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1. Description of Our Community
The forests conserving water of Qilian Mountain cultivate Hexi Corridor which is also the mother of Hexi Corridor. However, for a long time, some people have destroyed the forest in consideration of economic profits. As the protector of these forests, Xiama Forest is responsible for maintainming the balance of ecoenvironment.
2. Summary of Our Project
For the past several decades, the workers of Xiama Forest have spared no efforts working hard on this area. The forest has witnessed their hardships. It is these workers that make the forest develop, improve the ecoenvironment and increase the number of wild plants and animals. Through this web design competition, we want to introduce Xiama Forest in detail and call on people to protect environment.
3. Our Computer and Internet Access
A. Percentage of students using the Internet at home:none
B. Number of workstations with Internet access in the classroom:4-6
C. Connection speed used in the classroom:dedicated connection
D. Number of years our classroom has been connected to the Internet:2-3
E. Additional comments concerning your computer and/or Internet access (Optional):
There are three computers in school that can connecting to Internet. There is no computer in the home of the students.
4. Problems We Had To Overcome
What is Xiama Forest used for ? In the beginning, we do not even know what Xiama Forest is used for. Every time we pass there, we only find it is magnificent. It seems rather secret to us. It takes our teacher a whole break to introduce to us what Xiama Forest is.
Embarrassment in interviews We have never interviewed other people, so when we interview Mr. Mao, we feel rather nervous and embarrassed. Thanks to the encouragement by our teacher, we begin to ask questions. Mr. Mao is very kind to us, so we become more than more confident. Later, when we go to the primary school to call on people to protect environment, we are not nervous at all. We can interview very relaxedly and give very good reports. We have overcome the difficulties in interviews.
In web design We have never designed web before, so we feel it rather difficult. With the guidance of our teacher, we become more and more familiar with softwares and learn to type and download. We have also learned how to design web pages. All of these experiences make us more confident of ourselves.
Limited time We are busy with our daily studies and homework. We have to work in computer classroom only in the break in the noon. Although we are very tired, we do not give up. We have to spend our weekends collecting materials, taking photographs and interviewing. The sorting out of materials and web designing are completed by our teacher and us in the evenings.
5. Our Project Sound Bite
This is the first time for us to attend the competition. We have learned a lot. We take it very seriously in the process. No matter what the result is, the activity is rather unforgettable. Through the research, we have learned how to communicate with others and we should have mutual trust of each other. We also owe our gratitude to many people. As long as we have tried, we will get what we want. We are very glad to share with you our work!
6. How did your activities and research for this CyberFair Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?
This research is rather different from what we have learned in class. Through this activity, we have learned how to collect materials, how to interview and how to sort out materials, all of which are of great importance to us in the future studies. We also find some shortcomings of ourselves. (1) We learn to make use of Internet and web design. (2) We learn how to learn autonomously and how to solve problems by ourselves. (3) We learn how to cooperate and coordinate with each other. (4) We learn how to communicate with each other and trust each other, which is of great importance to us.
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