technology-knowing your school (report)

Investigate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdY08M_41-I

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Problem: New international students are coming to our school in June and they do not know much about our school , or even Singapore itself.

What information would the new international students need?

1. About school

- how to get to school

   - address

   - available buses

   - directions by car/taxi

   - nearest MRT station

- Introduction to school staff

   - principal

   - teachers

   - admin staff

- Introduction to school

   - why choose City College

   - school curriculum

   - O Level certification 

   - school rules - eg smoking

   - logistics - school fees, school contact information

   - holiday

   - school activities

2. Introduction to Singapore

   - Singapore's culture

   - fun and entertainment in Singapore

   - weather

   - Things to bring to Singapore

   - Advantages of studying in Singapore

How I find out more about the problem

- interview my friends who are also international students to find out what problems they faced

Design

- I choose Facebook as an information platform for the international students because many people use Facebook

- The new students can easily join the Face book page and connect with other new international students.

- I use Google to find out information useful for the new international students, such as information about City College and Singapore.

Plan

Time plan

Interviews: 4th May 

Research: 5 - 7 May

Create Facebook page and write out information: 8 May

Write blog report: 8 May

Role allocation

Feiyi: Research on information about City College and Singapore that would be useful for the new international students, Create Facebook Group page.

Peiqi: Interview other international students and to do video

Liuxuan: do video

Create

Tool: Facebook Group 

Facebook Group allows us to organize a group of people around a common issue or interest so this helps new international students to connect with other students like themselves. They can also easily find out the information they need from this Facebook page created specially for them.

We can also easily send messages to these new students through this page. In addition, many students these days use Facebook so this tool is useful to reach out to them. 

Reflections

Problem: We had difficulty finding information about the principal and staffs because the information is not available on the school website.

Solution: We left out the information.

Problem: We do not smoke so we do not know the smoking rules

Solution:  We asked our classmates who smoke. 

feiyi   peiqi  liuxuan