School: Taipei Municipal Jiantan Elementary School
    Taipei City, , taiwan

8 students, ages 10-12 worked together to complete this CyberFair project on March 10, 2014. They have participated in CyberFair in the following year(s): 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013

Classes and Teachers: ya ching hsu

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Our School's Web Site: http://www.jtes.tp.edu.tw/index.php

1. Description of Our Community

In our neighborhood school has a long-forgotten , but it is rich deposits of vitality, but also witnessed important changes in Taipei stronghold - tripod crossing . Which is located in Keelung River bridge after Gangcian Chengde area, as a result of early gourd blocking, and Talungtung Jiantan of three ferry pier , was the only tripod Keelung River Ferry named. Even today you can still see the sampan docked at the shore and fishing bloodworms people , in addition to the construction of the side is Taiwan's only removable temples - ' Tiande Palace ' , a special installation art and the function of lifting people impressed by the structural engineering is by a local boat Master Liu is responsible for scheduling , Master Liu is a national treasure of the last shipbuilding division, also crossing the legendary three-legged , three-legged ferry pier stone engraved his story : ' A teacher in this land being developed boat over 50 years , not only craft famous Chinese and foreign , and is the only northern Taiwan handmade boat produced by perseverance and innovation system of the division of A positive , as fear of crossing the deceased tripod . repetition has a new look , ' so of course we want to come to a good understanding of this contemporary 'living fossil'- Master Liu.

2. Summary of Our Project

Boat, simply means that the shape of the dragon boat, but it is an integral part of our traditional holiday customs of a ring, in addition to the dragon boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival, dragon boat itself is a century of manufacturing processes, heritage so far, can produce Boat people are numbered, we are very fortunate in our three-legged crossing near the school, the visit to the treasure of the Dragon master - Liu Cing Cheng,the well-known five generations are shipbuilding, whether is made ??sampan boats, fishing boats or boat so beat him. Through him we want, good understanding of the course of boat manufacturing experience, open-minded and learn from his cheerful perseverance.

3. Our Computer and Internet Access

A. Percentage of students using the Internet at home:more than 50%

B. Number of workstations with Internet access in the classroom:more than 6

C. Connection speed used in the classroom:dedicated connection

D. Number of years our classroom has been connected to the Internet:more than 6

4. Problems We Had To Overcome

Technical Breakthrough: Most of our team members have several works while participating in other clubs or school teams, so we could only meet during lunch break and Wednesday afternoons. Interview skills: During the first interview, we were very passive would only talk when the teacher asked us to make questions. Moreover, Master Liu speaks in Taiwanese most of the time so we needed the teacher to translate for us. Nonetheless, after a few times, and under the instruction of the teacher and practice, we became braver in our interview and we could even speak with Master Liu in broken Taiwanese. We just had to make the first step and everything would have turned our alright. Data Collection: Recently,he only repairs dragon boats and prepare some work. Hence, data collection becomes an issue for us. Other than the information online, we also contacted with Shilin Civil Hall & Dongshan river and they were enthusiastic and willing to provide information and assist us with filming the dragon boat.

5. Our Project Sound Bite

“What is CyberFair? Do we just search for data online?” This was the first impression for CyberFair. We were all excited at the beginning and wanted to demonstrate our capability after being enrolled into the CyberFair team with many efforts. However, under the introduction of teachers and work introduction, our naivety was gradually diminished by the unknown fear but replaced by a sense of responsibility and mission. We grew increasing interests in dragon boats as we acquaint with more profound research and perceive that this is one traditional craft that should not disappear. Each line, marking and angle of dragon boat comes with rich context and any negligence could destroy dragon boat. At the same time, we found out about the origin of our community, 'Sanjiaodu' through the rich historical knowledge of Master Liu. Consequently we are able to speak on and on about our topic in class or at home, which also draws great interests for dragon boat from our classmates and family members.

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

We have learned a complete research process from this research on CyberFair. We thoroughly integrated and applied what we have learned in class, from discussion in search of topic, drafting research plan and progress, conducting in-depth interview, to presenting the entire outcome. We also applied and fully combined learning capabilities from other classes throughout the process. Integration with Language Learning Course: Although writing skills are quite important elements in research project based activities, the ability to organize and summarize the key content from the data collected of the interview content is the biggest breakthrough for us this time. Integration with Mathematics Learning Course: We use Excel to draw statistics charts and analyze from the questionnaire survey, understanding the acquaintance of schools teachers and students on knowledge related to dragon boat in addition to applying statistics and percentage learned from math. Integration with Social Studies Course: We gained in-depth knowledge on our own community, Sanjiaodu, through this project research and only then did we find out about such national-treasure personnel from our own community. We highly admire their efforts in traditional crafts and dedication to legacy. We have analyzed in-depth and understood our home, increasing our love for the land we live on. Integration with Arts and Humanity Courses: In the process of website making, we applied the drawing aesthetics learned from class to draw our body portraits using mouse and website titling. Integration with Computer Courses: We became a designer from website user and have learned a lot of software. We even needed to review the software used before or used in-depth applications. The process has improved our information capacity and we perceived a strong sense of achievement by watching the formation of websites day by day.

