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1. Description of Our Community
Lujhou City is situated to the west bank of the downstream Tamshui River, with Taipei’s Shihlin District at the north east across the river, Wugu Township at its west, and Sanchung City adjacent to its southeast. The area forms a rhombus shape. The square measure of the city is 8321km square. It is only slightly larger than Yunghe City amongst the 29 townships in Taipei County. Lujhou used to be an alluvial sandbank. It is suitable for farming and residing because of its lowland terrain and the fertile ground. However, frequent flooding was hindering the progress of its development. Thanks to the government’s ratification of the “Sanchung/Yunghe City construction plan” in 1982, also the completion of both the primary flooding prevention plan of Taipei County, and the construction of flood-channelizing watercourses in Sanchung, the flood problem has been resolved. In addition to that, due to the advancing traffic system in Taipei, the population has increased greatly. Lujhou Township has been upgraded to Lujhou City since 1997. The Lujhou that had been troubled by frequent flooding has become the prosperous city at the foot of Guanyin Shan.
2. Summary of Our Project
At the age of seventeen, a girl gave up her socially privileged life and comfortable environment to join the war against the Japanese. She crossed over long distances and married into a family rooted in Taiwan, where she conquered a language barrier and the pressures of a large family. For the sake of her husband, she traveled to Mainland China when she was pregnant to petition for the release and exoneration of her husband from the 2-28 incident, yet she herself became implicated and was imprisoned for no reason. In prison, where she wasted 15 years of her life, she had to bear the sorrow of the death of her husband.After her release from prison, she experienced hardship and discrimination in life, which led her to establish “World Translation Co., Ltd.” at the age of 50. Her name is Hsiu-Feng Yen – an extraordinary woman that steadily stands in the mighty torrent of history.
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:4-6
E. Additional comments concerning your computer and/or Internet access (Optional):
The network in the school uses fibers of 10MB to connect with Educational Internet Center of Taipei County. The Internet equipment of the computers at home uses 56K dial-up modems, as well as ADSL, to connect online.
4. Problems We Had To Overcome
(1) Pressure from class and insufficient time All of us are sixth graders from Class 16. Since the decision in October was made to participate in the competition, we have continuously devoted our efforts everyday. Since we are sixth graders our class load is heavier than usual. In addition we have our graduation trip coming up, a competition filled with fun planned, and after school lessons for many of our classmates. Thus, it was surprising that we were able to have all of our classmates present at one time. Sometimes it was quite a headache when the Internet exhibit team requested us to submit our homework. (2) Difficulties in recording the broadcast drama Since we had never recorded a broadcast drama and understood little about it, it was quite uncomfortable and awkward to speak when we first started practicing. After practicing several times and familiarizing ourselves with the drama, we were able to somewhat grasp the characteristics of the performance. However, the recording equipment in the school was rather basic, so the results of the first recording were awful and we were very depressed about it.
5. Our Project Sound Bite
(1) The influence on the students in this school The thoroughness of our promotion attempted to leave no stone unturned. We then spread our message though visual, audio, and verbal channels. We discovered from this project that many kids became more familiar with this period of history. What moved us more was that some of them even searched for information via the Internet or books/newspaper. (2) The influence on the local community The spreading of this chapter of history was the biggest goal of our project because Madam Yen stood before us as a living historical legend. While we didn’t actually experience the historical time period, we felt that we could still add our vivid mark in that period of painful history. Therefore, we really wanted to preserve some of the tracks of history by developing the project through the Internet exhibit.
6. How did your activities and research for this CyberFair Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?
Different learning experience: The experience of participating in the Internet exhibit was a totally different way to learn from studying text books. The nine years of consistent education emphasized a lot on demonstrating the ability to put things together. The students learned each type of experiences through a series of activities in this research project. For example, through the process of preparing and planning for the trip and promotion practice, they learned to cooperate with others, work with others, research with others, discuss with others, etc. The kids would learn that demonstrating and the holding an event needed a long time to plan and prepare, and that more careful planning and thinking in advance could make for a smoother process. For example, a small piece of note paper let the kids clearly understand whether the promotion was progressing smoothly or not, where there were defects, or what classes were not promoted. Although it was only a tiny piece of paper, the effect was enormous when valuable records and memories often disappeared instantly without such piece of note paper. To the kids, these experiences were totally different with learning from text books. http://gsh.taiwanschoolnet.org/gsh2005/3962/n4.htm
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