School: National Overseas Chinese Experimental High School
    Taipei Conty, Taiwan, Taiwan, Taiwan

9 students, ages from 18 to 18 worked together to complete this CyberFair project on February 12, 2001. They have participated in CyberFair in the following year(s): senior

Classes and Teachers: 9 students of Cheng Class of Senior and teachers, Chiu, Sen-Lin, Li, Mu-Tseng and Chi, Shao-Tze

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Our School's Web Site: http://www.nocsh.tpc.edu.tw

1. Description of Our Community

Located at northwest end of Taipei County, bordered to Sanchung City and Hsinchuan City at north with Tamsui River and Tahan River. At the northeast, Shindien River separate it from Taipei City. At the west side, cross Tahan River is Shulin City, and neighboring Tucheng and Chung at the south. Concentrated Area¡Gextended from Lin Ben-Yuan Garden Mansion (Lin¡¦s Garden) to Tze Hui Temple, Jeh Yun Temple, Takwang School, centered at Lin Ben-Yuan Garden Mansion. This is a huge culture center connected all antiquities of Panchiao. (and the center is the district of our project research). It makes Panchiao an extraordinary place.

2. Summary of Our Project

Lin Family of Panchiao was the richest family in Taiwan and is one of the 5 well know families in Taiwan. The development and prosperity of Panchiao are closely related to the Lin Family. We could say that without Lin Family, there would not be Panchiao of today. In the history of Taiwan, Lin Family was a heavy-weight, and Lin¡¦s Garden is the representing garden building of Ching Dynasty style. Therefore, by applying the characteristics of interlinking of network pages to describe the history of Lin Family and the cultural value, and to reserve a most beautiful image for the delicate designed Lin¡¦s Garden.

3. Our Computer and Internet Access

A. Percentage of students using the Internet at home:more than 50%

B. Number of workstations with Internet access in the classroom:more than 6

C. Connection speed used in the classroom:dedicated connection

D. Number of years our classroom has been connected to the Internet:more than 6

E. Additional comments concerning your computer and/or Internet access (Optional):

Intra-school information software and hardware equipment, as well as the campus administration automation are planned, controlled and managed by the Director of Library ( the first guiding teacher). The intra-school network is centered at Library. The fiber-optical trunk line is spread in planetary style to all offices. Machine room is located at the ground floor of library, which links to Academic Network with ADSL lease line. In the machine room, there are 5 computer mains, and there are 3 computer mains for teaching in computer classroom and one unit for faculty office and administration.

4. Problems We Had To Overcome

When there is no detail records of the past, it is very difficult to put the bits and pieces together. In producing network pages of Lin¡¦s Garden, the most difficult point is the searching, checking and consolidation of historical materials. We deployed substantial manpower in searching, sorting of materials. Since the historical value of Lin Family spread widely, we had to be much careful. But we are proud to say that the accuracy and value of the historical materials are very high. The next is the skillfulness of our network page techniques. As we wanted to be perfect, we absorbed and applied many different application software techniques in a short time, and we broke through every single bottleneck and we made the network pages extremely successful.

5. Our Project Sound Bite

¡§ The most delicious fruit is the most difficult to get¡¨ It is toiling in the process of project research, but producing the network page for culture re-emergency, presenting to the public beautifully and bountifully, enabling every one to know the past and present is the happiest and of utmost value. Teamwork and cooperation is out best tool in winning and friendship is the prettiest harvest of us.

6. How did your activities and research for this CyberFair Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?

This is an age of Internet and Network Management and Multimedia Network Pages is the hottest business line. Participating in this research plan has not only strengthened our capability in network page design and computer practices, but also benefited the school in the development of Electronic Teaching, Remote Teaching and the teaching aid to the local culture. Even more important is, in the eve of accepting college education, we have advanced our learning in organization, research, creative thinking operation manner. Particularly the teamwork allows us to know the handling of human relationship, which helps us a lot.

1) What information tools & technologies did you used to complete your CyberFair project?

Most of literal material are collected by us and we would like to stress, all the materials are bits and pieces, so it is fairly difficult to put them together. Besides, since the first guiding teacher is the Director of Library, it provided us great convenience. In image materials, most of them were obtained by members of our team through interview and investigation¡IOne of it with particular significance is that we spread out when we are producing and is difficult to discuss when an idea came up, so one of our member opened up a Chat Room, specially for our team to facilitate the discussion. The following items are the tools used in the project: Flash 5.0, Computers, Corel Draw, TV set, WS FTP, Telephone, Front Page 2000, Digital Camera, Cute FTP 4.0, Conventional Camera, Netscape 4.5, Scanner.

2) In what ways did you act as "ambassadors" and spokespersons for your CyberFair project both on-line and in person.

Since the project area of our research are at adjacent to our school, so we adopt personal interview to visit each and every person or place. Therefore. Most of the photos of our project network pages are taken by ourselves. In order to avoid the disturbance to the offices, we advise them and secure their consent before we actually making the visit. Further interview is appointed in person. Besides, the teachers are the important communication channels. At each visit, we brought with us the illustration of the Expo and present Internet Expo orally, as well as out participation in the contest. Most of our contacts were highly interested and glad to assist.

3) What has been the impact of your project on your community?

We found that most of the residents in Panchiao has certain level of the local culture. The seniors are having good memory of one or the other event, through communications. When they know people are care about it, they all , like showing off their treasure, were glad to tell us. Even sometimes they provide you with direction for searching. Unfortunately, the younger generation is generally of less aware. When we inquired, there is string of question marks. Gladly, they all wanted to know and to understand together with us. I guess, the youngsters ought to be all like them. We should know our origin, our root. We should at least have certain knowledge of the environment we are in, with certain identification.

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

The officers we visited were all very enthusiastic in supplying materials from their private treasure, or the names, telephone numbers, addresses of related offices. In addition, though she is not the teacher of our school, wife of our second guiding teacher, voluntarily sought her classmates in primary school, who are descendents of Lin family, when she was aware of this research plan. It brought us a great help. Similarly, granny of our team member, Chien Chi(«Ø§Ó), who is somehow related to the descendents of Lin Family, offered us some valuable materials. All of them were highly passionate. ¡mMr. Li, Mu-Tseng, the second guiding teacher, spent almost one year to consolidate, to check the accuracy of historical and cultural materials tirelessly. We will express our thanks to Master Li, in the Special Gratitude column.¡n

5) Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises (Optional)

The most valuable arts are beside you and the prettiest stories are just behind you. The culture existing in our environment is found only by know. Suddenly, we find that we are not great at all, and we have the feeling that we forgot our root. Fortunately, we have the chance to be grateful, allowing us to use our passion plus the technology so well developed to present to every one the surprising treasure and offer them the chance of being grateful. Let the senior generation who have long being waiting to pass the heritage have new hope and let everywhere in Taiwan immersed in the coalition of modern and traditional atmosphere.