School: School
    Taoyuan, Taiwan, Taiwan

8 students, ages 11 worked together to complete this CyberFair project on February 20, 2005. They have participated in CyberFair in the following year(s): none

Classes and Teachers: HSIU CHUAN YANG

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Our School's Web Site: http://www.tdes.tyc.edu.tw

1. Description of Our Community

The airport handles over 120,000 flights carrying 1.8 million passengers and 1.1 million cargo tons per year. For all the tourists visiting Taiwan, The modern and well-functioned terminals are their first impression for Taiwan. Therefore, Taoyuan is called as the national gateway.

2. Summary of Our Project

The CKS International airport, which is located in Taoyuan County, is a very important construction for the interchange between tourism, economy, traffic communication, and culture. It is also the gate way of our country toward the world. The project is to show in web pages what we see and we learned when visiting the airport in a lively and interesting way.

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:2-3

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 two computer rooms in the school. Besides, each classroom is equipped with a computer. We use the computers in the computer rooms to find information we need and complete our project report. We can contact with each other very well thru the complete web/information facilities though we’re in different classes

4. Problems We Had To Overcome

1?We Know and We Engaged 2?Setting the Project 3?Inadequate Knowledge for Software 4?Little Experience in Making Interviews 5? The Content of Web Pages 6?Difficulty in Setting Meeting Time 7?Integrating Different Opinions

5. Our Project Sound Bite

1. Wit h all your heart to understand, to see and to ask. 2. It is the most important to have teamwork. It is indispensable to cooperate and help each other.

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

The incorporation of Information and Technology: Through the web-interacting interface of Taiwan School Cyberfair, students know learning is proceeded all the time; the communication between people has gone beyond the limit of space. Many things can be done efficiently when the convenient tool of web is make of good use.

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

Internet: To sort and find related web pages and to share and communicate with other team members digital camera: To make photos and video tapes during the interviews scanners and printers: To scan the pictures and image processing, to print out materials Digital recorders: To record the interview in order the materials can b e easily rearranged .

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

We started our project from zero. We discussed, planed and decided the project goal. We got our first-hand materials mainly through interviews. Students took records of every interview. From their records, they showed the profession belong to children and made the team members “semi-professional” journalists.

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

From the project, we can understand the place where we grow and live from the other prospect of view. We hope we can make people know the sense and sensibility of the CKS International Airport and arouse the awareness of safety in flight and in nation among our people and practice it .

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

1. Introducing the site voluntarily: The interviewee usually made a briefing at first, took us to walk around the site, and then held Q & A meeting. 2?Receiving our interviews: Sometimes some people came to our school for the interview. Q & A was held directly after a brief introduction. This kind of interviews is not the same as the one on-site.

5) Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises (Optional)

1?Discovery: Few can understand the hardness and high pressure of their work in addition to their bright uniforms. 2?Lessons: To be always careful to avoid accidents. 3?Surprises: we got surprises from the interview every time.