CyberFair Project ID: 7125

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International Schools CyberFair Project Narrative
Title: Scenes in Qinghai
Category: 5. Local Attractions (Natural and Man-Made)
URL: http://qh27dd11.edu.17888.com
Bibliography: http://qh27dd11.edu.17888.com/module/a0011/more.php?pkey=68741&classID=12883&intModulePK=A0001_10&PageSize=10

School: Qingshan township center school
    Xining, Qinghai , China

3 students, ages 13-15 worked together to complete this CyberFair project on March 13, 2012. They have participated in CyberFair in the following year(s): 2009,2010,2011

Classes and Teachers: Hou Xiaodong

E-Mail contact:

Our School's Web Site: http://qh000027.edu.17888.com

Project Overview

1. Description of Our Community

Qinghai Province Hubei is officially abbreviated to 'Qing', lies on the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau, is positioned from 89°35'east longitude to 103°04', from 31°40'north latitude to 39°19'. It coveres an area of total 721,200 square kilometers, 1,200 kilometers at length and 800 kilometers width. It also possesses a breathtaking natural terrains, with hefty mountains, with ranges of lofty mountains are erect into the sky, winding rivers are spouting waters,and shapes of lakes are spreading all over. The Kunlun Mountains bisect the province from east to west, with the Tanggula Mountain towering on the south, Qilian Mountains standing on the north, rolling and stretching hills as well as magnificent and boundless Qaidam Basin. As the birthplace of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, Qinghai also possesses the largest inland plateau saltwater lake in China. The development of the tourist industry there also motivates the local economy.

2. Summary of Our Project

During the whole process, we investigated, explored and brainstormed to explore a creative theme, to encourage the students objectively share their ideas. We paid much attention to the involvement and the outcome of the experience, tried to cultivate the students’ practical experience ability and the other comprehensive quality. Besides, through the practical experience, we have learned to master certain basic information technology skills, solve problems with our knowledge and experience, and cultivate humanistic scientific personal quality. As the rapid development of the tourist industry, many visitors from other cities have been attracted to be here, improving the local economy. The government hence invests strongly to build a new tourist center of great commercial, cultural and entertainment values including Laoye Mountain, Chahan River Forest Park, Yaozi Ditch, Qinghai Lake and the Ta’er Temple Scenic Area. Looking back on the past, we are happy and proud of living, studying and working in such a beautiful environment. Meanwhile, get knowledge of the motivation that the local tourist industry has on the local economy, and gradually progress ourselves.

3. Our Computer and Internet Access

A. Percentage of students using the Internet at home:less than 20

B. Number of workstations with Internet access in the classroom:1

C. Connection speed used in the classroom:dedicated connection

D. Number of years our classroom has been connected to the Internet:4-6

E. Additional comments concerning your computer and/or Internet access (Optional):

The electronic equipment in our school is as follow: 1 electronic class-preparation room for teachers, 1 computer network room with 38 computers, often used, with 4m China Telecon network.

4. Problems We Had To Overcome

1,Difficulties:Inadequate outdoor experience. Reason:Inadequate experience on Cyber Fair contest, fail to pay attention to details. Solution:Through communication with teachers Li Zhihua And Lv Qing in the Town and Talent, the students know more about the contest. Work together with supervisor to scheme out the project. 2,Difficulties:Unskilled in computer manipulation, lack of basic skills on building website. Reason:The contestant students are green hands, with different levels of computer skills, less communication on it. Solution:A: Supervisor spends the spare time guiding students on computer skills study, especially the website building skills. B: Students spend the spare time studying computer skills together. 3,Difficulties:The time is too tight, and the students have never been outside so far, with little filming time, also difficult to balance the study and the activity because of the class schedule. Reason:A: The middle school students need to finish the homework under the supervision of teachers, weak self-control ability and little spare time. B: Little investigation time. Solution:On one hand, reasonably allot the spare time or spend the holidays to shoot the videos and conduct the interview. On the other, supervisor makes appointment with the interviewees to make sure the successful interview. 4,Difficulties:Sort out materials in haste. Reason:Inadequate experience on sorting out materials, lack of clear process and tight time limitation. Solution:A: The supervisor guides methods like notes and website reference. B: Communicate through Cyber Fair communication center and chatting software like QQ.

5. Our Project Sound Bite

This activity aimed to offer us opportunity to conduct research and exploration. And through the practical experience, we did gain a lot, firstly, got close to and explore the nature, got more knowledge of communities and society, generally built the sense and capability of taking care of nature, protecting environment and contributing ourselves to society. Secondly, we also improved the capability of finding problems and solve them. By inspiring everyone’s independent mind, we could find out problems and strive to solve through a series of process like collection, data analysis, investigation and research, independent thinking and brainstorming, sharing and communication the conclusions. Thirdly, our innovation spirit and practical ability also gained improvement. Fourthly, building an open study environment, aimed to cultivate abilities to deal with information including various ways to gain information, sorting, summarizing, distinguishing, judging and applying, in order to …

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

This activity aimed to offer us opportunity to conduct research and exploration. And through the practical experience, we did gain a lot, firstly, got close to and explore the nature, got more knowledge of communities and society, generally built the sense and capability of taking care of nature, protecting environment and contributing ourselves to society. Secondly, we also improved the capability of finding problems and solve them. By inspiring everyone’s independent mind, we could find out problems and strive to solve through a series of process like collection, data analysis, investigation and research, independent thinking and brainstorming, sharing and communication the conclusions. Thirdly, our innovation spirit and practical ability also gained improvement. Fourthly, building an open study environment, aimed to cultivate abilities to deal with information including various ways to gain information, sorting, summarizing, distinguishing, judging and applying, in order to improve our quality on modern information manipulation. Finally, fostered our social communication and cooperation capability, strengthened our knowledge and acknowledgement on the society, and developed a positive attitude towards life, highly social sense of responsibility and the sense of mission.

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Project Elements

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

Computer,Digital camera, Digital video, Scanner,photoshop

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

Our investigation and exploration on Qinghai will help to make Qinghai get known by more and more people, and improve the local tourist industry.

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

The development of the tourist industry of Qinghai Province will undoubtedly, to some extent, attract more visitors to motivate the local economic. There are abundant scenic spots in Datong County, like Laoye Mountain, Chahan River and Yaozi Ditch are of great potential to attract more visitors out-of-town. Our works helped to open a window for more and more people to appreciate the beautiful scenery in Datong County and Qinghai Province.

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

We are grateful for the help offered by the Tourism Administration of Datong County, our thanks also go to the sister and friends of Yingfeng Huang who joined us and helped to make our trip convenient and safe, they also bear the expense on photographing.

5) Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises (Optional)

Through the practical experience, we have learned to master certain basic information technology skills, solve problems with our knowledge and experience, cultivate humanistic spirit, quality of communication and scientific study, and explore into the deep.

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