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        Diary 31:  We completed the data of the trip around the 
                  community.  

        1. Time: November 27, 2003

        2. Place:  the meeting room

        3. Research hours: 8

        4. Recorder:  Mei-Yu

    Sightseeing places would be introduced in the community tour unit.  

The data we collected and organized was classified into eight parts for 

introduction.


Diary 32:  The magic digital pen recorder




  
1. Time: November 28,  2003

2. Place:  computer lab

3. Research hours: 14

    Wow, the examination was 

    finally done.

                



    We all gathered at the computer lab!

    We were distributed a worksheet for making the dreamland come true 

on which was the activity timetable.  We had some done.  We would keep 

up the work.

    Last time we had a digital pen with us.  With the transmission wire, 

we could listen to it on the computer, amazing.  It¡¦s said the recording 

pen could both work as a recorder and a portable diskette for saving files.


Diary 33:  The confirmation of the community map 
 
1. Time: November 29, 2003

2. Place:  The ¡§Nice¡¨ Community

3. Recorder:  Mei-Yu

    On Saturday we combined the community maps drawn by the members and 

took another round of the community tour to confirm every landmark¡¦s 

position.  We hoped to come up with a complete community map to be used 

as a tour guiding map.  It¡¦s not easy to draw a large community in a 

small piece of paper.

    The ¡§Nice¡¨ Community was very busy due to the ongoing constructions.  

We took some pictures which would be placed in the reconstruction unit.


Diary 34:  We discussed how to color-paint the community¡¦s wall.
  
1. Time: December 1, 2003

2. Place:  computer lab

3. Research hours: 13

4. Recorder:  Jing-Yu

    We discussed the matters about color painting the community¡¦s wall.  

We were taught to think in 6 Ws: why, who, what, how, when, where.  We 

grouped before inviting teachers to join the discussion of what to draw.  

What we hoped was a prettier wall.


Diary 35:  We discussed how to recruit the juvenile volunteer 
           workers the 2nd time. 
 
1. Time: December 2, 2003

2. Place:  the science lab

3. Recorder:  Yu-Ren

    I was asked to play my interview recording for everyone to listen.  

I was praised for having done a good job.

    We went to the science lab to discuss the 2nd recruitment of the 

juvenile volunteer workers for the team.  We were very nervous and 

didn¡¦t know what to say.  Then the teachers taught us to greet first, 

followed by self-introduction, the job of the volunteer workers, and the 

welcome statement.  Hopefully everything would work well.


Diary 36:  We acted on the 2nd recruitment of the juvenile volunteer 
           workers for the team. 

1. Time: December 3, 2003

2. Place:  the meeting room

3. Research hours: 25

4. Recorder:  De-Gang

    This morning, we broadcasted to get together the children of the 

¡§Nice¡¨ Community for a meeting for the ¡§Nice¡¨ members to introduce 

themselves before welcoming them to join as juvenile volunteer workers.

    Today we had many children and the ¡§Nice¡¨ teammates were nervous, 

so we kind of babbled.  Three children, however, were praised for their 

speaking loudly and clearly.


Diary 37:  The American English class for children of the Community. 
 
1. Time: December 3, 2003

2. Place:  The ¡§Nice¡¨ Community

3. Research hours:  8

4. Recorder:  Mei-Yu

    The community opened free children American English classes on every 

Wednesday and Saturday afternoon.  A class for the first thru third 

graders was from 3 to 4 pm and B class for fourth thru six graders was  

from 4 to 5 pm.

    Some of the ¡§Nice¡¨ family members like Yan-Ting, Yu-Ren and Yi-Ting 

came here to study.  We came to the activity center to take pictures of 

them.  The teacher was a foreigner assisted by a mama volunteer worker.

    The topic of daily American English attracted students as they played 

football while learning on the open space beside the activity center.


Diary 38:  We shared what we learned from recruiting the juvenile 
           volunteer workers.  

