Words
from Teacher
To be
honest, I have no idea what the contest of Cyber Fair is, and I
have never participated in such an activity before.
During
teachers’ morning meeting, the dean of educational administration
had mentioned what Cyber Fair is. I just jotted it down and asked
my students if they are interested in this competition. To my
surprise, the response is overwhelmingly positive. Consequently,
our beautiful team, LVJAM is formed.
From the very
beginning, our children took care by themselves for all the
details including naming the team, setting up the internet account
number & password, choosing the topic, crafting the
questionnaires, and organizing the group to complete the different
tasks etc. They have made every effort to complete this project
while I only sometimes gave my opinion for their reference. Even
though I attended the Cyber Fair workshop to gain some
understanding of it, we have still been doing and learning
simultaneously since then. I am so proud of my children for their
courage to take the challenge, their self-motivation and their
perseverance in the processes of completing this project. Each of
them is able to interview the strangers calmly and record the
interview results in different ways.
Finally, they work together to complete their
project and achieve their goal. Through this collective effort
and research, it is believed that children have gained the
valuable experience and knowledge.I would like to express my
thanks to students’ parents for your cooperation and especially to
my children for your effort and dedication to this project. You
are always the best!
Words from Students |
Andy |
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I am genuinely glad to have this opportunity to
take part in the contest of Cyber Fair with my dear
classmates. Not only does this project broaden my horizons and
learn much knowledge, but also lends me a great opportunity to
experience in person and do something untaught by textbooks,
such as conducting an interview and preparing data. Young and I
conducted field studies about Jingmei’s traffic facilities,
including parking lots, MRTs, and bus stations. Though we
encountered some setback during field studies, for example we
couldn’t communicate with a respondent in Chinese, we also had
some great moments such as getting useful information and having
Young’s mother treat us to delicious fried chicken. After this
great experience, we know how to collaborate each other to
accomplish our work, and I am looking forward to
having another
opportunity to
participate in such an activity.
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Kelly
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At the very beginning of the project, I think it
would be fun to participate in the contest of Cyber Fair and it
would also be great to have this opportunity to go playing with
my classmates. But, I found that it was not like that. I had
been making many phone calls to the precinct chiefs in order to
make appointments for interviews, and some of them didn’t show
friendly responses. Eventually, I got three appointments
arranged. For the first interview, the precinct chief looked
pleased and answered my question merrily. I wrote down his
answers sentence by sentence, but they were fragmentary notes
without connected thoughts. However, my mother noted a lot of
useful information down. At that moment, I started to feel
troubled and have doubts about this contest. Until interviewing
with the third precinct chief who owns a Chinese drugstore and
talked a lot, I became interested in this contest again. After
the interviews, it took me a lot of time to sort out notes and
information, arrange photos and finally finish report. It would
take me more than one year to complete the report unless I had
my mom’s help. The teacher gives me high praise for
accomplishing this comprehensive report. And, I feel fulfilled,
happy, and satisfied with the results. |
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Iris |
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Taking part in the contest of Cyber Fair, I do
learned a lot, such as techniques for designing questionnaires,
typing speed, document formatting skills, and art designing. I
have made progress in the application of computer through this
activity. I deeply feel that this is a very meaningful event,
and hope that I would have the privilege of participating in
such a wonderful activity once again. |
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Megan
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Once teacher told us about this contest of Cyber Fair, I was
interested in it and decided to form a team to take part in this
meaning competition. My father helped to allocate task
responsibilities and to make up completion timetable for us to
order to ensure everything went according to schedule. I was
assigned to visit Jingmei markets and explore Jingmei art and
literature. We had difficulty communicating with the elders in
Mandarin while we were paying visits to markets and temples.
