Project Overview
Competition Category
The category we chose to participate in for the competition is
Community Groups and Special Populations.
Description of Our Community
Our community, Changhua City, is located within Changhua County, which is the central part of Taiwan. The population of Changhua city is over 236,000. People are mostly involved with industry and commerce within an area of 65.69 square kilometers. Ping He Elementary School, located in Jhongjheng Rd., Changhua City, has 70 years history. Thanks for the hard work of principals and teachers yearly, our students make prosperous records in the fields of language, art, athletics, dance and music. Especially in the field of music, there are chorus, band, children orchestra, string orchestra, and etc. We can find musical harmony air in campus owing to the promotion of numerous musical teachers who devoted to music a lot.
Ping He Children Orchestra won the 1st place of Changhua music contest(2013) | Ping He chorus won the excellent of Changhua music contest(2013) |
Our Project Topic
Ping He Elementary School Children Orchestra.
Overview
This project is about Children Orchestra. After interviewing the first instructor and principal, the founder, we understand the history of our children orchestra. We also visited the NTSO, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, and their concertmaster to learn about the structure of kinds of instrument and how to make musical sound. One time, we participated in a TV show,Taiwan Kids, Great!, to talk about Ping He children orchestra. We want more people to see the marvelous orchestra.
To understand the foundation of Children Orchestra | To learn more about musical instruments |
To widen members' horizons in PTS | To realize that music contest is not just competition but cooperation |
Our Internet environment
Our school has three well-equipped computer labs with one hundred and five computers in total. Plus, there is one computer in each classroom at least. The network in school is part of Taiwan Academic Network (TaNet), and internet access is available in each classroom. Besides, the wireless coverage is around seventy-five percent of the campus. While discussing the project at school, we can search information and print data online and we would also collect data and make process report through the access to broadband.
The difficulties
Timeusing vacations and after school time
There are 7 members from different classes and 6 of them are members of children orchestra. Due to morning time on the weekday was practicing hour for orchestra, we didn't have much time to do the project. We could only meet and make progress after their practice. For doing the website, we tried our best to get progress in vacations and after school. In addition, We also discussed online and made records of our process and reflections on facebook
meetings after school and on vacations | To apply a facebook account |
Poor interviews skillsimulate practice
To understand more about the children orchestra, we interviewed the found principal (Mr. Ching Wang ), the first instructor (Ms. Chia-Yu Lin), and concertmasters of other bands or music clubs. We were very nervous about the interview because of our inexperience. We took turns to be interviewee and interviewer through our draft and had lots of interview drills to work out any possible answers. After that, we seemed to be able to interview the principal and teachers easily.
To make draft about Q/A | To simulate interview |
Members drop out reorganize
Step by step, every member had to keep record about what they learned after every section. Some members dropped out because of pressure from class and orchestra's practice. Surely, we were very disappointed. But we did not quit in the middle but reorganize and distribute the workload.
To work on the website | To reorganize the website |
Reflection
We have learned a lot since we decided to join the International Cyber Fair 2014. We were grouping, studying, learning computer software, editing website, and etc. We knew better about children orchestra and it seemed to become their second home. The routine practice is hard but that never bother them at all. In order to joining in the children orchestra, everyone has his/her own story .They even try harder in class to keep their membership and to make excellent performance. We want to make more people know better about this extraordinary orchestra and welcome everyone to join the family.
Practice is hard but we enjoy it | Having fun in NTSO |
Source: Innovative Musical Notes