1. Time: December 4, 2003

2. Place:  the computer lab

3. Research hours:  14

4. Recorder:  I-Jie

    We were shown the recruited volunteer workers¡¦ data and were asked 

to say something about what impressed us, what troubled us and what we 

learned.  What impressed me was being interviewed like a celebrity and 

the trouble was making a plan, which I learned most, though.  In 

addition, I learned the skills for making a poster and trained my gusts.


Diary 39:  We composed the picture for the wall.  

1. Time: December 4, 2003

2. Place:  The ¡§Nice¡¨ Community

3. Research hours:  12

4. Recorder:  Yu-Ren

    The Director drove the teachers Mr. Jheng and Mr. Jhao and Yan-Ting 

and me to help compose for the drawing of the wall of the ¡§Nice¡¨ 

Community.  We worked hard and took a lot of pictures.

    Our picture-taking skills got better and learned how to delete the 

unusable pictures.  The drawing was not done till 4 pm.


Diary 40:  We had a community hero hunt. 
 
1. Time: December 5, 2003

2. Place:  Computer lab

3. Research hours:  14

4. Recorder:  Jing-Yu

    Ya-Wei mentioned the difficulty of recruiting juvenile volunteer 

workers, the same problem faced by the Community.  So those who can give 

to the Community deserve our learning.

    We took Saturdays and Sundays to search the community heroes.   Thru 

interviews of the family and residents, we got the recommended listing.


Diary 41:  We listened to the tales told by the elders. 
 
1. Time: December 6, 2003

2. Place:  The ¡§Nice¡¨ Community

3. Research hours:  12

4. Recorder:  Ya-Wei

    The ¡§Nice¡¨ family came to interview grandpa and great uncle to talk 

about things of the past.

    I rode my bike to lead the teacher who happened to take pictures of 

care-giving unit of the Community.  Later the teacher came with books 

about Taiwan for the interviewees to recall.

    The interview ended by 4 pm.  It¡¦s incredible to learn that 

residents of the Community had to swim on rainy days to go out.

    
Diary 42:  We put in order the data of the tales told by the elders.  
 
1. Time: November 16, 2003

2. Place:  at home

3. Research hours:  12

4. Recorder:  Mei-Yu

    We worked overtime on Sundays to organize the records of the old 

tales, a hard job to do mainly due to the Taiwanese language the two 

elders spoke and lots of special agricultural terminology in the tales.

    Fortunately we borrowed many reference books to consult with.


Diary 43:  We shared what we learned from the community hero hunt. 
 
1. Time: December 8, 2003

2. Place:  Computer lab

3. Research hours:  12

4. Recorder:  Pei-Jhen

    We were asked to report the community heroes we found.  Although we 

found different heroes, they did good things to the Community.

    After this interview, we were happy, because we found many people 

cared so much for this community and were willing to give.


Diary 44:  We were on the press!
  
1. Time: December 9, 2003

2. Place:  Computer lab

3. Research hours:  12

4. Recorder:  I-Jei

    We each got a copy of a report on the greenery activities held on 

Sundays in the Community, in which our ¡§Nice¡¨ family took part in 

taking pictures.  So we were also interviewed by the reporters.  Great.

    We were going to color paint the wall tomorrow, a major event, so 

we discussed the things to be aware of; hopefully we took this 

seriously tomorrow.


Diary 45:  We color-painted the Community¡¦s wall.  
 
1. Time: December 12, 2003

2. Place:  The ¡§Nice¡¨ Community

3. Research hours:  180

4. Recorder:  Mei-Yu

    We first got those children to color paint the wall together before 

we formed groups for children to choose from.

    By 1 pm the children were taken to the ¡§Nice¡¨ Community only to 

find that the children of the ¡§Nice¡¨Community had long waited beside 

the wall.  Then we mixed colors, wore light raincoats, took brushes and 

cement paint and started our painting.  This was the first time for many 

children so they were very excited.

    About 50 children came along with six guiding teachers.  Three 

community patrolmen and two mama volunteers also came to help with the 

traffic control.  The community¡¦s General Director kept company with us.  

The principal and many six graders visited us, too.  There were also the 

reporters of the Liberty Times.  We were efficient to get the wall 

painted around 3 pm.

