1. Description of Our Community
Taipei City, the capital city in Taiwan, is a prosperous, crowded city .With convenient transportation, shops, malls, department stores and plenty of job opportunities. Taipei has always attracted lots of people to work and visit. Hence, it is also a city full of art activities. There are many galleries, museums and concert halls. Recently, there are more and more street performances going on, which we are deeply attracted to.
2. Summary of Our Project
People come and go without stopping. They are so close when jammed in the MRT, yet they don’t have anything in common. Magically, the performances of buskers on the hallways can always slower people’s steps. Some even stop and watch. It is really important to have such a vivid way as busking to relieve people’s emotions. The artistic atmosphere is high in public space when they are around. Buskers mean a lot fo a city. For getting more understanding of busking, we not only had many interviews with wonderful buskers, but also applied for the audition for the Busking Permit. With the anticipation that maybe one day we could also be buskers, we decided to choose the buskers as our topic.
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
At first, we were so unfamiliar with interviewing people. We were so nervous that we couldn’t find a good way to lead them to tell us more. Later, we found a way to conquer this awkward situation: we practiced with each other before we formally interviewed the buskers, Gradually, we conquered the nervousness and could get more inner thoughts from our interviewees.
5. Our Project Sound Bite
“Pursuit your dream and never give up!” When we were doing this project, we confronted a lot of problems. Somehow we doubted ourselves: could we really finish this? Was this beyond our abilities? Thanks to the encouragement of the teachers and the buskers, we went on this hard work without giving up. We do think this is the most important thing we have learned. We unite together and fight till the end.
6. How did your activities and research for this CyberFair Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?
This research can be well-associated with the moral character education. Students can get some useful information about buskers, and find more facts about the specific art form in Taipei city. Some students may even find another possibility for their future career choice.
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