Taiwan is located on the key shipping position of
southeast Asia. While the country is famous for her economic success, the
world comes to know Taiwan as a smuggling place of endangered wild
animals. However, the situation has been changed: some people have worked
to establish rehabilitation centers like the Pingtung Rescue Center for
Endangered Wild Animals (PTRC). As the children of the global village, we
have the responsibility to join the world in reserving the wild life, and
to renew the negative image on Taiwan.
2.Summary of Our Project
The main purpose of this project is to
understand how PTRC is taking care of the endangered wild animals, which
have been abandoned or confiscated. The professional treatment on the
animals gives a good lesson to us as how insufficient care we have been
imposing on our pets. Indeed, children are the chief buyers in the pet
market. Finally we have to make it known that 'No trade means no harm on
wildlife'.
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: 1
C.
Connection speed used in the classroom: dedicated connection
D.
Number of years our classroom has been connected to the Internet: more
than 6
E.
Additional comments concerning your computer and/or Internet access
(Optional):
Most of the time, in order to proceed with the
compilation of information and network, we used the information
resources and internet system provided by Fu-Kang Elementary School. At
home, we used personal computers to surf the net, to communicate with
one another, and to process the materials and data we had got.
4.Problems We Had To Overcome
In the beginning, the researchers of PTRC often
couldn't understand what we wanted to know because we didn't get the
skill of asking questions properly. After the adviser's help, we did
some practice and made several real interviews, we've learned how to ask
questions properly and got the answers we wanted.
From the researchers there who accompanied us
without grumbling even though they already had heavy workload, we
learned to follow the teacher's advices and to finish our job in due
time.
5.Our Project Sound Bite
ˇ§No trading, no killing.ˇ¨
Children should not play the role of buyer in
the pet market.
6.How did your activities and research for this CyberFair Project
support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?
We adopted the environment issue from our
school courses as the main topic in this project. Besides, we also
learned a lot about the attitude of respecting life, knowledge and
concepts on animal conservation.
We might miss some school courses because of
those interviews, but we learned some other things that we may never get
from school.
Teamwork was such an important part for our
research process; without this spirit, we might not accomplish this
research. We gain new skills beyond books, including working on
computers, asking questions, getting points, and filing information. We
tried our best to finish everything the teachers had suggested.
What information tools & technologies did you used to complete your
CyberFair project?
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At first, while we were just starting to get the
project in hand, we used video and still cameras to help us collect
information.
We used Microsoft Word® to process literal data,
arranged digital pictures with PhotoImpact® and Movie Maker®, and then
dealt all the media data with Microsoft FrontPage®. All of the data were
in the teaching disk of our school's LAN. Such is convenient for the group
members to share and discuss the contents. We also tried to look for the
information we needed from books, newspapers, and the Internet. We made a
lot of review and discussion. Finally we set our information in a neat
version.
2.
In what ways did you act as "ambassadors" and spokespersons for your
CyberFair project both on-line and in person.
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The PTRC keeps the animals in need and take good
care of them. We recommended our school to schedule visiting PTRC and to
design teaching activities. We, the project participants, are the
ˇ§professional guides, of course. We believe we do a good job to show the
visiting students everything about PTRC. In doing so, we hope more and
more fellow-students will build up an attitude of 'respecting lifeˇ¨,
especially the wildlife.
It will be very heart-easing to know that people
around the world are getting to know how much Taiwan has done on saving
the endangered animals in the past few years through our report.
3.
What has been the impact of your project on your community?
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We get acquainted with the keepers of PTRC, who
patiently explained everything to us. They helped us to be more familiar
with the activities of saving endangered animals in Taiwan, and we came to
realize that we shouldn't despoil animals' rights of living free and
shouldn't hurt their kinds, if we really love them.
We hope people around the world can understand
our project and all of the countries will be able to work hard together on
protecting wild life: stop capturing or smuggling wild animals. Human
should keep the environments natural for different species to live.
Moreover, we hope we can change the downside image on Taiwan. We will not
treat animals in cruel ways but will try much harder to protect them.
There are nice people in Taiwan, too.
4.
How did your project involve other members of your community as helpers
and volunteers?
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We would like to thank every keeper in PTRC. While
they have to take care of more than 600 animals in the center, they still
found time to be with us.And many thanks to our teachers for their advice,
guidance, and giving us a ride to PTRC, which is situated 50km away.
Besides they also kept us on the right track. We dare not take a break as
these people surrounding us were very serious and industrious themselves.
We also got to spend much time with our family
members and classmates, who had provided us a lot of information and
ideas.
5.
Discoveries, Lessons and Surprises (Optional)
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Discoveries
I
am able to do whatever I can to fit into the
group. For example, I tried to be as quiet as possible not to bother
others while visiting the center. Talking aloud, acting fast and hitting
on the cage are not allowed.
Lessons
Stop capturing and hurting animals on purpose, and
stop abandoning them at will. Animals need proper living environment, and
they need freedom just like we human beings do. We got to know what
animals like and what they dislike, and learn how to be a pet keeper
before we own one. We should not keep a pet just because a sudden thought
and abandon it after a while. We simply have no right to do so. We should
protect animals instead of being terminators.
Surprises
We
learned how to treat animals with cordially, and to consider the
circumstances from their standpoint. Just think, 'Will I enjoy this if I
do the same thing to myself?' We should try to improve their living
conditions in human society.
1.Meeting Chairing
2.Project Information Analyzing and Integrating
3.Project Web-page Advising
4.Project Title and Plan Setting
5.Computer Skill Advising
6.Transportation
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