo and Plaster bamboo and to see the utensils of bamboos and canes. In this way, the students can understand how bamboos are closely related to our daily life.

2004/10/30

Sort out the data

2004/11/15

Understand other industrial activities

    After the previous study about the bamboo industry, we began to investigate other industries like livestock, vegetables and fruits. We visited Bird’s Net Fern gardens, boarpens, plum gardens, the picking of Aiyutzi and ate cold Aiyutzi ice. We could not only understand the process of production in each industry but also realize the parents’ hardship of work and the value of the food and money.

2004/11/16

Sort out data

    Jia-jheng and Ting Chuang were assigned to collect the data about livestock, vegetables and fruits. On Friday morning, we shared ideas and prepared for the activities in the afternoon.

2004/11/12

Work out the interview list about camellia oil industry

    The production of camellia oil is a special industry in Sinmei Village. Every November to December is the season for picking camellia seeds. But the students are very familiar with this industry. We searched on the Internet some references about camellia to know how it grew and was processed to prepare for the next visit. We worked out the interview list together and thought of 15 questions according to the data and our own ideas.

2004/11/19

Study the camellia oil industry and its production process

    We invited the leader of the production and marketing team, Mr. Tzeng-hsiung Wen, to accept our interview. First, we saw the picking of camellia seeds and the fantastic scene of both flowers and fruits. We were very curious and excited. Then we interviewed Mr. Tzeng-hsiung Wen about the growth, cultivation, picking and oil extracting of camellia. Finally, we visited the oil extracting plant and drank fresh camellia oil.

2004/11/20

Sort out data

    Meng-ping and Shiang-ting, who sorted out data this time, told us in detail the features of the camellia tree, its growth, the process of extracting its oil and the uses of the oil. We learned a lot from their introduction.

2004/11/26

The visit to the Niahosa relics

    After the study of the industry, we began the investigation of natural sceneries. On Friday, we invited the President of the community to do the fieldwork about the Niahosa relics with us. Many valuable relics had been discovered here by National Museum of Natural Science a few years before. The President told us many stories about Takopueanu and taught us how to distinguish stones from stoneware.

2004/11/27

Sort out data

    Yu Chuang and Jing-hsuan sorted out the data about the relics and found the pictures of the fieldwork taken when National Museum of Natural Science came to do investigations. The pictures of stone coffins and zaxes were scanned and shared on the web.

2004/12/10

The visit to the recreation section of Yayi Valley

    On Friday, we were very excited to visit the beautiful and mysterious Ghost Pool. The Yayi Valley recreation section is an alluvial fan beside the Tzengwen river and is a best tourist area along the river. The Ghost Pool has a sad touching story by which we are deeply moved.

2004/12/11

Sort out data

    Yao-cu and Jheng-hsiun collected the data about the Yayi Valley recreation section. They took beautiful pictures and took notes of the Ghost Pool’s moving story.

2004/12/17

The visit to the ecological garden of Takopueanu

    Takopueanu river is the source of water of Sinvi. The river is clear with the fish swimming leisurely and beautiful sceneries along the riverside. There are rich ecological resources. The tribe built paths to the river to make it a fine recreation area.

2004/12/18

Sort out data

    Hu-sin and Yi-ting collected the data about the Takopueanu ecological garden. When they saw the pictures, they believed that Sinvi was really a beautiful place. We hope that all the tourists will cherish this beautiful scenery with us.

2004/12/24

The visit to the sight of the Yaisana paths

    This is the first path that winds up from Sinmei to the first neighborhood of Yaisana. The scene becomes more beautiful when you climb up along the path. It is especially fit for climbing when the path condition is fine. On the way, you may pass Dutch Water that is said to have fantastic effects. The Dutch who were once chased by Cheng Cheng-gong drank the water and escaped quickly.

2004/12/25

Sort out data

    Ting Chuang and Jia-jheng collected data about the Yaisana path. This is a beautiful path in the dense forest. With the fresh air, you can smell the flowers when walking along the path. This is really a pleasant recreational activity

2005/01/07

Work out the interview list about the handicraft industry

    Mr. Chun-hua Shih is a master of making traditional costumes and handicrafts. There have been few craftsmen in the tribe. Mr. Shih moved from Tapaytt to Sinmei ten years ago. This traditional technique can be developed with his unselfish instruction. We discussed the interview with Mr. Shih and raised many questions to make the students understand the valuable assets of the traditional cultures.

2005/01/04

Study the handicraft industry and works exhibition

    Mr. Shih was very happy to accept our interview. He shows great enthusiasm to handicraft though he cannot walk easily. He was always ready to answer our questions, led us to visit his workshop and various works and told us many stories about traditional costumes.

2005/01/15

Sort out data

    Shiang-ting and Yu Chuang collected the data about the handicraft industry. They also found many data about traditional handicrafts and bamboo and cane weaving besides traditional costumes. All these techniques are the valuable assets of the tribe that should be handed down to make more people enjoy the beautiful works of art.

2005/02/20

Finish Web Editing

    After the hard work of a whole winter, the 2005 Cyberfair Project is finally finished. We are much moved by the painstaking efforts of the whole term. There are so many people we should acknowledge. We hope that more people will know this beautiful tribe through this web.