Since some of them speak Taiwanese mainly, luckily we had our
parents’ help to overcome such a problem. To join this contest
and to work together with my dear classmates on completing our
project does help me learn new skills, such as the interviewing
technique and typing speed improvement. It has a beneficial
effect on our learning. It is a valuable and rewarding contest,
and I would expect to take part in this kind of activities again
and again. |
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Jenny |
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This is a challenging and inspiring contest. We had run into
several problems, but we did successfully manage to get over
them one by one. The first problem facing us was the numbers of
participants. Also, when it came time to decide an interesting
and comprehensive subject for this contest, everyone had his or
her own ideas that were extremely different and diverse. We
just couldn’t come to a conclusion. Fortunately, under Megan
father’s assistance and guidance, we not only increased our
teammates from 5 to 14, but also finalized our subject and the
assignments of task responsibilities. Since then, the teamwork
works smoothly. I remembered that Vanessa and I were assigned
to pay visits to the shops in night market. Due to the wrong
timing, we only made 4 interviews with the shop owners for our
first visit. Consequently, we learned to think in their shoes.
In order not to interrupt their businesses, we went there
earlier before their business hours. As they were not much
occupied, they were more willing to talk with us. All in all,
this contest will be one of the most touching and unforgettable
memories in our childhood. We have done our best and fully
applied what we have learned to accomplish our goal.
Therefore, no matter whether we will win the prize or not,
everyone is having a great time and a constructive learning
experience. |
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Amanda
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As soon as teacher asked me if I would like to
take part in the Cyber Fair contest, I immediately gave my
consent to it without the second thought. At that time, I
didn’t know anything about how to set up a web site, not to
mention what the related software is. Nevertheless, now I have
already understood the basic structures of a web site, and also
learned how to effectively make interviews with the shop
owners. Even though, I had once felt quite disappointed because
of the interviewees’ indifference and their failure of keeping
an appointment. However, after Megan and I worked diligently to
finish our topic report and this report was posted on our web
site, I find that all these efforts are worthwhile. Making
preparations for the contest has brought me knowledge, enjoyment
and a tremendously fulfilling feeling. I deeply believe that
we could create the most wonderful web site, since we have been
always setting our hearts on making it. Just as the saying
goes, ‘Where there's a will there's a way. |
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Jason |
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When teacher asked me if I wanted to join the Cyber Fair
contest, I was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to be
in. Finally, I decided to participate in it. My assigned
tasks are to interview cyclists in bikeway and to help with
setting up web site. Therefore, my first move was going
interviewing cyclists with my family, and I also went to visit
bikeway
association with my auntie for more information.
After that I thoroughly realized the reasoning behind the
proverb, ‘Seeing is believing.’ Also, I tried my best to be of
help to make our web site, and I have learned a lot through the
processes. It is an honor to be a part of this marvelous team,
and I wish to express my gratitude to my dear teacher and
classmates’ parents for their immense practical help. |
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Vanessa
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Though this is my first time to take part in
the activity of Cyber Fair, I would say that it is a
worthwhile and excellent contest. On one hand, this contest
helps us to get better at doing researches and reports. On
the other hand, it strengthens our teamwork and deepens the
camaraderie between us. I am responsible for calling on the
most popular shops in Jingmei night market and art designing.
Making interviews particularly impressed me, because I was so
nervous to make my first interview. My communication skill
makes an enormous progress, and now I am a confident
interviewer. And besides, since I am very fond of art
designing, I am so happy and thrilled to have this opportunity
to bring my art designing talent into play. Now, after two
months’ hardworking, we together accomplish our project.
Looking into our work, all these efforts become rewarding and
meaningful. Hopefully, our brainchild could let people have
a profound impression and a better understanding of Jingmei. |
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Chung Lin
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My assignment is to make a survey of Xianji Rock
Hiking Trail. In order to make my research more comprehensive,
my teammates and I also did some interviews with mountain
climbers. Even though I was nervous about doing interviews, but
I exerted myself mightily to this task. In my opinion, to take
part in Cyber Fair could really help participants to enhance
their abilities to do researches and interviews, to sort out the
collected data, and to come up with productive results.
