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The research projects selected by the team are mainly completed through actual surveys and interviews, and incorporate the characteristics of learning objectives in various fields of the national 12-year national education learning field, such as: integration of language, society, nature and technology, to complete the following steps:
How does our Topic Combine with Topics learned at school?
Choosing Topic
Research Data
Field Investigation
Data Analysis
In addition to the 12-year National Education and Learning Curriculum, the School also designed the "Language and Culture Course". In addition to the basic language curriculum, it combines thematic research to target Taiwan's local traits, integrating history, geography, economy, transportation, Industry and other aspects to get an in-depth understanding of Taiwan, and training students to research methods and cumulative research energy. Therefore, this study continues the 12-year national education "diversified learning" and "disciplinary horizontal integration teaching" spirit, with the research method of the school's characteristic curriculum teaching, through practical operation and integration of scientific and technological education concepts, leading students to carry out research steps, complete this time Research project
How does this research project meet the goals and objectives of Cyberfair:
This research project is about how a group of people in Taiwan, especially in the north, contribute to this society. From the Book House 60, food bank, Southern Airport Lok Garden, Carrefour Foundation to Zhongqin Li, they are all fighting for all the difficulties encountered in this land, and the purpose of the Taiwan School Cyberfair is to “represent the ambassadors of their respective local communities and have the mission of introducing the local characteristics of Taiwan to the audience around the world”.
As a student in north Taiwanv, we hope that through the power of the Cyberfair, we can show people who haven’t been in contact with or doesn’t understood to know about this group of people who help disadvantaged groups in the north; first of all, the problem of wasting food in the north and throughout Taiwan is very serious. There are many people who don't know how to deal with the extra food in their homes. In Zhong Qinli, located in Taipei, Hesheng Fang has set up a food bank to allow non-governmental organizations or individuals to donate food that still has value in their hands for those who need it. Carrefour also actively promotes the renewal plan. When purchasing, if the amount of purchase is too large, you can choose to donate a part of the food in the Carrefour store to prevent food that is still edible was wasted.
Then, with the aging society in Taiwan gradually becoming a problem, how to help and solve the care of the elders has become a heavy issue in the society. After seeing this problem, Hesheng Fang set up the Southern Airport Lok Garden and allow the nearby elders to come together and share the food in order to solve the problem about food. Through this opportunity, I hope that more people can see the problems that are happening in all corners of the society, and that facilities, as well as charities that are helping and improving these issues, can give these people more help through your assist.
Skills Learned
Interview Techniques
It is very difficult and unfamiliar to visit people who you don’t know. It’s better to prepare for meaningful questions beforehand, and pinning the depth of the questions. At the same time, you must inform the other party in advance, no matter what kind of ways you use, just let the other person know that they are going to be interviewed, or else it will disturb the private time of the respondent and isn’t respectful to others. On the other hand, this interview also allowed us to practice the skills of communication between people. When you’re interviewing, you must master the speed and attitude of speaking. Among them, it take a lot of skills when you ask questions. For example, ask one question at a time to avoid the respondent's exposure to too much information at a time without knowing how to agree. When you have finished asking questions, you can pause and let yourself and the other person take a breath. It is also very important to concentrate and listen carefully so that the other person can feel respect. Finally, thank the other party after the visit, thank them for their willingness to cooperate. The recording is also a big problem, because the respondents usually answer questions very quickly, which makes it difficult for us to record. Therefore, we have no way to record all the dialogues.Write down the most important information and go back to the details if you have the time, or just record them speaking and type it out afterwards.
Data Collection
Although we usually need to collect information on the internet when we are in school, so we are more skilled in this area, but the information we collected is not so detailed or the data is wrong. So, we learn to refer to it by visiting more websites, or collecting materials in different ways. At the same time, how to organize the information and extract the key points is another new skill we have learned. The information collected by different websites will be written into our own content. In this special study, we went to the actual interview, and through a new way, we not only make our information more convincing, but also more diverse.
Planning the interview
In normal life, we rarely touch the field of interview, so this interview is a brand new experience for us. Preparations beforehand are very important, first, we must understand the local situation, background and environment, and also plan the route and transportation to the area. Then, the interview questions need to be drafted first, so that we will not be panicking during the interview process and will not be able to complete the goal. At the same time, we must first contact the interviewee to determine the date, address and location of the visit. Before the visit, we must also divide the work of everyone: choose the representatives of interviews, records and videos. Finally, we can officially launch our actual interview.
Setting up the website
This is the first time we have used Adobe Muse to design a website. Although using Adobe Muse to create a website is complicated, we learn how to operate this computer software through the teaching and guidance of our good computer teacher. At the same time, the team members will teach each other and study each other to design a complete thematic website. In the image and drawing part, we use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to do photo processing, image production and art design. Because we have learned how to use it before, so we have not encountered much difficulty, but in order to make the photos look more beautiful, or we want to add other effects, we still ask the computer teacher for advices. By using different computer software, we have also learned more different techniques, and after learning these techniques, we can use these software skills in more fields later.
What are the concepts and methods of teamwork that we have practiced or interned?
