School: Shengong Junior High School
    Changhua County, Taiwan, Taiwan,R.O.C.

16 students, ages 13-14 worked together to complete this CyberFair project on March 16, 2012. They have participated in CyberFair in the following year(s): 2009

Classes and Teachers: Chen Jia Xin, Li Kun Ming, Ke Xiu Fen, Xu Ya Qi,Yi Tzeng

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Our School's Web Site: http://www.skjh.chc.edu.tw/

1. Description of Our Community

Shengang is a small remote town in the central part of Taiwan's west coast with the population of 35993. The domestic residents mainly farmers and fishermen.

2. Summary of Our Project

Shenkong Township is located in the northernmost part of Zhang Hua County. It borders on DaDu River in the north and next to Xian Xi and Ho Mei Townships in the south. There are abundant natural resources and various agricultural products. Also, there are many famous entrepreneurs. We can tell from the semi-modernized buildings. Among these great entrepreneurs, Mr. Bai-the General Manager of Shen Ren Textile is the most representative. He builds up his textile enterprise since he was 17. Now he is 50 years old. For all these years, he cultivates his factory and the villagers with all his heart. We hope that we can contribute our own ideals to Shen Ren Textile.

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

4. Problems We Had To Overcome

(1)The motive of a student's participation and mental and physical efforts of devotion are keys to the activity achievement. It is too common to have students with strong will but weak capability in terms of execution. This will cause the project’s progress delay seriously. Solution: Time-control in the early stage and cooperate in the final. (2)Lack of professional knowledge will cause skin-deep interviews. Sometimes, it will weaken the integrity of the websites. Solution: Inquire more and search resources in many ways will mend the defects. Strong desires of seeking knowledge and intensive introspection can overcome the problem, too. (3) Time limitation is a main issue in the project. Solution: Because the students can’t take care of school works and the projects at the same time, instructors have to categorize the tasks in details. In order to finish the project, the distribution and adjustment of human resources has to be flexible.

5. Our Project Sound Bite

To complete the mission through learning is to make a responsible student. To solve all the problems without fears is to make a brave person.

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

Expand students’ viewpoints through extracurricular activities. In the meantime, we hope to motivate students’ potential inner power to solve the problems in the unknown and uncertain circumstances. From all the building processes of the project, we hope to find the weakness and solution. The most important point is to learn through having fun. In terms of the participation of students, the processes of the activities completely conform to the idea of learning by doing and reach nine year curriculum integration capabilities. Also teachers stretch the tentacles of learning and get aids in the implementation of career through the activities. As for the school, it can communicate with the community enterprises more directly. We teach and learn through the Internet more effectively than traditional methods because the vast amount of information can be shown in a flash.

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

The tools we use include: 20 Pentium computers, two local phones and twenty cellphones(3 iphones and 18 htc phones), 1 dv, 2digital cameras, references from the library. The tools help us to gather the information needed for the project. All the tools we need are provided by our school. I think the most valuable tools are computers for we can use them to make reports by combining all the data we collect. Thank to the popularization of computer technology which makes us absorb the knowledge fast. Thank to the popularization of printing which provides us with more profound learning. Thank to the elder interviewees who make us grasp a beam of light from obscurity. Thank to the world which leaves so much beauty for our future.

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

Students call the interviewees in advance and make appointments. Ask for the interviewee's consent to record the interviewing contents. The first meeting will hand out the project narrative to the interviewees. I think the students learn the most out of this interview for they finish asking the question in only 5 minutes. Teachers point out the problem immediately and ask for the interviewees’ forgiveness because the interview has to be redone. Both interviewees excuse us and let students redo the whole process. They say in humor:” Everybody makes mistakes, especially for the first time.” Thanks for the patient interviewees to let the students learn more.

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

After our project finished, the villagers understand more about the factory and their history. The feedbacks are incredible. Those students and their families who have been helped by the foundations all show their appreciation toward Sheng Ren Textile and us. I think the project is wonderful. Our website has provided people a better understanding about the enterprise and their benevolence.

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

During the process of interviewing, happen to encounter the parents of student who have work in the Sheng Ren Textile. To increase the experience of interviewers and to understand more about the factory, we arrange a formal interview in the school. Coincidentally, the student’s parents bring another staff who still works in the factory to school. However, he didn’t get the boss’s approval. Therefore we can only interview him personally but not officially. It’s a pity but we’re still glad that students can respect individual privacy.

5) Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises (Optional)

From the project, we have found a thing: It's easy to know but difficult to practice. Especially the writing of the characters drafts. It seems to be simple for creating only 10 minutes of it, but it tooks us lots of mental and physical efforts. Sometimes the progress can be caught up with those who take a leave. The problem is sometimes more complicated than it looks. However, after all the fragments add up together to be the results, we all feel excited that we have accomplish the mission impossible. We can't help ourselves but hold each other and cry.