Work Journal

Reflections and thoughts

Card Sending Activity

Behind The Story

　1.Work Journal

　Our team was officially established in November, 2012, but before then, in September, we had already decided which category we wanted to participate in – the “Local leader” category of the Elementary School Group, and began to actively select an interviewee. In the end there were three people left on our list: a famous chef and two well known artists. After many discussions between our parents and three teachers, we decided to interview Professor Lin, who was one of the final three. The main reason we chose him is because Professor Lin has the qualities of a local leader, and has global vision. After a lot of communication and discussion, Professor Lin eventually agreed to be interviewed, and allowed us to make this report and set up a website.

　When we began to conduct the interviews and work on the project, the instructors suggested that, to work more efficiently, we meet up every two weeks for a big meeting, every participant has to be there, and at least 9 instructors and/or parents should be present. 9 participating students were split into 3 groups, and each group would be responsible for similar duties. Group members can meet up between the scheduled big meetings if necessary, and report their conclusions during the big meetings. Our progress follows the work schedule sheet, and every minutes of the big meeting is also our work journal. Group meeting minutes are omitted here. The following record includes our work journal and significant events.

	date	Meeting conclusion/ significant events
1	2012/11/18 (1st meeting)	Team establishment Confirm: project title and team name, interview questions for Prof. Lin
2	2012/11/25 (2nd meeting)	Confirm: Prof. Lin interview Discussion: interview questions, application administration process, duty grouping and assignments, extended activities of this project.
3	2012/12/09 (3rd meeting)	Provide: activity proposals, website design structure and concept Confirm: logistics concerning interview and exhibit visit Duty assignment, begin to produce website content
4	2012/12/13	Prof. Lin interview (venue: Department of Visual Design, NTNU)
5	2012/12/15	Charity sales event (Xinsheng Elementary School)
6	2012/12/23 (4th meeting)	Report: introduction and collection of Prof. Lin’s works Brainstorm: students’ Taiwan impression Discuss: website articles adjustments Contact: three people recommended by Prof. Lin
7	2012/12/24	Visit Prof. Lin’s exhibition (Tung Fang Design University, Kaohsiung) and interview
8	2012/12/25	Interview: Prof. Shih Ling-hung (Department of Visual Design, NTNU)
9	2012/12/26	Interview: Mr. Huang Qing-long (Director, Want Daily)
10	2013/01/05 (5th meeting)	Record “Taiwan Impression” entries Assign: participants’ self-introductions, “Instructors and Volunteers“, interview verbatim
11	2013-01-08	Visit the Children Are Us Foundation donation event
12	2013/01/19 (6th meeting)	Discuss: website (1st ver.) layout and structure Write: Project overview, 2 reflection articles per participant Prepare sub-pages content
13	2013/01/15	Interviews: Director Chang Yui-Tan (National Museum of History), Researcher Mr. Chang Cheng-Zong
14	2013/01/19 (7th meeting)	Organize: Prof. Lin’s works, “Taiwan Impression” voting, and questionnaire survey, website content, student learning sheet. Discuss: welcome page
15	2013/02/03 (8th meeting)	Confirm: welcome webpage, questionnaire, votes, learning sheet, singing event, website main headlines, functions and main illustrations Assign: Behind the scenes/instructor introductions
16	2013/02/06	Votes: Prof. Lin’s work, “Taiwan Impression”, and questionnaire survey (venue: Little Iron Man Camp, Xinsheng Elementary School)
17	2013/02/16 (9th meeting)	Discuss website (2nd ver.), confirm changes.
18	2013/02/20 (10th meeting)	Discuss website (3rd ver.), confirm changes.