Curriculum Requirements
Projects the team had submitted to the International CyberFair Competition have always been different from what we were taught in school; every member was able to investigate topics that we had been interested in but never had the time and effort to dig deep into. In this case, the team investigated sustainable fashion. In addition to that, the entire website is written in English, for most of our teammates, this is not our native language, but under a bilingual-based curriculum, we were able to use sentence structures, paragraph structures, and analytical skills and techniques we learned in the past junior years to produce a visually appealing website with fluent text and language. This is not only a special opportunity for us, as international students, to improve our use of English essay writing skills, but also to apply collaboration, critical analysis, and leadership to our community and help spread awareness of urgent topics across the globe. As a team, we believe this CyberFair project has enabled us to manage time wisely, given that we only have two periods of class each week to complete the coursework. Group collaboration and work distribution became something we needed to put an emphasis and effort on. Throughout the months we worked on this single project, each of our members had distinct works to complete. Everyone approached each task with their style and most honored effort. Our ability and skill to research, paraphrase information, manage information, organize on-site visits, and reflect on ourselves made this project a relatively easy competition and coursework to do. To end, the team thanks Global School Net for hosting such a memorable competition and experience. It is our utmost pleasure to have participated in this competition as a global citizen and international competitor.
Tools and Technologies We Used
In this project, a total of 10 laptops were mainly used by teammates for research, paragraph drafting, video editing, and website production purposes. Information and sources gathered were drafted and kept on Google Docs, a free online word processor, in which all changes were saved on Google Drive. Aside from documents, Google Drive also saved photos we took, photos we found online, as well as videos of the interview. The video was processed, edited, and captioned through Capcut, a video-editing software. To upload the interview videos online without restrictions and cost, videos were uploaded to YouTube, an online video-sharing platform accessible to all. With that said, the website is created through Nicepage Premium. The team created a survey and sent it to friends, family, students, and the public through Google Forms. Pictures and graphics were designed and formatted on Canva Pro. Nevertheless, the team used Google Slides to create a ppt presentation, showing the interviewee the work we do, this convinced her to accept our interview and on-site visit. Aside from the slides, members of our team communicated messages to the founder of Story Wear, Kuan Chen, through Gmail, Facebook, and Instagram. 11 pairs of earphones were utilized to keep everyone on the team focused and to make video editing a quiet and independent experience. 12 mobile phones with internet access were also employed to make communication an effective and efficient collaboration process. Mobile phones were also utilized to capture photos and videos seen on the website. The team created a Line group chat as well as a Google Space for backup. Aside from all this, all members relied mostly on the school’s wifi network. Every technology utilized and employed in the project made cooperation and collaboration a simple process, no significant challenges and issues were faced with the presence of technology and internet access support.
Ambassadors and Spokesperson
As ambassadors, students from Kang Chiao International School Xiugang Campus explored a completely new and diverse domain, sustainable fashion, and exchanged profound information with experts in the study. For instance, Kuan Chen, our interviewee, is a master’s degree holder who studied sustainable fashion and has a family background in fashion and design. In the International CyberFair Competition, members were also able to inform and express the beauty of Taiwan to people across the globe. As spokespersons, the team speaks and acts as representatives of the school and the CyberFair club. As elected representatives, every team member put their utmost effort into this project and the interview. During the interview, some students asked the interviewee questions, while others were listening quietly and taking notes, one held the camera, and the rest were taking pictures of their store and products. With such a cooperative team, we were able to be viewed as ambassadors and spokespersons throughout the whole project and do this project independently without the teacher and the supervisor’s overpowering assistance.
Impact on the Community
In this project, the team digested into the sustainable fashion industry and a local sustainable fashion brand, Story Wear. We expect this website to provide the audience and public with a deeper comprehension of how sustainability may be implemented in industries, particularly the fashion industry. “This project would remind the society of how much damage the human race has caused, and introduce them to the ones who are inventing a solution,” one teammate said with passion. The team anticipates that the website will serve to improve people's awareness of how much the clothing and outfits we wear in our daily lives influence the world. The community kept on blaming pollution on the energy industry, agriculture industry, and transportation industry but ignored the enormous threat hiding behind the obvious industries, the fashion industry. To raise awareness of the threat and waste the fashion industry has brought to us, our team strives to use the website created as a medium between us and the public. We collaboratively believe that despite visible efforts from the government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), nonprofit organizations (NPOs), and civil society organizations, a substantial number of Taiwanese remain unaware of the serious harm and influence of fabrics and specifically, denim. The last expectation of this project is a shout-out to all individuals working hard behind the sustainable fashion industry, trying to bring about a renewable and ever-living world. “It’s your efforts and actions that make a change and revolution possible.” Involvement and Volunteers: As part of this project, the team met up with Story Wear, a fashionable and sustainable brand in Taiwan that repurposes old clothing into new outfits with stories and meaning. The involvement of Story Wear and its founder was highly pleasing. Not only did employees permit us to take videos and photos freely, but we were also provided with explicit detailed answers during the interview with Kuan Chen. The team was thereby capable of gathering pictures and documentaries used not only on the website but also to enhance our understanding. Story Wear’s notable involvement and engagement shocked us with insights we were never aware of in the past. The memorable exchange deepened the team’s understanding and knowledge of both the fashion industry and ongoing global trends. Once again, we would like to deeply thank Story Wear for a great opportunity, allowing the team to get in touch with a domain and area we’ve never had the chance to grasp.
Impact on the Community
As part of this project, the team met up with Story Wear, a fashionable and sustainable brand in Taiwan that repurposes old clothing into new outfits with stories and meaning. The involvement of Story Wear and its founder was highly pleasing. Not only did employees permit us to take videos and photos freely, but we were also provided with explicit detailed answers during the interview with Kuan Chen. The team was thereby capable of gathering pictures and documentaries used not only on the website but also to enhance our understanding. Story Wear’s notable involvement and engagement shocked us with insights we were never aware of in the past. The memorable exchange deepened the team’s understanding and knowledge of both the fashion industry and ongoing global trends. Once again, we would like to deeply thank Story Wear for a great opportunity, allowing the team to get in touch with a domain and area we’ve never had the chance to grasp.
created with
Website Builder Software .