    Next, it took us some time to clean the place and the tools we used 

and everyone was busy till 4 pm.  In the end, we were treated some snacks 

bought by the Honorable Director of the Community, for which we felt 

thankful.


Diary 46:  We had the little reporters¡¦ trial. 

1. Time: December 12, 2003

2. Place:  Computer lab

3. Research hours:  14

4. Recorder:  Jing-Yu

    The nervous moment finally came.  We had to be independent.

    We were given a sheet titled ¡§the secret to success¡¨ and taught 

what to be aware of pre, during, and after the interview.  Then we 

moved into our groups, chose the interviewees, and planned the 

questionnaire.  We would interview on Saturdays and Sundays when 

everyone was available for us.


Diary 47:  We shared the attainments of color-painting the wall. 
 
1. Time: December 11, 2003

2. Place:  Computer lab

3. Research hours:  12

4. Recorder:  Yi-Ting

    Yesterday was the big day for color painting the wall of the 

community.  Due to everyone¡¦s efforts, the job was done in an afternoon. 

So we used today¡¦s noon break to share our thoughts and review our work.  

Following are our thoughts:

   The most impressive:We were asked to put on the raincoats to avoid 

getting soiled.  In the beginning everyone was happy and fun.  But in the 

middle when we were tired and hot, we took the raincoats off to cool down 

and didn¡¦t care much about our clothes.

   The most difficult:It¡¦s hard to paint in the slits, a challenge to 

our limit.  Next is mixing colors because we don¡¦t know how.  We had to 

ask teachers.

   We learned:How to mix colors and draw on the wall.  More importantly 

we had to work together to get the job done.

   Improvement:Many lacked patience and tried to take a break and have 

fun in the halfway.


Diary 48:  We had the exciting interview.

1. Time: December 11, 2003

2. Place:  The ¡§Nice¡¨ Community

3. Research hours:  27

4. Recorder:  I-Jei

Intelligent Team's report

Team leader: I-jei 

Members: Jing-Yu, Ya-Wei, Kai-Lun 

Report by the team leader: I-Jei

    I called my teammates trying to get them together at my place; 

however, they were not there.  Fortunately, Directory Tsai would help so 

I could go to the cram school later.

    We started our interviews by 1 pm when everyone was here.  Because 

the General Director was a good help, the interview went smoothly.

    Grandpa Jia-Sing Syu was hard of hearing so we had to speak very 

loudly.  But it¡¦s easier for us to interview grandpa Jia-Jhong Syu and 

uncle Syu-Ming Syu.   The first time when Kai-Lun took pictures, he was 

clumsy, so many pictures could not be used.  But the teacher told us to 

save them until they were filed into the computers for editing.

    Great!  We could get three interviews done today and passed the 

trial.  And thank those who helped us to get the job done and all 

the interviewees.


Diary 49:  Let¡¦s turn to the interviews of the Community¡¦s heroes.  

1. Time: December 14, 2003

2. Place:  The ¡§Nice¡¨ Community

3. Research hours:  14

4. Recorder:  Pei-Jhen

    It¡¦s our team¡¦s turn to undergo the trial interview and our 

interviewees were the General Director, Mr. Jin-Sing Syu, Mama volunteer 

worker, Ms. Mei-Yun Liang and Ms. Mei-Ru Chen.

    The team leader, Yu-Ting, took lead in raising questions with her 

brother to help with picture-taking.  De-Gang was responsible for 

recording while I took notes.  Teamwork helped us to have a smooth 

interview.

    We were a bit nervous.  However, the interviewees were kind and 

we felt very easy so we talked a lot.

    We got the interview done by 10 am, amazing!


Diary 50:  We shared what we felt about the interviews of the 
           Community¡¦s heroes. 
  
1. Time: December 15, 2003

2. Place:  The ¡§Nice¡¨ Community

3. Research hours:  28

4. Recorder:  Yu-Ting 

    When the principal rewarded the participants for the wall color-

painting, we got a bad news from Director Tsai that the pictures we took 

on Saturday and Sunday for the interviews were deleted.  However, we were 

led to think what to do first?

