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1. The purpose of this project is to elevate the basic skills that are expected to be required in elementary education.

Basic skill category

Content

Career Planning and Lifelong Learning

Through this research, it enables children to learn about different requirement and content of different industries and career. Let them know about the skills needed and characters about these jobs, in order to help them think about their future goals for career choosing.

Expression, communication and sharing

During the process of executing the project, team members need to communicate with each other about individual ideas and concepts, share different points of view, and finally come with a new idea or concept.

Respect and team work

Working as a team, we need to support each other. The ones who are capable of communicating are in charge of contacting with interviewees and liaisons. The ones who are good at artistic works are in charge of drawing graphics, designing layouts of web pages and icons.

Planning, organizing and executing

Through the process of organizing the structure of a web site, data collecting, listing out the outlines for interviews and questionnaires, we develop the abilities of planning and organizing. In addition, through the actual interviews, activity planning and questionnaire survey, the ability of executing is elevated.

Usage of technology and information

Using internet to search for relevant information of historical buildings, using software to compile images, upload data and make web pages.

Taking initiative to research and study

During this project, we encourage children to take initiative to find out problems for research and figure out answers. This would help learn to solve problems on their own.


2. Technology equipments

Technology

Content

 Technology

Through telephone and mobile phones, we make contact with all the shop owners and interviewees, and also contact with other team members.

 Telephone

Making we pages, searching related information, processing and storing data.

 Printer

Printing out activity posters, questionnaires, studying data

ADSL broadband internet access

1. Using FTP to upload and download information
2. Communicating with team members through MSN
3. Using Google platform for exchanging and sorting information

Digital cameras, DVs

Taking pictures for each activities and saving the photos of these beautiful historical buildings

Recording pen

Recording the interviews for later dictation and compilation.

Flash Disk

Storing data of research

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3. Software

Software Name

Usage

Google platform

Online discussion, activity announcement, turning in homeworks

NamoˇBDreamweaver

Web page editing and making

google mapˇBgoogle earth

Map drawing and location searching

PhotoImpactˇBphotoscapˇBpicasa

Image processing, image browsing

Microsoft Word

Word processing, information editing

Microsoft Excel

Questionnaire data processing

Microsoft PowerPoint

Briefing and sharing information

Internet ExplorerˇBFire Fox (FTP include)

Webpage browsing, information collection, data uploading

flash

Computer animation making

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