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

Computer Hardware Desktop PC-Searching for information online, making websites and information integration. Laptop-Searching for information online, making websites and information integration. Digital camera-Recording process image. Camera-Filming the interview or dragon boar making process. Recording pen Recording the interview process. Printer-Printing questionnaire and cards. Earphones-Listening to the interview content for verbatim transcript. T1 internet line-Internet communication (provided by school). Computer Software Photocap (freeware) My paint (freeware),PhotoImpact-Image production and touching up (including photos) Word,Openoffice (freeware )-Summary writing. Excel-Questionnaire statistics and analysis. FLASH- For making animation that can presents the rigorous part of the website. Used as website touching-up and processing. Dreamwear, FrontPage-Used for content editing and website making. Google Sites (freeware)-Used for storing information summary produced and for collaborative editing. Getting good control on the teammate production progress via the platform at home. Google Drive-For data storage and upload/download via the interview, data sharing and completing work progress. File transfer program (CuteFTP)-Uploading our work to the internet. Windows Server-Website server. General Equipment Phones and Mobile phones-Call to make appointment time with the respondents. Handheld board-Used as supports for recording conversation and questionnaire writing. Cameras-Photos for interview filming and relevant information.

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

Dragon boat has always been an important part of our folk activities and everyone knows about dragon boat one way or the other. However, we could not get any in-depth information such as the origin of dragon boat and the process of dragon-boat making. We admit that we did not even know about the process, which then led us to acquaint and propagate such knowledge. Fortunately, there is this Master Liu, Qing-Zheng who knows about dragon boat very well in Sanjiaodu, near our school. At first, we contacted Master Liu through the Sanjiaodu Dragon Boart Association and we interviewed him whenever he appeared at the workshop. We constantly contacted with Master Liu and he would just tell us everything. He would also notify us whenever we needed his help. We have not acquainted with dragon boat but been affected by the legacy responsibility and enthusiastic and optimistic attitudes towards life. The assistance from personnel related to the Dragon Boat Association also enriched our website content and authentically expressed the views of Master Liu. Master Liu once said: “Do everything with full dedication and concentration.” Although he produced dragon boats to support his family during the early days, he is now making it to preserve this traditional craft. He gives full dedication when he is making the dragon boats with the intention for legacy and practical use. This is quite shocking for us because we were doing the project as requested and we have been greatly influenced by him. We then have different views and would like to pass on this belief of Master Liu. The websites gathering our words and phrases are meant to bring out the recognition of people on the legacy of dragon boat. This project will let more people in the world know this traditional Chinese culture. It will be our pleasure in Taiwan to make such a special culture to the world.

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

Master Liu once said: “Do everything with full dedication and concentration.” Although he produced dragon boats to support his family during the early days, he is now making it to preserve this traditional craft. He gives full dedication when he is making the dragon boats with the intention for legacy and practical use. This is quite shocking for us because we were doing the project as requested and we have been greatly influenced by him. We then have different views and would like to pass on this belief of Master Liu. The websites gathering our words and phrases are meant to bring out the recognition of people on the legacy of dragon boat.

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

Other than the information online, we also contacted with Shilin Civil Hall & Dongshan river and they were enthusiastic and willing to provide information and assist us with filming the dragon boat. Moreover, the son of Master Lius and Executive Director Chen, Bao-Yu and Cultural workers Mr. Li Jinkun offers some documentary information for us to search for relevant data.Then,we can make the majority of website text is interviewed, summarized, filmed and organized by the “Descendent of Dragon” team from Taipei Municipal Jiantan Elementary School,. We have informed the respondent of the interview content with consent for use on the project website. We have acquired some literature related to dragon boat through relevant units with agreement and assistance. Some information has been searched from online articles or publications that have been re-edited by our team members. Our team took the photos in personal and all citations were applied for permission from original units with marking on the website in respect for intellectual property right.

5) Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises (Optional)

We could also obtain interesting discovery every time we visited Master Liu. Our first discovery that that sitting at the head of dragon boat was highly difficult. We observed Master Liu neatly climbed up to the head of the dragon boat and posed for flag-grabbing position. We were screaming and climbed up the dragon head with difficulty, and then we could not get down. As young people, we became accustomed after trying for several times. During the second visit, we found out drawing the dragon boat lines was an art and Master Liu even let us paint the dragon boat. However, we could not quite get the know-how and even drew the lines outside the frame. We then discovered that the turning angle of the hand was the key to line drawing. Nonetheless, only few people could draw it well. On the third visit, we discovered the strength used for the tools. We could not complete the saw dust in one step when we practiced the planar tool. After taking turns in several people, we gradually developed the 1/4 of the skills of Master Liu. We could always discover the different techniques to over hundred tools available. We have learned to respect for comments brought up by others, express our own views, understand the importance of teamwork, take responsibility to complete our own tasks, and break through personal difficulties, through this project research. Most importantly, such sense of mission and attitudes in cultural legacy becomes one surprising memory for all of us.