Furthermore, Cyber Fair has a beneficial effect on balancing and
advancing the development of domestic web sits. Having been
through this learning journey, we devoutly hope that there are
more people to take full advantage of this platform and benefit
from it. |
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Young
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My task is to check up on Jingmei’s traffic
facilities (including parking lots, MRTs, and bus stations)
and to collect information about their different fares and
ways of management. It was a massive task for us, because
Andy and I got to go around all these places to gather
data. From the outset I felt troublesome to do it. But
soon, when it came time to do interviews and researches, I
did have much fun doing it. It was delightful to go out
with my dear teammate to do the field works. After doing
these tasks, my bravery is much strengthened; I know how to
talk with strangers and how to collaborate with the others
to accomplish our goal. Lastly, I would like to give thanks
to my mom for bearing hardship without complaining to
accompany and drive us around to finish our tasks. |
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Pin Fang
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It sounded like a very difficult work to me
when teacher told us about this Cyber Fair contest. Lots of
my classmates were eager to give a try; therefore I decided to
take the challenge with my best friends. Iris and I have been
on a mission to draw up the contents of questionnaires for all
task teams. At first, we had no idea of it at all. With my
father’s assistance and guidance, Iris and I respectively
drafted some questions at home, and then got together to
consolidate and finalize the appropriate questions. This task
was hard and tiring, and it took us two weeks to pull it off.
I was a person who didn’t like to join any contest, but now I
think differently. I find that it is a pleasant, precious and
fulfilling experience to be able to work together with my dear
classmates to complete a project. I am looking forward to
having another opportunity to participate in such an activity. |
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Sherry |
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My assigned task is to find out how Jingmei
markets and nearby schools evolved into current status by
calling on precinct chiefs. Since I enjoy being a guest of the
others, I thought that my task was very interesting and
attractive. However, it was very difficult to make appointments
with precinct chiefs. Most of them said they were quite busy.
With Kelly mother’s help, we finally got the chance to make
visits to three precinct chiefs. After the interviews, I found
that they are very friendly, cheerful, and civic-minded. No
wonder they are elected to be precinct chiefs. Participating
in this contest is like going through a great training, and I am
so happy to have the chance to team up with my classmates to
accomplish our project. This is truly a fantastic memory. |
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Jacky
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Chung Lin and I are responsible for exploring
Xianji Rock Hiking Trail. After our exploration, we found
this hiking trail actually is quite near our homes, and it
is also one of the most favorite places of many mountain
climbers over the weekends and vacations. There are as many
as fourteen entrances for mountain climbers to hit the
road. On the way of Xianji Rock Hiking Trail, we could find
squirrels, butterflies, and birds, and discover different
kinds of plants, such as tree ferns, zuihoensis, and
waxberries. Were it not for this contest and exploration,
I wouldn’t know all these things. I really think I have
learned a lot from it, and it has left me lasting and
unforgettable memories.
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Lisa
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I was privileged to be a member of our team,
since I was not good at using computer before this contest.
From the very beginning, I was jittery about how to make a
contribution to our team. But right now, I truly believe that
we together can present fruitful results and outstanding
performance, after all teammates selflessly made concerted
efforts to achieve our goal. Although it is great and
wonderful to win the prize, I think it is what we have done and
learned in the process that really matters. In order to
successfully complete our project, we elaborately planned our
tasks and division of labors and responsibilities such as
designing web site designing, formatting the layout of screen
page, collecting data, and keeping working journals. Each team
followed its own plan and schedule and gradually finished tasks
to generate the expected outcomes step by step. We are happily
going all out for our collective goal, and just as the saying
goes, ‘No pain, and no gain.’ All these troubles and pains are
worthy when we see our efforts beautifully presented on our web
site.
Before joining this Cyber Fair contest, I was a layman. Now, I
have already created our own web site that could be linked from
the front page of Ching Shin Elementary and Junior School.
Within one month, there have been more than three hundred
persons visiting my web site. Some even left messages to me,
and I am deeply amazed and moved by it. And, all of these must
thank to what I learned during the process. This Cyber Fair
contest has ushered us into the web site world, and let move on
to discover this brand new world. Where there’s a web site,
there’s a small world. |
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Ying Ting
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I envy the
classmates who were going to the Cyberfair contest, but
since I am weak at computers, I have no confidence in
entering a website contest. Then, my teacher asked me if I
wanted to be the translator for us entering the worldwide
contest. As I have excellent English skills, I was glad for
the opportunity to use them.
So now, I am
the translator for the team. I want to thank all of you for
this different experience! |
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