How did your activities and research for this International Schools Cyber Fair project support content standards, required coursework and curriculum requirements?

Language ~ Our language abilities are improved through compiling data, interviewing, and producing reports from experience. We paid more attentions on being polite and communication skill during interview. Especially, using Taiwanese language to interview is a new but challenging experience for us.

Mathematics ~ Statistical analysis of more than two hundred questionnaire forms is performed; furthermore, the statistical results are used to produce analytical charts and diagrams of questionnaires and topography.

Arts and humanities ~ In the webpage production process, in addition to the editing of photographs, artistic design of the webpage and its layout also need to be performed to produce an effective and visually pleasing webpage.

Computer skills ~ Tasks such as finding required information on the internet, producing webpages, editing photo, and producing animations, etc., increase our computer skills and capabilities.

Social Studies ~ Becoming re-acquainted with local cultural heritage, walking through the streets of Beitou and gaining a great deal of knowledge through interviews and activities that allow students to experience local culture.

General activities ~ Division of labor and teamwork must be accomplished throughout the project, each team and its teammates must work hard to fulfill their objects and contribute to the team. These activities help cultivate a sense of teamwork and responsibility.

What information tools and technologies did you use to complete your Cyber fair project?

In our project, we used these tools which included digital cameras, telephones, computer software, projectors, recorders, books and etc... By using the projectors and computers at school, we could discuss and work in groups to make the webpage. The recorders and earphone helped us to record all the interviews. Moreover, we often took pictures with our own cameras during our experiences activities. No matter what tools we used, we thought the most useful and valuable tool is internet. The internet helped us not only find data and information we need, but also send the photos and the articles to our teammates. Most importantly, we communicated with each other via the internet and integrated the finished parts into the project on the web.

In what ways did your students act as "ambassadors" and spokespersons for your Cyberfair project both on-line and in person?

The special courier motorcycles in Beitou, shuttling back and forth in the streets and lanes of the Beitou District every day, have incorporated in the life of the intersection of Beitou and people already. So they have a wide variety of customers.  They have just opened and stood-by and dispersed in different places, so, we divide the students into groups first, allocating different time slots for them to visit different places, contact and arrange the time of interview by telephone and visit face-to-face. Each group begins with collecting materials and activity photos, and then put all materials in order via the computer. The theme of the website is ' Connecting People-A special Courier in Beitou, Taipei. Finally, it trained us to organize and coordinate, communicate and express, in the hope to share this characterized business in Beitou to more people through this webpage even more.

What has been or will be the impact of your project on your community?

The staff of the special courier of Beitou motorcycle is senior natives. Although they are small potatoes of the society, they defy the devotion of the trials and hardship day and night, bringing a lot of facilities in life for the people in Beitou. The students understand “hard work paid off” via the activity this time and receive others' respect by the same way. In the activity, combining the bits in these small potatoes life to form the systematic information and integrate the overall picture of this unique culture thoroughly, by participating in webpage making. We expect more tourists to come here and realize characterized” special motorcycle courier service” of Beitou.

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

We found Huang’s wife and got a chance to interview with village leader's recommendation. Thanks to Miss Wu of Beitou Community College, she assists us to release the questionnaire voluntarily, let us make a lot of useful information. Thanks to the bosses of these stores offer motorcycle courier service, and the local community group, they are interviewed by us in busy affairs, have offered a lot of precious materials and stories.

Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises

Measuring topographical slope of Beitou District is interesting. Though our handmade instrument is very simple, we find the correct method and study from the mistakes; know the importance of the experiment.

There are so many stories of motorcycle courier service, but which one is true? We have found the family of the original store owner, and introduces the completely story to you.

Too many open questions in the questionnaire, so people have to take a lot of time to fill in and influence the will. We require the questionnaire quantity, so we have to work hard every day to release it. We spent most time in questionnaire investigation in this project.

The special courier service of motorcycle is a simple job, these riders reach every corner of the Beitou by motorcycle. As time pass, they are not only propagating warm, but also the envoy who is conveying kindred.