    When we were at the meeting at noon, three team leaders, I-Jie, 

Wei-Han and I first reported the interview process.  Later, we found 

which team got the camera and deleted all the pictures.

    Yan-Ting said he did not do it on purpose.  Only a picture he meant 

to delete; however, he deleted all unexpectedly.  We forgave him because 

he sincerely apologized.  Next we discussed how to solve the problem.  We 

came up with the solution to retake the pictures; however there were two 

ways and we could not decide which way.  We 

would vote tomorrow. 

    
Diary 51:  We shared our Community¡¦s map.
  
1. Time: December 16, 2003

2. Place:  Computer lab

3. Research hours:  14

4. Recorder:  De-Gang

    We took the noon break to display the community map we drew.  It¡¦s 

interesting to look for the familiar ¡§Nice¡¨ Community in the joint map 

of members.  Each had a different style.  We were encouraged to make the 

map better by adding a second job.

    On the other hand, we decided to retake the pictures when we took 

the records for the interviewees to confirm.  This would make our 

research more readable.


Diary 52:  We did the ¡§thank-you¡¨ cards (part 1)
  
1. Time: December 18, 2003

2. Place:  Computer lab

3. Research hours:  14

4. Recorder:  Jing-Yu

    With our efforts, we got the community hero interviews done.  To 

thank the hero interviewees and the advice of the principal, Director, 

and teachers, we decided to do thank-you cards.

    So at the noon break, the teachers taught us to do our thank-you 

cards by using the computer drawing software.  But it was too late to 

print the cards which we saved for tomorrow.


Diary 53:  The wall color-painting touch-up and the 
           interviews.
 
1. Time: December 17, 2003

2. Place:  The ¡§Nice¡¨ Community

3. Research hours:  77

4. Recorder:  Yan-Ting

    We got into two teams, one following Director Shih and the teachers 

and one following Director Tsai to retake some agricultural appliances.

    We returned to the wall by 4 pm, which looked prettier after the 

teachers¡¦touch-up.  The teachers took the job seriously and did not 

return home when it was time.  All they wanted was a prettier wall.  We 

helped to pick up the tools and returned home by 5 pm.


Diary 54:  We completed organizing the data of the Community¡¦s 
           heroes.
 
1. Time: December 19, 2003

2. Place:  at home

3. Research hours:  15

4. Recorder:  Mei-Yu

    From Monday thru today, after 5 nights¡¦ job on putting the data in 

order, we came up with the records for the community hero unit.

    From the interview recording, we found kids could be so talented to 

learn many skills.  The most important thing was they could review and 

reflect when sharing their experiences.  I smiled when I listened to 

the recording which helped me form the pictures in my mind.  It¡¦s a 

worthwhile effort for me.


Diary 55:  We did the ¡§thank-you¡¨cards (part 2).
  
1. Time: December 19, 2003

2. Place:  computer lab

3. Research hours:  18

4. Recorder:  Cen-Rong

    We continued our work left yesterday by printing the thank-you cards.  

Then we wrote our deepest thanks.  There were over 20 cards for those we 

wanted to thank.  It took us some time to write up and seal the envelopes.  

We would deliver our cards tomorrow afternoon.


Diary 56:  We delivered the ¡§thank-you¡¨cards and the interview 
           feedback sheets. 

1. Time: December 20, 2003

2. Place:  The ¡§Nice¡¨ Community

3. Research hours:  20

4. Recorder:  Yu-Ting

    We scheduled to deliver the cards at 2 pm today.

    I brought these thank-you cards home to stick stickers.  And today 

the teachers brought the straightened records, together with interview 

feedback letters for interviewees to write their thoughts and sign on 

and agree to our use of these records and pictures.

    Of course we took the camera to retake the pictures we deleted.  And 

we thanked all the interviewees with the loudest applause.

    It¡¦s so cold today due to the cold front.    Some were sick and some 

late, while the teachers were punctual.  She was here by 1:50 pm.  This 

we should learn.


Diary 57:  We organized the data of the tales of the past.
  
1. Time: December 21, 2003

2. Place:  at home

3. Research hours:  16

4. Recorder:  Mei-Yu

    We straightened the oral history told by the elders of the Community.  

