(3)Project Elements

  • Please explain, “ How do your activities and research correlate significantly with the goals and standards of this National Schools Cyberfair Project ?”

    The connection of the the project and the 12-year curriculum and the acquirement of the ability to integrate related things:

    Ability contents
    Language Learn to fluently do the introductions of articles and the procedures of reports, which express the core ideas of ours precisely.
    Introspection In the doing process, learn to gain the insights about our defects and avoid the arrogant behaviors, caused by the nonentity of our being superior to others, to ask them to do things our ways. Learn to find ways to better ourselves.
    Relationship In the interview, be able to convince interviewees in a natural and graceful way, and know how to interact with the shopkeepers appropriately to let them accept our request willingly and feel happy and relaxed.
    Observation Come to find the beauty of our town from oridianary things with all their hearts. Want to further understand it and introduce it to more people whenever possible.
    1. What skills do you learn?

      What we have learned most is definitely the website-making skills. Because website-making skills are really new to us before the contests. Thanks to the International Cyberfair, we begin to browse other people’s website designs, including learning to decipher program code, and grasping the know-how of website-making .

    2. What team work concepts and means do you make into effects?

      In addition, we also come to realize the importance of close cooperation and the uniqueness of every one in different fields. Therefore, knowing how to make the most of use of these helps us to create maximal power and have it in our command.

    3. What problems have you found about your educational system in the process of doing the research?

      Although the current education system has been changing, most of the school staffs still evaluate students’ achievements through the written tests. Students who do better in the study get all the praise and attention of teachers and adults. Thus, studying hard is the only thing children force themselves to do. However, because of the International Cyberfair, we have learned many different things, and got inspired from each visit. Every time when we chatted with the shopkeeper, we felt very happy and touched. From their stories of making their business, we also realize that everyone can be distinguished in all walks of life, and that working hard brings success. These are what we have obtained and that cannot be acquired from textbooks.

    4. What role do you play in your school community?

      The role that we have played in our school community is being the “ ambassadors of Shigang.” Since we took part in the Taiwan school cyberfair last year, we have already visited all over the shops in Shigang and completed all the interviews. For this reason,we have been no strangers to all of the shopkeepers. They would warmly welcome us during every visit, and which motivate us immensely to keep on going.

    5. Has the method of using the Internet for teaching and learning been more effective than traditional ones?

      We come to get deeper understanding of the convenience of the info- tech education by using the Internet which can break the limits of the distance. No matter what great the distance between us is, we can see each other on the screen and hear the other’s voice through the speakers any time any where. Therefore, we think that online teaching is much more efficient than that of the traditional one. However, we also find the defects of the online teaching. For example, it is unhealthy for student to stare at the computer screen for a long time, and it cando harm to their vision as well. What’s more, using the computer too often can easily consume too much energy .It is not very eco-friendly for we have only one Earth. As a result, Internet teaching has its advantages but the defects it brings cannot be ignored.

  • What information tools & technologies did you used to complete your CyberFair project?
    Software Use
    Microsoft Word 2003 To edit text data, and typeset.
    Dreamweaver To make website.
    FileZilla To upload website.
    Facebook To contact and discuss with teammates.
    LINE To contact and discuss with teammates.
    Google Drive To sort data and synchronize.
    TeamViewer10 To use remote meeting for discussing and teaching.
    PhotoImpact X3 To make website design chart and process photo.

    Hardware Use
    Smartphone To contact teammates, take photos and recording.
    Computer To make website, sort data, write article and discuss with teammates.
    Reference Book To encounter problem when using software, can consult the books.
    USB Drive To save data.

    others Use
    Interview To understand the history and uniquenessof the shops through interviews
  • In what ways did you act as "ambassadors" and spokespersons for your CyberFair project both on-line and in person?

    To write the introduction of the local shops, we get further understanding of these shops through interviews. From the shopkeepers’ oral stories, we get the better and clearer picture of what they have weathered and been through to start their businesses, and their persistence in the produce of their food quality. During every interview, we always schedule the details and draw up the questions to make our interview smoother. In the first interview, everyone was so shy that we did nothing but stand dazzed in front of the shop and later, we had no choice but to play the paper, scissor, stone game to decide who to break the ice. The one who lost always had to nervously rehearse his or her lines in his or her mind several time beforehand until the others got really impatient and urged him or her to face the music. Fortunately, when most people saw us in our school uniforms, they all answered our questions patiently. At the end of the interview, almost all of them encouraged us to go on, and which made us feel cheered and more confident.

    As time passes, we no longe feel terrified before the interviews, and the scene of our standing dazed and played the paper, scissor, stone game in front of the shop vanishes. Instead, we would walk into the shops confidently. Some of us are in charge of taking pictures and some responsible for recording. Occasionally, we would chat with the shop owners like an old friend does.

    In the past, we would always feel embarrassed, wearing the school uniforms on holidays. But after the International Cyberfair, every time when we have to do interviews on weekends, wearing school uniforms to do them has become a thing that we are proud of. We are all honored to represent our school when in school uniforms because we know we are doing the task of the promotion of Shigang.

  • What has been the impact of your project on your community?

    Before joining in International cyberfair, we considered Shigang as nothing but a place we call “hometown”. However, after this thematic research program, we have deeply been in love with Shigang, and decide to letmore people get to know the beauty of Shigang. As a result, in our website, not only can you learn about the highlight spots and special shops in Shigang, but also experience exotic culture unique to Shigang itself.

    The field survey having been finished, our life went back to its normal track. But every time when we walk on the roads or into the familiar stores, we would, without fail, be recognized, ” Aren’t you guys the students who came to interview last time？” , which will never fail to bring broad smiles to our faces and the heartfelt feel people in Shigang show to strangers never fail to arouse ,though we sometimes still feel a little uneasy.

  • How did your project involve other members of your community as helpers and volunteers?

    In the process of this contest, we got a lot of helps. Thanks every shopkeepers all helped we finish the interviews, and gave us a lot of support and encouragement, let us from completely unaware of Shigang to know every features in Shigang. Thanks our adviser taught us the skills of making the website, let us from did not know anything to can make our own website. Thanks our teachers help us to amend the articles. Thanks everyone who has helped us, because of you, we can finish the work.

  • Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises：

    To collect more information and to find more beauty of Shigang, we joined in several activities held by Shigang District and experienced the beauty of Shigang with the folks. In this process, we heard a lot of people’s praise of Shigang, which made us, Shigang Feature promotion ambassadors, felt in honor. Although Shigang is a small town in the countryside, it hides the beautiful scenery that the cities don’t have.

    In fact, the process of the matic research program went so smoothly because of the cooperation of each other, the careful teaching of the teacher, and the great strength of the consultant. Because we joined the program once last year, we are very familiar to every details in this contest. The only thing that was not perfect might be that we was not clear and not careful enough on the preparation, which led to starting over when we encountered problems. We also realized that preparation was far more important than encountering the problems then modified it when actually doing it.

    There were some surprises of course. Before making this thematic research program, we never thought about that we could persevere in finishing the interview of every shops, and then completed the website step by step. In the process, we met a lot of things that we did not contact in the past, and found that the world was so big and found that we were lack of knowledge. Hoping the knowledge we learned this time can help us go through the way to our dreams.