◆Project elements

1、How did your activities and research for this International Schools Cyber Fair project support content standards, required coursework and curriculum requirements?
The activity involves literature, history, geography, computer, art, environment protection 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. These abilities will become our life-long assets.

2、What information tools and technologies did you use to complete your International Schools Cyber Fair project?
(1) Hardware facilities: computer, digital camera, recorder, scanner, flash disk, scanner.
(2) Computer software: Dream weaver 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, broad-band system．


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 Qinghai Aluminum and surrounding villages, thus we should play the role of "community ambassadors" and reveal itto others.We have tried to tell others 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 history through the Internet.

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 Qinghai Aluminum and surrounding villages. We are fully confident that our work, when finished, would be the most exhaustive online resource on “Qinghai Aluminum” at the moment.

5、In the process of research, we have felt the public's concern about the future development of Qinghai Aluminum. The local environmental protection 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 Aluminum, but also arouse their recognition and passion for environment protection.

6、Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises (Optional)
We have got a better knowledge of Qinghai Aluminum and surrounding villages. The activity has enhanced our teamwork spirit and improved our communicating and interpersonal abilities.