School: Chungli Junior High School
    Taoyuan, N/A - Does Not Apply, Taiwan

5 students, ages 13-15 worked together to complete this CyberFair project on February 27, 2023. They have participated in CyberFair in the following year(s): 2021,2022

Classes and Teachers: Li, Yai-chi

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

1. Description of Our Community

Our school is near the train station. There are more and more new immigrants in our school. They need to face the conflict between their hometown’s culture and Taiwan’s culture, but some Taiwanese misunderstood them and even edge them out, so the new immigrants cannot fit in in Taiwan well.

2. Summary of Our Project

The topic we want to explore is the culture conflicts of the new immigrants between their hometown and Taiwan and their trouble fitting in at school. In order to know more about new immigrants in Taiwan, we went to Zhongping Road Story House for “The Lecture Series on Southeast Asian Culture three times.” We analyzed questionnaires to know if the new immigrants and their children have any trouble fitting in in Taiwan, and interviewed some schoolmates. We hope we can promote new immigrants’ culture to help new immigrants adapt themselves to their school life by helping other students to know more about new immigrants’ dilemma, language, and culture. We hope to make our campus more and more diverse.

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: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):

Each student can get on the Internet at home. There are two computer classrooms with wired networks for them at school. Each of them can also use a I-Pad with WiFi at school.

4. Problems We Had To Overcome

We find out new immigrants’ cultural conflicts, the working environment, language learning, the education of their children, the cultural identity, the community support system, and now how people in Taiwan deal with the new immigrants. In Taiwan, new immigrants may encounter many difficulties. It is not easy for them to better their life in the new environment. We should help them with tolerance and friendship.

5. Our Project Sound Bite

We decided to have three following activities to help new immigrants and their children around us: 1. We want to know more about new immigrants in our school with questionnaires and interviews. 2. We want to join some community activities to interview the new immigrants and migrant workers in Chungli. 3. We want to promote new immigrants’ cultures with a multicultural fair.

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

We do our CyberFair project in order to promote the culture of the immigrants in the school and in the neighborhood. We hope we can help the immigrants fit in in Taiwan better. We want to bridge the gap between our schoolmates and the immigrants at school and in the neighborhood. Without multiple collisions, how can there be brilliant sparks? Through the interview, we became more familiar with the new immigrants. Today, we shared and discussed many activities and interviews. At the same time, we have also cultivated the concept of inclusive multiculturalism, and hope that in the future we can create a culturally inclusive environment for more people around us, and make Taiwan’s culture more diverse! With the Internet, we can share our project with not only our schoolmates but also more people around the world.

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

Students complete their CyberFair project with personal computers, iPad, smartphones, apps, libraries, books, oral interviews and questionnaires. We made the web page with personal computers, iPad, smartphones, and apps. We get to know the problems the immigrant have while fitting in at school with questionnaires, oral interviews and books in the library.

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

We distributed the questionnaire about the new immigrant’s culture, and we found out that some people hope to promote the food from their hometown, and some people communicate with their family in their mother language. Most people do help when the new immigrants are bullied. In their opinion, the new immigrants’ advantages are they know more about different languages, and cultures. Their disadvantage is that they can't communicate with other people well. Most people are not interested in the new immigrant’s related activities. From the questionnaires, we realized that many people didn’t really know about new immigrants and their hometown culture, so we decided to hold a “Multicultural fair.”Our goal is that we hope everyone can get along with the new immigrants and their children well.

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

In order to know more about new immigrants in Taiwan, we went to Zhongping Road Story House for “The Lecture Series on Southeast Asian Culture three times.”Through those activities, we can know more about the real life of the new immigrants and migrant workers in Taiwan, and we realize how students can promote the hometown culture of the new immigrants at school. We promoted snacks from Southeast Asian countries and taught students to speak a few words in different languages at the school fair. I think this is such a meaningful activity that allows students to experience diverse cultures in a relaxing and happy way! We also have a Multicultural fair and promote the new immigrant’s culture at school with games, invite Enzo and the lecturer from Maesai to our school and have a speech. Then we can bridge the gap between our schoolmates and the related resources outside our school, and encourage our friends to join the activities about the new immigrants.

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

We also have a Multicultural fair and promote the new immigrant’s culture at school with games, invite Enzo and the lecturer from Maesai to our school and have a speech. Then we can bridge the gap between our schoolmates and the related resources outside our school, and encourage our friends to join the activities about the new immigrants.

5) Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises (Optional)

Without multiple collisions, how can there be brilliant sparks? Through the interview, we became more familiar with the new immigrants. Today, we shared and discussed many activities and interviews. At the same time, we have also cultivated the concept of inclusive multiculturalism, and hope that in the future we can create a culturally inclusive environment for more people around us, and make Taiwan’s culture more diverse!