Elements

1) What information tools & technologies did you used to complete your Cyberfair project?

1. Internet could be the most useful medium throughout our project. We searched the information of volunteers from all communities. We exchanged information and our point of views on our blogs. 2. We used digital sound recorders and digital cameras to record our interviews. 3. We used printers to print out our questionnaires and our interview outlines. 4. We used the following software: Windows XP, Namo 5.5, Neo-imaging, Office 2003, Internet Explorer 7, Windows Media Player 11, Acdsee 5.0, Lifetype 1.2.1, and so on.

2) In what ways did you act as "ambassadors" and spokespersons for your Cyberfair project both on-line and in person.

As the ambassadors, we try to-- 1. Introduce Xisong Night School to the people in the community. Our project includes the introduction of the course, teachers and teaching activities. People can learn more about Xisong Night School from our website. 2. Discuss the importance of the night school. The night school education aims for helping those who lost their chance to learn when they were young, and the immigrants especially the woman who become Taiwanese through marriage. 3. Encourage more people to do life-long learning. It is never too late to learn. Age, language, culture cannot be the reasons of stop learning. You can always learn something in school and achieve something in your life.

3) What has been the impact of your project on your community?

1.We ourselves and our classmates study and work harder than before-- After doing the project, everyone is impressed by the efforts the night school students make and also realized how lucky we are to get education now for free and for granted. We would cherish this opportunity, and make our best in school learning. 2.We make special friends--- We make friends not only with the project team members, but also with those adult students in the night school. Most of them are people from the community. We learn a lot especially different life experience from them. That is something we feel very awesome and interesting.

4) How did your project involve other members of your community as helpers and volunteers?

1. We conducted survey on local residents and the families of the students in the program. In the evening after our own school, we went outside the school and invite them to fill out the questionnaires. With their help, we complete our survey. 2. We interviewed the alumni who still live in this area. They told us the history of Xisong Night School and their own experiences of school life, and their expectation from the program. 3. We interviewed teachers at our school who also teach the night school program to know what the differences between the regular elementary school education and night school education are. 4. We also conducted survey on the school boys and girls at our school to understand what they think about those industrious elderly students.

5) Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises (Optional)

After doing this project, we have found that it was very difficult for everyone to have education in the past in Taiwan. Therefore, when those senior students have their second chance to go to school again, they all make their very best studying hard. It is very touching and inspiring. We all think we are lucky and we should cherish the opportunity of learning in school from now on.