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Information of Research Project Website
To our Cyberfair work website http://librarywork.taiwanschoolnet.org/gsh2015/gsh7969/index.html To the backup site of Cyberfair work of He-Ren Elementary School To He-Ren Elementary School homepage
Research Project Completion Date：February 21, 2015 School：He-Ren Elementary School Counties： Changhua County Teacher： Shu-Fen Yang, Chuan-Fu Hong, Ze-Rong Yao, Hui-Fen Zheng, Chang-Rong Huang, Jing-Juan Huang How many students are involved in the research project? 10 students Their ages： 11-12 years old B-Bang Kids： De-An Wang,Rou-Zhen Huang,Cai-Yi Chen,Yi-Wen Xie,Pei-Ying Xie,Pei-Ying Lin, Cun-Ya Zheng,Teng-Xuan Yu,Yan-Jun Lin,Jian-hong Ye Contact Email: Shu-Fen Yang

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Research Project Overview

Cyberfair category： Local specialty

Introduction of Guang Xiang Ju’s homemade Bursting-juice port balls—founded for sixty years in Hemei Township.

Description of local communities：

less than two kilometers away from our school

Hemei Township is located in Changhua County. Its southeast is Changhua City, west is Xian-Xi Township, northwest is Shen-Gang Township, and northeast is the Dadu River. Across the Dadu river, there are Dadu and Long-Jing townships. Hemei Township is 6.0364 kilometers from east to west, and 9.0909 kilometers from north to south, with town area of 39.9345 square kilometers, ranking the tenth among townships of Changhua County. The ancient name of "Ka Li Shan" was from Pingpu Aboriginal’s BABUZA language, meaning the place between warmness and coldness, mild climate, and beautiful environment.

Hemei Township has not only a beautiful environment and good weather, but also famous and popular cuisines. There are many old restaurants passing down from many generations. We are going to introduce Guang Xiang Ju’s juicy meatballs, passing down from three generations. Let us taste the appetizing juicy meatballs.

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Research Project Summary

Let everyone know the Bursting-juice port balls in Hemei

"Guang Xiang Ju" Bursting-juice port balls are so famous, and I wanted to taste it for so long. Finally, I had a chance to eat the appetizing juicy meatballs. What made them even more special was that they had meat inside. I decided—I wanted to let everyone know this traditional cuisine. We decided to participate in the Cyberfair, and used the Internet to promoting the food.

After we conducted a thorough investigation, we found that the cooking process was very time-consuming. The restaurant uses ground meat of pigs slaughtered within two hour as the basic material, plus special meatball "stuffing", and then boils the meatballs in water to become a delicacy. Flavors are carefully selected, including onion, salty soy sauce, sugar, salt, and so on. As citizens of Hemei, we should explore our own town and food. With this project, we have a chance to introduce juicy meatballs to people.

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Our network environment

External Internet

Academic Network Fiber Broadband

School network environment and devices

A computer lab: 36 computers.

Spacious and comfortable,
just like free Internet cafes.

Three multifunction E-classrooms :

Each of the seven computers.

Total of 21 computers.

Each classroom has a computer
( including subject classroom ) :

Total of 33 computers.

Laptops : 6

   Connected school computers,
     NAS network storage system,
     Google sites,

facilitating our discussions in schools, searching information, and printing.

Campus wireless network environment

6 wireless network base stations with
95% of network coverage ratio.

Students can surf at every corner of the
campus.

The team members’ network environment
at homes:

     Most of the members have ADSL at home,
       but they have to obey the rules of Internet
       access.

We taught, discussed and researched
through the Internet community platform

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We have overcome the issues:

When we need the knowledge, we regret that we are lacking it！

With not enough computer skills, we were not able to present a perfect outcome. Need to keep studying!
Not enough records, and television footages were not easy to obtain.
Getting cool feet during interview, we did not express clearly.
Not easy to collate information. We spent too much time on site architecture development.
Needed to improve computer skills, including: web design, sound and video clips, image processing!
Division of team labor was not easy, so we used internet to discuss at home.

7. Heavy responsibility of being local ambassadors：

We visited each class, and introduced Bursting-juice port balls to students in our school.

� We were too shy to look at the audience, as if talking to the air.

� Because we did not have confidence, we talked to ourselves,
and the audience could not hear us.

� Too rely on posters and documents, we ignored the audience.

� We did not memorize the content, so the reports lost focus.

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Learning：

We were touched during interviews. Every industry has touching stories. When going into Guang Xiang Ju, we felt that everyone was serious about their work, with satisfied smiles on their faces, and they were not tired at all. Their sincerity is the reason of Guang Xiang Ju’s sustainable operation.

We hope that in this event, we not only got to know meatball production methods and procedures, completed a web production, but also learned the founders’ spirit—not blaming others and not bowing to fate. Although they have physical disabilities, they work harder than others, and their spirit is worth learning.

We would like to thank the staff of Guang Xiang Ju. Without sacrificing their valuable time, our interviews could not carry out smoothly. Thanks again. Hope that Guang Xiang Ju can be more widely known, and let everyone know about Hemei town.

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Research Elements：

How did this research project of Cyberfair help your learning and curriculum requirements?

The purpose of this research project is to promote the beauty of juicy meatballs in Hemei town, so we used a local field research method, and developed and cultivated a lot of skills.