To make the unit more interesting, we wanted to put some old pictures.  

However, few had cameras in the old days so little pictures were preserved.  

We consulted some books and found the pictures taken by a famous 

photographer, Mr. Syu, which showed the actual life of the residents of 

the old days.  After our contact, Mr. Syu was generous giving us many 

pictures and agreed to our use of these pictures.  Thanks to Mr. Syu, 

this unit could work to our expectation.

    
Diary 58:  We compiled our personal data. 
 
1. Time: December 22, 2003

2. Place:  computer lab

3. Research hours:  14

4. Recorder:  Cen-Rong

    Today we discussed at the computer lab what personal data should be 

included in the research team unit.


Diary 59:  The reconstruction work was huge.

1. Time: December 23, 2003

2. Place:  computer lab

3. Research hours:  15

4. Recorder:  Kai-Lun

    We were taught the skills to put the files in order, which was using 

folders to file each category.

    We took some pictures of us together before we were asked to say 

something about our research.  The lesson of this research was:  work 

seriously; the most amazing: we found many antiques in the Community.


Diary 60:  We did the web pages.
 
1. Time: December 24, 2003

2. Place:  at home

3. Research hours:  56

4. Recorder:  Jian-Ming

    Only when we started doing the web pages did we realize the tremendous 

amount of the data.  So it would take more time than we expected to get 

the job done.

    The trouble was the agricultural artifacts for I¡¦ve never seen some 

of the basic agricultural tools.  It took me a lot of time to check the 

pictures.  Fortunately, I could ask teachers for advice.

    No writings!  I¡¦m going to work now!


Diary 61:  We all looked for typos
  
1. Time: December 25, 2003

2. Place:  computer lab

3. Research hours:  22

4. Recorder:  De-Gang

    Today we started checking typos.  The sixth graders got some help of 

their classmates. However, we could not do this on line for the connection 

was down.  So we did this by teamwork.

    What a laborious eye job to check the typos because we had to keep 

staring at the screen.  But we had to be patient for our work.


Diary 62:  We were typo-seeking experts!
  
1. Time: December 26, 2003

2. Place:  computer lab

3. Research hours:  22

4. Recorder:  Yan-Ting

    We continued looking for typos this noon break.  We sped up with the 

help of last experience.  We would be so happy as to yell when we found 

a typo.

    We also shared our thoughts for the past two months¡¦ work to be 

put in the research team unit.


Diary 63:  We got the interview feedback back.  

1. Time: December 27, 2003

2. Place:  computer lab

3. Research hours:  22

4. Recorder:  Mei-Yu

    Thank you for the interviewees who gave us positive feedback.  The 

General Director Syu praised us for our work to bridge the gap of the 

Community, a great contribution.

    Some elderly interviewees were illiterate so we didn¡¦t get feedback 

from them.  However, they encouraged us orally. We scanned the feedback 

sheets into the computers to be put into the research team unit.  Thanks 

again for their feedback.


Diary 64:  We got the ¡§Nice¡¨web pages done. 
 
1. Time: December 27, 2003

2. Place:  at home

3. Research hours:  44

4. Recorder:  Mei-Yu

    After the long struggle, we got our ¡§Nice¡¨ web pages done today.

    Thanks to Jian-Ming¡¦s untiring efforts, we could see the 

persistence in our work on our web pages.

    He sat in front of the computer by 8 am every morning and was there 

until 4 pm even without having lunch.  He used the flash hard drive to do 

his work after he went home.  Often we heard him say, ¡§Let me play with 

it another night.¡¨

    Thanks for Da-Ren¡¦s support by playing the role as an 

emergency doctor to help us to get ¡§the test of the past¡¨ done.  I 

believe that our web pages look more appealing.

    It¡¦s a painstaking job to do the web pages without external support.  

But we made it.


Diary 65:  We got the ¡§Nice¡¨web pages uploaded.

1. Time: December 28, 2003

2. Place:  at home

3. Research hours:  20

4. Recorder:  Mei-Yu

    Yeh!  We got the web pages uploaded successfully through Jian-Ming¡¥s 

continuous untiring efforts.

