Project Narrative

Project Elements

1. During the process of our study, we integrated our study with Grade 1-9 Consistent Curriculum as follows:

Language and Arts	After each event and interview, we wrote down our work content and reflections, sorted study information, practiced interview skills and distributed questionnaires. Thus, our planning, conceiving, expressing, reading and writing abilities were enhanced.
Mathematics	We calculated the necessary cost for the implementation of the study. We planned events under the circumstance of limited money. We analyzed questionnaires, gathered statistics, and presented the results by charts.
Integrative Activity	We obtained social resources, visited and interviewed people with proper manners, and built up the abilityof integration.
Science and Technology	Through Internet searching, using digital cameras and making the post-production, using a computer mind map, and creating our team blog and web pages, we explored related issues and presented our study results. We also cultivated the ability to use technology and information in our daily life.
Social Studies	Through the study, we learned cooperation and coordination. We also recorded the stories of Hamasen. We appreciate and care about everything, and would like to further our appreciation and put our knowledge to work.
Arts and Humanities	We tried to use various materials for completing the yurts. We designed team logos, pins, e-books, cards, and gift packaging. Our rich imagination was triggered. We enjoyed the pleasure of creation.
Health and Physical Education	We are able to use our physical strengths to make field investigation and engage in proper exercises. We also develop a healthy attitude towards our life.

2. Information tools and technologies we used to complete our Cyberfair Project:

Types	Tools	Usage
Hardware	Digital Camera	taking photos
	Pen Digital Voice Recorder	recording interview content
	Scanner	processing image
	Printer	printing relevant data
	Computer	editing information
	Internet Explorer	searching for information, communicating, sending and downloading files
	Digital Video Camera	recording activities
	Telephone and Cell Phone	communication
Software	Word	editing documents
	Excel	analyzing questionnaire
	PowerPoint	making briefing pages
	nEO iMAGING	compressing image files, editing photo
	Print Magic	producing posters
	Flash, Dreamweaver	designing web pages
	Ulead Video Studio	editing films
	PhotoImpact	editing photos

3. Roles

Q：How does your project change your place?

A：
1. We invoke our community to know the stories of Hamasen and turn it into support.
2. Based on the results of our questionnaires, we made a proposal and submitted suggestions to relevant organizations.
3. We gave a presentation with ease, and we got public attention and support.

4. We carried out a promotional activity, visiting Hamasen by public transit, as school winter break homework. As a result, all school students visited Hamasen. We hope to make people see Hamasen through media.

Q：What distinguish you from others?

A：

We visited TAKAOBOOKS” Bookstore, Takao Renaissance Association and the community.
We sent a proposal made by ours studies and research to Mayor Chen, and we got a response.
Our “Hamasen Activity” got a lot of responses.
We did promotion of Takao Renaissance Association in the school to teach students. We made more people to notice Xin Bin development projects.
We did “Transnational debate”, listened more ideas from students in different countries. We also learned other languages.

Q：Did you make new local connections?

A：
1. We got encouragement and affirmation from "TAKAOBOOK" bookstore, Takao Renaissance Association, the community and Kaohsiung City Bureau of Education. They expect us to spread the spirit of preserving the history to our classmates and Taiwanese.
2. In future, we will provide our research to Takao Renaissance Association.

3. We used the web to spread stories of Hamasen and cultural relics to more people. We win glory for our community.

4. Impact

Cognition

We visited Hamasen and learned its history.
We learned some people’s persistence on historic preservation. It also is the lesson that everyone should be taught.
We took public transportation to Hamasen.
To plan a presentation is not easy. We need to do a lot of things, such as heritage arrangement, contact preparation, news conferences, marketing, and volunteer planning.

Affection

We learned the importance and the value of cultural assets from TAKAOBOOKS” bookstore, Takao Renaissance Association and the community.
We learned everyone in the team is important and irreplaceable. On the way to Hamasen, we got support from children, assistance from teachers and parents, and encouragement from uncles and aunties that we the first time meet.

Skills

We learned effective questionnaire implementation, statistics, and chart presentation.
We learned qualitative interviewing skills, information summary, and analysis.
We learned how to submit opinions to government organizations, how to speak out for the public, and how to benefit the community.
We learned how to act as competent community ambassadors to promote the interests of our community.
We cultivated our communication, coordination, organization, and integration abilities.

We learned how to do case studies and how to make web pages.

5. Copyright

6. Discovery, Lessons, and Surprises

After more than six months of hard work, we realized:

We learned determination and perseverance from archivist who dedicated on important preservation of historical assets.
We learned skills related to interview, inquiry, and summary.
Through teamwork, we did something for Takao Renaissance Association.
Through our winter break homework, visiting Hamasen by public transportation, we arouse public concern.
We did a good thing for Hamasen by our own, making more people to see its historical assets.
We conducted a survey to submit the result to government agencies for their reference to guide future promotion and improvement efforts.

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