In the production of this special study, we divided the team members into data groups and web page groups. Each group will be assigned work. In the data group, team members must discuss the compilation of the content and materials. The web page group needs to discuss the layout of the web page, the selection of images, the color matching, and so on. At the same time, the data group and the web page group need to cooperate and help each other. If one group needs help, the two groups will adjust each other to facilitate the successful research. Through this way, we learned that the division of works between groups is important.
Technology Used
Wi-Fi Wireless Connection
Equipment
Software:
Hardware:
Tools
Youtube
Search Engines
Google Chrome & Safari
Document processing software
Google Docs
Questionnaire processing software
Google Forms
File placement and integration software
Google Drive
Image and graphics software
Adobe Illustrator
Web Software Adobe Muse
Movie editing software
PowerDirector, iMovie
Laptop
Printer
Cameras
Description
Upload and watch interview recordings
Tools for inquiring and collecting information online
Writing content and content-oriented software
Create questionnaires and statistical questionnaire responses to help the integrity of the web page
Organize and Share Documents and Photos
Photo processing, photo production, art design
Used for this website
Editing movies, editing subtitles, and film effects
Collecting data, web page production, access records, and the basic operating platform for this research
Print paperwork and questionnaire
Taking photos of web pages and records of the interview process
Other Equipment:
Mobile Phones
Optical Network (100 mb)
Contact group members, take photos, upload photos to Google Drive
Internet information collection
Provides the ability for laptop to access the Internet
Other resources:
Field interview
Actual interview with the son of Mayor He, and the field investigation of the social welfare field of the Nanjichang
What impact and influence did our research project have on us?
In an aging society, there are many places in Taiwan that may be the residences of the elderly or the disadvantaged. In the comfort zone of our lives, there are many people who are fighting for life. On the streets of Taipei, we can often see the elderly, expatriates, or vulnerable families who need help. When we see how they’re living their lives, we can't help but want to know more these vulnerable groups. So, under the developed Internet, we got to know the "Book House 60", this very unique restaurant, through researches, and then learned about the local mayor Mr. Hesheng Fang and Carrefour's sharing food plan. After a through discussion with the team, we set the theme of this special study. First, we clarified the opening hours to avoid conflicts in time. Next, we contacted the local volunteer team by email and telephone, and then contacted mayor Hesheng Fang. After determining the interview plan, we have developed about 30 critical questions to help us get our hand on more informations on our case studies. Finally, we went to visit and collect information as one of the materials for our special study. With these processes, we learned that it is not easy for us to play the role of "ambassador". We must build a bridge of communication to complete the work of this special study.
What kind of method is used to play the role of "ambassador" through online or personal, team contact?
By making this special study, each member of the group has changed a lot, no matter in the mentality and in the perception of things, there has been growth and change. This research project has taught us that if we have the heart and mind to accept a job or have the thought of completing the job, no matter who and how good or bad you are at it, you can always do it perfectly. At the same time, our attitude towards works has gradually become more positive, and through teamwork, we have realized its importance. Everyone on the team plays different roles, and because each person's specialty is different, so in the team, everyone can try their best to use their strengths or talents to supplement the parts that other members are not good at. The entire team can work together to complete the research project. We improved a lot on the skills and ability In terms of expressing words, writing skills, data collection, making web page and interviews. On the other hand, we have new insights into how to deal with leftovers. In the past, we all thought that the food in the supermarkets and the bakery would be disposed in the form of kitchen waste, but after the actual visit, it deeply changed our stereotypes toward Carrefour's food sharing plan, Book House 60, food sharing refrigerator and food bank. It was until now we realized that those food which has incomplete packaging or unsightly food and ingredients can be donated and used again. Although the food sharing plan has not been widely used throughout Taiwan, we hope that through our website, more people will see the efforts of Carrefour, Hesheng Fang, and other foundations to let this love keep coming on to all corners of Taiwan and let more people feel the warmth.
Discoveries, surprises, and lessons:
A plan cannot be successful without a lot of effort behind it. Although it is often to meet difficulties, and it is not more than just money, how to run this project requires a lot of trials before it can have today's results. "The secret of success is never changing the established purpose." Only Hesheng Fang has the ideas for the food renewing plan, the tutoring class, the food sharing and the coffee class, and he never give up the spirit, not afraid of failure. It enables the old and fascinating Southern Airport community to become what it is now, so that more vulnerable groups can have a normal living environment. We found out that HeSheng Fang has been moving towards a big goal from the very beginning, and after cooperating with other foundations, he successfully transformed his community. On the land of Taiwan, every corner requires us to explore and care for it. On the other hand, we found that the production of the website should be prepared and produced before hand, because we do not know how to use Adobe Muse. In addition, the art in the website needs further discussion, so this delays our overall progress. If we started earlier, we will have more time to make our website refined, and also able to add more features to make it easier for viewers to use.
Respect for intellectual property rights and citations:
The photos and videos used on this website are taken by ourself. The founder of the Yu Xiang Social Service Organization, Fang Hesheng, agreed to lend the venue to us for filming and video recording. The source of the background data query will be indicated in the citations page.
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