Research Steps
Award Winners Appreciation and Topic Decision
This was the first time we participated in International School Cyber Fair. Joining International School Cyber Fair, our first step was to appreciate award winner works, which could help us brainstorm the ideas. After the discussion, we decided four final topics, such as How Sweet, IfKids Theater Company, Danshuei Old Street, and Song Song Song Children`s and Puppet Theater. The teacher asked us to vote, but both How Sweet and IfKids Theater Company had a lot of votes. The teacher then asked us to talk about our favorite topic and the reasons. Finally, we chose IfKids Theater Company in the second round.
Searching for Information
After we decided our topic, we discussed and drew a mind map.
Two to three people would in charge of one sub-topic. This was our preliminary framework.
Ready to Visit
Then, the teacher told us the exciting news because we could visit IfKids Theater Company. Every group listed questions about their sub-topics on paper and who would they ask the questions to. Everyone talked to the teacher, and integrated the questions in a final list.
Analyzing the Questionnaires
We wanted to know how much our schoolmate knew about Ifkids Theater Company, so we gave the questionnaires to grade four, five, and six students. The most fun part was to give the questionnaires to our schoolmates and sort them out. Our teacher taught us to use excel to analyze the questionnaires, and this was really a cool experience to everyone.
Watching “The Starry Garden’s” Rehearsal and After Thought
On November 11th, we went to watch the rehearsal of a new drama “Starry Garden” in Ifkids Theater Company. Most of the actors and actresses wore the costumes. Although it was a rehearsal, it still was very interesting. We wrote the afterthoughts after watching the rehearsals.
Watching “The Starry Garden”, Volunteer Jobs, and Interviews
On November 24th, we went to the Metropolitan Hall to watch “The Starry Garden”, a children’s drama from the Ifkids Theater Company. Everyone also had a volunteering job at the reception. In the afternoon we watched the drama. After watching the play, we separated into several groups to interview the director, main actor, and an actress.
Interviewing the Executive Director, Mr. Chao and Writing After Thoughts
On December 14th, we went to Ifkids Theater Company to interview the Executive Director, Mr. Chao. We asked him many questions, and he patiently answered them in detail. Mr. Chao also asked us a question about happiness. After the interview, we stayed and watched a play from the students of Ifkids Theater Company’s drama class. Then we started typing out the interview into scripts and wrote the after thoughts.
Sorting out the Information and Developing a Chinese Website
According to the sub-topics, everybody was distributed to sort out the information and write the content on the Chinese website.
Website Design
We discussed the design of the front page of the website. At first, we wanted to make an animation, but the website has capacity limit. The idea didn’t work. Finally, we decided to put the pictures of the stage, the director of Ifkids Theater Company, and the main characters on the front page.
Website Translation
We finished all the web content in Chinese before the second semester started. However, we wanted to let more people around the world read our website, so we translated the content in English.
Proofreading
Once we finished the website, we would save the content in a school computer. Then the teacher would check our writing. We also checked for each other’s works. After checking, we fixed the mistakes.
