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1.Designing interview
questions
We must first document our
interview questions as a sign
of respect to our interviewees.
We must first begin with
reviewing and collecting the
background information of our
interviewees in order to design
meaningful questions relevant
to our website. This process
took up a lot of time and was
easy to mess up. If we made
a mistake, we must redesign
our questions and schedule a
repeat interview. Fortunately,
after receiving feedback from
our first interviewee, we were
able to adjust our interview
questions at once to ensure
success in subsequent interviews.
2.Data organization took
up even more time
Sometimes there were really
a lot of data that must be reviewed
in detail to remove wrong data.
This process was extremely dependent
on everyone's patience and commitment.
After interviewing the
volunteer librarians and teaching
staff, we must type out the
interviews. The interviewees
may have a great deal to say,
and we must go over these audio
files repeatedly since we are
not professional typists. This
took a great deal of time.
3.First interview
The website design competition
gave us the opportunity to interview
volunteer librarians and teachers
both inside and outside our
school. We felt very nervous
before the interview. We
were quite shy and did not raise
many questions when we began
our interview. But we later
got used to the process and
this greatly encouraged us.
After interviewing our
first library volunteer, our
confidence improved and we no
longer felt afraid for the subsequent
interviews.
4.Difficulties in data
recording
When typing out our reviews
or recording questions, we may
be stuck due to poor handwriting.
If this happens, we would focus
on the main points and think
about the matter once more to
prevent the same mistake from
happening again.
5.Significant delays in
work progress
Sometimes our teachers would
give us new assignments before
we complete the ones we have
on our hands. We may have to
carry out interviews even before
completing our homework, and
would have to make up for it
with our precious personal time.
However, we knew that we could
complete our work if we work
hard enough. Delays in
work progress could happen if
team members can't come or arrive
late during morning self-study
sessions or noon-time recess
and assembly.
6.Learning about time
management
Every member in our team
were also involved in school
societies and activities in
addition to everyday homework
assignments. Classes on music
and arts afterschool must be
attended as well. With such
a busy schedule, time management
becomes even more critical when
we participated in the website
design competition this semester.
We learned how to come
up with the most efficient arrangements
within the shortest possible
time and accomplish our objectives
during the course of this project.
7.Preparing for the library
resources educational awareness
programs
We carried out a total of
6 class-level educational announcements
for our library resources. A
great deal of preparatory work
must be implemented before making
these announcements. Our team
members must first explain the
details of these announcements
to the teachers of every class
and to confirm the location
and time for making the announcements.
We finally obtained the
support of many home-room teachers
after a great deal of effort,
and successfully provided our
library resources educational
announcements.
8.Developing IT skills
Before participating in this
website design competition,
our IT skills were restricted
to typing in Chinese, English,
and using the Internet to search
for information. With the guidance
of our teachers, we learned
how to create presentations,
videos and, most importantly,
web ages. Our IT skills really
improved by a lot.
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