Project Element　

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

　　The activity involves literature, history, geography, computer, art , ecology and culture. We have learned many things that are not in the text books.

　　We break out of the classroom, and learn from the real-life environment and experiences and from various experts in history and culture. Through this research project, we have learnt how to search for information, how to conduct an interview, how to organize information. Also, we learn to use multi-media facilities: computer, digital camera, scanner and web. These abilities will become our life-long assets.

　　In addition, Town and Talent Technologies and the Grown-up Center gave us a lot of support and help. Although due to the busy study, we had to do the work at spare time and sometimes we were very tired, we have a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment

2、What information tools and technologies did you use to complete your International Schools CyberFair project?

　　(1) Hardware facilities: computer, digital camera, recorder, scanner, flash disk, scanner.

　　(2) Computer software: Dreamweaver for webpage editing, Photoshop for graphic processing, Microsoft Word for textual information editing, Outlook Express for receiving and sending mails, Internet Explorer for browsing website, ACDSee for image browsing, CuteFTP for transmitting information.

　　(3) Internet: E-mail, message board, FTP server, dial-up modem．

3、In what ways did your students act as "ambassadors" and spokespersons for your International Schools CyberFair project both on-line and in person.

　　We consider it our responsibility to make the public understanding the beauty of Qinghai Lake, thus we should play the role of "community ambassadors" and reveal this to others. We have tried to share what we know and introduced it to school mates and villagers.

　　We realize our research result in the form of signboards, as well as a homepage hosted by the school website. Apart from being a resource for countryside education, the homepage also allows citizens to deepen their understanding of the local environment through the Internet. The website we make is believed to make more people know about Qinghai Lake.

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

　　Through this research project, we have come to know more about the history, culture, and ecology about Qinghai Lake. In the process of research, we have felt the public's concern about the future development of the lake. Protection of natural environment has become the most concerned issue in the past decade. We hope that our project would not only deepen the public's knowledge of Qinghai Lake, but also arouse their recognition and passion for protecting environment.

５、Is there any illustration ofintellectual property rights about topic page?

　　All the word material comes from our interview or edition of relevant books and websites. Please see our bibliography.

６、Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises (Optional)

　　We have got a better knowledge of Qinghai Lake’s history, culture and ecology. The activity has enhanced our teamwork spirit and improved our communicating and interpersonal abilities.