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Afterthoughts
          We’ve learned 3 things during the research project, namely proceed-things-as-planned, charity and teamwork.  If one doesn’t deliver on time, things shall pile up.  During the charity sale preparation, our teacher reminded us that charity is evaluated not according to amount of money but wholeheartedness.  Teamwork is one of the most valuable experiences.  We learned about sharing duties and responsibilities, shouldering consequences.  Eventually ties between team members are strengthened.
Shih-You Huang
      Upon finishing the 1st interview, I regretted that I didn’t memorize and fully comprehend the questions.  I should have conducted the interview with my own words instead of reading script.  I could not respond when an interviewee asked me a question.  Since I didn’t pay full attention during the interview, it took a lot of effort in re-listening to the audio records and consolidating the interview documents.107.10.31
  


      To facilitate adoption of Junyi  by Grade 3, we had to prepare a powerpoint based briefing in advance.  I was assigned the Proficiency Process.  I gathered information, discussed with others, prepared my presentation pages and rehearsed before getting into Grade 3 classrooms.  I think presentation preparation is fun.  I thought using powerpoint is cool when I was in Grade 3.  I’m happy that I am capable of using it on my own now.I like designing medallions.  Our medallion sold out quickly during Sports Day.  I am happy and, on the other hand, disappointed.  I am happy because others like our medallions which gave me a strong sense of achievement.  I am disappointed because I wanted the very-rare medallion myself which was bought by someone else.107.11.30
 
        We found that the preparation of the Challenger Event for Grade 3 pupil were not as simple as we have initially thought, e.g. the Labyrinth game could not be too difficult otherwise it would have taken too long.  If it was too simple, they would not have found it challenging.  We had to play with game ourselves and make adjustment again and again until we all agreed that it fit with Grade 3 pupils.  As gatekeeper of the Robot Gate, I spent quite a lot of time explaining the rule of the games.107.12.31
Chung-Hsiang Tai
      My performance in the interviews was bad.  I didn’t follow the original order of the questions.  I didn’t even finish them.  Given that it was the first time I acted like a reporter, I understand that hassles were inevitable.  After all, I was there to learn.  If such occasion comes up again, I certainly would do better.  I found that the Junyi platform is tailored for children.  It is also a good theme for our research project.  Since the beginning, I’ve found that this kind of researches is interesting.  If possible, I want to take part in other projects.107.10.31



         We took part in a charity sale in the covered playground.  We sold Junyi medallions and donated the resulting money to Junyi that can spend it on content enrichment.  This is our first donation to Junyi.  It represents our support to Junyi.  We wish that more children would benefit from it.107.11.30
        I was nervous and my heart was pounding when I was about to get on the stage to preach the Grade 3 pupil features of the Junyi platform.  Fortunately, my voice didn’t shiver.  When I wasn’t speaking on the stage during the quiz, I took initiative to hand out prizes and direct pupils’ attention.  I supposed we worked as a team.  I was handling questionnaires during the Challenger Event.  I wasn’t proactive enough in getting pupils to fill out the questionnaire.  Eventually, there were only 3 responses.  I should really learn more about customer care.107.12.31
Yung-Cheng Chang
      I’ve learned during the research project quite a lot which are certainly beyond the scope of coursework, e.g. interview scripts, audio to text conversion, photography, itinerary, typing etc.  Doing interview on the scene is something normally done by grown-ups.  I’ve been given a head start and I possibly can do it fast and better than others in the future.During the interviews, the Junyi crew told us about helping more children which is the goal of Junyi Academy.107.10.31
   


     I was impressed by Ms Fang-Ting Chang, my 2nd interviewee, who expressed that she doesn’t want to be benefactor of children.  She just wants to be there for children when they need solutions.  I think she is great.107.11.30
      I am happy that the research project is finally coming to an end.  We have to spend lunch breaks and morning sessions on the research project instead of homework like we used to.  It was hard, but I believe it will be fruitful.  We may get into the final round as long as we finish it on time.107.12.31
Xin-Mi Hsu
      When I heard of this research project, I was surprised.  This is my first research project.  I was nervous and expectant.  To enable in-depth understanding of Junyi, we proceeded to do interviews, experience the platform ourselves and dig up from the internet relevant information.107.10.31



        The most remarkable activity is the charity sale where we sold Junyi medallions.  Our teacher trusted and empowered us to produce the medallions ourselves.  We messed up at the beginning but we managed to get the production on track.  In the form of a factory production line, we produced the medallions with a relatively high defect rate.  We ran out of materials eventually.107.11.30  
       For the 3rd time, we’ve reached this checkpoint where we log our experience and personal findings during the previous stages of the research project.  We are already skilled writers.  The final examination is getting close, but we still have to manage the research project under study stress.  I want to thank our teacher who guided, trusted and empowered us.  Even though it is our first research project, he maintains rigid standards for academic research.  He didn’t get too nervous to constantly keep an eye on everyone, but cut us some slack from time to time.107.12.31
Yu-Fei Chou
      Our teacher has reminded us of teamwork since the beginning of the interview preparation.  I have first-hand experience about it.  If one of us was to give up on the objective, it would not be attained. There are still quite a lot of outstanding tasks.  I wish that we worked up a tightly bound team with this research project.  We can spend time on other things if we finish this research project together.107.10.31


       I found that advance planning is important for research in addition to teamwork.  To set the project schedule well, our teacher helped us in setting out a project plan which the team adhered to.   We didn’t forget things and the teacher didn’t have to spend time tracking our progress. 107.11.30
       During this time, we’ve worked swiftly and precisely to bring the search project to the current stage.  If we finish 90% of the research project by the end of 2018, we can spare the time for preparing the games in the Dreamers Park.There is a shooting game in which one has to shoot a moving target which denotes shooter’s answer to current question.  The real answer to the question is tied to the head of a foxycat which moves slowly.107.12.31
Hao-Ching Chih
       We have been doing information collection, interviews, audio records conversion since September.  Interview is not simple a task.  We did quite a few rehearsals and wished to get through all the interviews as soon as possible.  We thought the workload would be lighter after the interviews, but the tedious job of audio to text conversion has started right after the interviews.  If there's one thing I learned, it's that don’t just look at the surface, something may turn out substantially different. 107.10.31
        We did another round of interviews since 3rd November.  The interviews were followed by audio records conversion.  The 6th research log is still outstanding.  I started to think that we shouldn’t have joined this competition.  Firstly, I have no idea when we would finish it.  Secondly, we have little certainty in winning the competition.  However, it certainly would be great if we win this.  Let’s keep it up.  I am curious about the final product.  We may have taken long ways around, but we will get there soon.107.11.30
       We’ve finished the items on the project plan accordingly.  I couldn’t believe that we managed to finish all those units in just 3 weeks.  We’ve even finished the Challenger Event.  The outstanding job is the composition of games.  If we had chosen a wrong theme, we would not have had the fun.  I am glad we’ve picked the right one.107.12.31
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