    Next is the most important--Surf on internet to check if there are any 

problems.  In addition to the three teachers, the teammates who could do 

the job at home took the last chance to proofread quickly.

    ¡§Good and better!¡¨  Keep up the work!


Diary 66:  Let¡¦s be ambassadors.

1. Time: December 29, 2003

2. Place:  Computer lab

3. Research hours:  15

4. Recorder:  I-Jei

    With the web pages done, we turned ambassadors introducing our web 

    site.

    For those who had computers at home, they did the job at home.  For 

those who didn¡¦t, they could use noon breaks to log on to introduce our 

web site.  We decided each member should introduce ourselves to three 

other teams on the internet everyday.  However, we could also take this 

opportunity to check others¡¦ work.  It¡¦s a lot easier to be ambassadors 

on internet than introduce it on stage.  Welcome your visit to the ¡§Nice¡¨ 

Community.


Diary 67:  We were the guardian 
           angels of the Community.




1. Time: December 30, 2003

2. Place:  Computer lab

3. Research hours:  23

4. Recorder:  Yu-Ting

                                



    It¡¦s the last day of the research today.  We thought we could not 

come to the computer lab thereafter; fortunately, we could and we could 

come everyday as we would.  Good.

    We each were given an angel badge hopefully to be the guardian angels 

of the Community for good.  We would not forget the Community after the 

research was done because we were all juvenile volunteer workers.  We  

want to care for our Community and make it nicer!


Diary 68: Yeh! We won a prize!

1. Date¡GJune 2, 2004

2. Place: Meeting room

3. Recorder: Yu-Ting

    A good new!  We won a prize!

    The teachers told us we won the first prize presented by Changhwa 

County.  The principal went with Director Tsai and I-Jie to Yung Ching 

Elementary School to receive the award.  Before long we learned that we 

won again, the second prize of the national contest plus a reward of 

NT$8,000.

    The award presentation ceremony was in Kaohsiung, a grand ceremony 

with many shows and performances.  We were nervous yet exciting when we 

were presented the award!

    We discussed how to use the NT$8,000 in a meeting.  To feedback to 

the Community, we used NT$4,000 to buy some books for the children of the 

Community to read.  For the remainder NT$4,000, we bought presents for 

every member of the team and those who assisted in the research.  The 

Director was asked to buy books and I, some presents.  I didn¡¦t know 

what to buy in the beginning.  With Mom¡¦s help, we went to the bookstore 

to buy some stationery for team members to use at school.  We also bought 

some delicious dried marinated meat for the townsfolk of the Community.

    We were awarded some money from the school and the ¡§Nice¡¨ Community, 

too.  We felt so good that we won the prizes and our efforts were 

reaffirmed.


Diary 69: What followed 
          after the research 
          was done.



  
1. Date¡GDecember 31, 2004

2. Place: the computer lab

3. Recorder: Mei-Yu

    Although the CyberFair

                


research reached a conclusion, we each continued our participation in the 

Community¡¦s activities like the summer talents camp, the completion of 

the Banyan Park, and the music and drum festival for the Moon Festival.

    On the other hand, the Community¡¦s ¡§The Nice¡¦s treasure hunt 

revitalizing project¡XThe investigation of the image of the traditional 

farm life and culture¡¨ which was awarded a grant by the Council for 

Cultural Affairs was done together with our school and Lu Ming Junior 

High School.

    With the efforts of the residents, the Nice Community was awarded the 

first grand prize of Changhwa County, which we all felt honored to take 

part in.  We need to operate the community continually to witness its 

success, so shall we continue to support the community.


Diary 70: We participated in the 
          International CyberFair 
          Contest.



  
1. Date¡GMarch 10, 2005

2. Place: the computer lab

3. Recorder: Mei-Yu

    The principal¡¦s concern

                


and the English teacher¡¦s assistance helped us to work out the English 

version of the web pages for us to take part in the International 

CyberFair Contest.  We hope that more people will know the ¡§Nice¡¨ 

Community to share what we learned from working with it.

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