Language：

During research process, we learned how to organize documents, internet information and oral records into coherent and informative articles. We expressed personal thoughts through communication, trained how to response during interviews, and learned how to be young reporters. Through writing authorization Letter and certificate of appreciation, we were getting good at words and sentences. All these helped us in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Social Sphere：

In the learning process, we interacted with different people and learned how to talk to people, which was very rare experience for us.

Health and Sports：

We were very impressed by Guang Xiang Ju’s quality control and food safety for three generations. They did not add harmful additives, knew the importance of freshness tastefulness, and protected customers’ health.

Integrative Activities：

We learned as a team and cultivated the spirit of "cooperation." We completed the research through the division of labor, discussions, encouragement, and self-supervision. We knew the importance of team efforts, and shared results together. In the course of the study, we enhanced the mutual understanding, worked for a common mission, and strived towards the goal. When collating information, we also respected the "Intellectual Property Rights" and used the obtained information with legal procedures.

Arts and Humanities：

During the research, we drew a lot of beautifully designed posters, propaganda, and other documents, and used the computer image processing software to edit photos and to place in Web pages. The production process enriched our artistic vision.

Information Technology：
	Computer	Internet surfing, typing and compiling information, creating web pages, video and image processing
	Digital camera	taking photos and documents、recording interview and visit tour
	Voice recorder	recording interview
	Scanner	scan pictures and images in books and painting
	Digital drawing board	For computer graphics
	Copy machine	Copying files for reference
	Printer	printing documents on computer
	Fax	Communicating
	Telephone, mobile phone	inviting interviewers, interviewing, interacting with team members
	PhotoImpact	image processing and graphics, web banners, web buttons, page layout design
	PhotoCap	image processing and graphics, photo processing
	PhotoScape	image processing and graphics, photo processing
	Gif Animator	animation, web banners, web buttons design
	Swish	animation, web banners, web buttons design
	MS Word.Powerpoint	Typing and compiling information, and reporting
	Namo WebEditor	Web page production
	Dreamweaver	Web page production
	Gold Wave	sound processing
	e-mail、ftp	interacting and communicating with team members
	Facebook	interacting and communicating with team members
	Google Site	interacting and communicating with team members about co-writing
	IE、Google、FireFox	Testing website on different browsers
	Xmind	Mind Mapping
	Anfy	designing webpage effects
	PowerDirector	video processing

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How did you play the role of Cyberfair "ambassadors" or spokesman through online or
personal contact?

Through parents or the local people’s word-of-mouth. Every member sacrificed their vacations to play the role of ambassador. Also, our teachers sent out e-mails to seek support, and we obtained a lot of valuable information!

What kind of influence and impact did your research project produce?

Today, ancient tradition has lost. Machines, replacing human labor, seem to become business opportunities and progress. Guang Xiang Ju kept up with the pace of time with its quality and sophisticated cooking process, which is admirable. We hope that one day our juicy meatballs can be more famous than Hsinchu meatballs, and is well-known overseas!

How did local people help with your research project?

Thanks local people who accept our interview enthusiastically. Guang Xiang Ju offers free machines, materials, and skills, and free juicy meatballs! We ate about 4 kilograms of meatballs!

Learning：

In this project, we not only knew the meatball production method, and completed the web production. We should learn the spirit of Guang Xiang Ju’s founders, Mr. and Mrs. Chen—not blaming others and not bowing to fate. Although they have physical disabilities, they work harder than others, and their spirit is worth learning.

With the progress of time, Guang Xiang Ju is getting more famous with advanced information technology. iSet TV interviewed Guang Xiang Ju, and many celebrities visited. In order to meet the needs of gourmands, customers can also order the products by telephone and internet. The products are vacuum-packed and sent via frozen delivery.

We watched that a decades-old restaurant got rid of the burden of old age, and still got traditional flavor, which shows the owner’s careful management. It is not only a business for him, but lifetime devotion. Because he devotes his life into this work, we firmly believe that Guang Xiang Ju’s cuisine will certainly evolve with time while having traditional flavors, getting more popular. Someday it may enter the international market！

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Research Contributions

Members	Working items		%
Students De-An Wang Rou-Zhen Huang Cai-Yi Chen Yi-Wen Xie Pei-Ying Xie Pei-Ying Lin Cun-Ya Zheng Teng-Xuan Yu Yan-Jun Lin Jian-hong Ye	Topic discussion Interview outline development Interview Taking pictures and image processing The progress report Interview records Editing written materials Writing and sharing learning Collating information Filling in the progress report Bazaar event planning and execution	Collaborative Internet platform for team communication Research program development The main site architecture development Web banners, buttons, animation design Audio and video clips, photo processing Website production Project plan development Poster design. Playing the role of ambassador Publicizing the research projects Website upload	70%
6 instructors Shu-Fen Yang Chuan-Fu Hong Ze-Rong Yao Hui-Fen Zheng Chang-Rong Huang Jing-Juan Huang	Giving research guidance Computer technical guidance and assistance Leading meetings Contact window of interview matters Instructing students in collating documents	External contact window Letter of authorization Modifying the progress report Supporting website production Assisting to upload the website to the Cyberfair platform	15%
Teachers and students	The teachers and students of entire school enthusiastically joined the charity bazaar and ate delicious meatballs The money raised in the event was donated to the slow flying angels of the Child Development Center.		5%
Members of Guang Xiang Ju	Accepting interviews, photograph and video shooting Providing documents and graphic information		5%
Crowds in the Hemei market	Accepting interviews, photograph and video shooting		5%

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