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- Date of Project: March
- School: Taman Desa (1)
District: Taman Desa
City: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Teachers or Classes:
Miss Toh Kim Eng, English Teacher
Students of 5 Science 1
- How many students worked on
this project? 32 students
- Their ages were: 16-18
years of age
- Project Contact Email:
- We entered our Web site in
- Description of "Our Community"
Malaysia is located in South East Asia. It is a peninsular which is south
of Thailand and north of Singapore. Malaysia is a multi-racial country. The
different races comprise the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans, Ibans, Muruds
and other indigenous groups. Malaysia consists of East Malaysia and West Malaysia.
There are 12 states in West Malaysia and 2 states in East Malaysia. The official
language of Malaysia is Bahasa Melayu. Other languages include Mandarin, Tamil
and English. The official religion is Islam but Malaysians are free to embrace
other religions such as Buddhism, Christianity and Hinduism. Malaysia has
an equatorial climate with rain throughout the year. Daily temperatures range
from 27-32 Celsius. This climate supports a dense equatorial forest which
is the home to many different types of trees including the durian tree.
- Summary of Our Project
Durian is the king of fruits and is a local specialty in Malaysia. We chose
to research on durians because we want locals as well as people around the
world to know the fruit better. In our project, we have included facts as
well as stories about the durian and we hope visitors will get to know more
about the fruit, would try the durian as well as have a great time surfing
- Our Internet Access
We accessed the internet through our school multimedia computer which runs
on a 56K modem sponsored by the Parents Teachers Association. But most of
the time, we use our own personal computers to access the internet to complete
- Problems We Had To Overcome
The major problem we faced was insufficient funds to carry out the project
to the best. For example, we wanted to buy a video capture card to have some
clips running at our Web site. Our school only has one multimedia computer
with internet access as such we had to use our own personal computers and
internet access to complete the project.
- Our Project Sound Bite
We found out that this project is useful in helping us to learn to create
Web pages as well as work with many other people.
This section explains how your project
addressed the project elements found in the CyberFair
Assignment to Schools.
1) How did your activities and
research for this International School CyberFair project support your required
coursework and curriculum requirements?
We learned how to use many different
programs to create Web pages as well as learnt to use the Internet which served
as an important tool in completing the project. Throughout this project, all
of us became IT literate and we now use the computer to complete our school
projects. Besides that, the project has given us a chance to learn to be co-operative,
working as a team and trusting each other in whatever decisions made which is
what we learn in our Moral Education subject in school. We also learn to accept
other peoples' ideas and suggestions in order to get the best out of this project.
We elected 6 leaders, one to head the whole project and the other 5 to be in
charge of the 5 groups namely Reporters, Researchers, Photographers, Editors,
Designers and Computer team. After which, the others in the class got to choose
which group they would like to join. click for more information
2) What information tools and
technologies did you use to complete your CyberFair project?
Scanner - Canon FB3100
Tape recorders & cassettes
Computer software - Front Page 98, Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Microsoft Word, WS
Libraries - national library, school library
Local Newspapers - Star, New Straits Times, Youth Quake, Sin Chew Jit Poh,
Oral Interviews - roadside durian hawkers, durian plantation owner, MARDI
(Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute)
Printer - BJC 4200SP
Camera - Canon EOS 500
We used photographs whenever possible
because we felt the photos would make the ideas clearer to viewers. We also
added graphics to make our web pages more colourful and attractive. Most of
us are fluent in the use of many of the software programs that we had on our
computers. But our most valuable tool was our brain, used as thinking caps to
put this project together. click here for more information
3) In what ways did you act as
"ambassadors" and spokespersons for your CyberFair project both on-line
and in person.
We contacted MARDI (Malaysian
Agricultural Research and Development Institute) to make a trip there
to take photos of the durian nursery as well as to get more information on durians
through interviews with people working there. We also interviewed durian sellers
for stories and opinions on the durain. We told them that we were working on
this Cyberfair project and they were surprised and willing to help us in whatever
way they could.
4) What has been the impact of
your project on your community?
We hope to see an impact when more
people become aware of our Website. We want this to happen both on a national
and international level. At this point, the biggest impact has been on the students
themselves that is, the students have gained more knowledge in many different
ways like learning how to carry out research, being brave to meet people to
gather information and the different ways to source for information. We hope
more people will be enlightened on durian cultivation, ways to choose the durian
& open it, its taboos, the promotion of the fruit, its popularity, the products
one can make from it and other required information.
5) How did your project involve
other members of your community as helpers and volunteers?
Here we would like to give special
thanks to the following people for helping out in the project:
- Mr. Shahadan & Mr. Zamrose
- MARDI (Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute)
- Mr. Siew - Durian Plantation owner
- Mr. Chan - Durian hawker
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