International Schools CyberFair 98
Project Narrative

Celebrate the South with the Best of Our Local Arts and Music

Information About Our Site

  1. Link to our CyberFair 98 Entry
  2. Link to our CyberFair 98 Entry (Text Only)
  3. Link to our School Home Page
  4. Date of Project: March 31, 1998
  5. School: Alpha Omega Christian School of Leonard, Texas
    District: Alpha Omega
    City: Leonard, Texas, USA
  6. Teachers or Classes:
    Linda Lines (Administrator) Cindy Berg (Teacher) and the Student Body
  7. How many students worked on this project? 9 students worked on our CyberFair Project.
  8. Their ages were: 5-14 years of age
  9. Project Contact Email:

Project Overview

  1. We entered our Web site in CyberFair Category:
    8 Local Art and Music
  2. Description of "Our Community"
    Our physical community is located about 70 miles northeast of Dallas, Texas, in Fannin County. Fannin County's population is 24,802. Ours is a small, rural, agricultural area, that is On-Line with the times. Our CyberFair community is primarily composed of locals who have some connection with art and music. These locals are from the towns of Leonard, Ravenna, Bailey, Randolph, Bonham, and Celeste. Bonham is our county-seat. To learn more about Bonham, press its link, and choose "Cities in alphabetical Order" from the Texas page. Press the "Back" button on your browser to return to our CyberFair Project Narrative Page. David Lines served as our technical director.
  3. Summary of Our Project
    Our project is to find and define Local Art and Music for our Community.
  4. Our Internet Access
    Alpha Omega Christian School of Leonard has Internet access via a U.S. Robotics Sportster 28.8K modem in a Pentium 100 MHz PC. Our ISP is Internet Texoma
  5. Problems We Had To Overcome
    One of the many problems that we had to overcome was the fact that we had very few students to research our topics for this page. One more problem we had was that we only have three Windows computers. Fortunately we overcame this by using some old IBM computers that were donated to the school. We had to save "text files" to transfer work from the old systems to the new computers. Our systems almost crashed, we had problems with incompatible keyboards, and we kept running out of diskette space. Drive A failed on one of the main computers. We eventually found some software that was compatible for our use. Spring Break fell right in the middle of all of our research. Even with our small student body and all these problems, we were still able to finish our projects for your enjoyment.
  6. Our Project Sound Bite
    Thank You!!! We would like to thank all of the people that assisted us in the making of this project possible. Our school gained a new knowledge of the wonderful music and art that surrounds us in our community. We hope that the world will learn more about this little county called Fannin.

Project Elements

1) How did your activities and research for this International School CyberFair project support your required coursework and curriculum requirements?

The opportunity to dig in unexpected places to find our research was a very educational experience.

  • How did this project fit into your required school, district, or state curriculum guidelines?

    • Our school requires at least one semester of computer work, and with CyberFair we were able to complete all of our computer requirements.
  • What new skills did you learn?

    • We learned how to make things compatible with things that are not supposed to be compatible. We also learned lots of new words that many adults don't know. Students were heard making comments like, "We have a shortcut to FTP," "Minimize Netscape," "It's an AVI file," and "Careful, it will freeze if you move the mouse!"
  • What group concepts did you practice?

    • We used Teamwork.
  • How does your project fit into the requirements for your school or class?

    • Our project blended language and research skills with communication and technology skills.

    2) What information tools and technologies did you use to complete your CyberFair project?


    Hardware

    Three Pentium-class computers were used in research and preparation of pages:

    All three systems are equipped with 14" color-graphics monitors and CD drives (6x or faster). These systems are also used daily by three students who work with CDROM-based curricula.

    One of the systems is used with a 33.3K US Robotics 'BigPicture' Video Modem and capture card for Internet access.

    In addition, an HP ScanJet IIcx was used to scan photos, newspaper clippings, and line art.

    Video was prepared using a Sony V220 8mm video camera.

    Software

    The following software was used in various stages of the project:

    1(Loaned from local businesses)
    2(Prizes from CyberFair97)

    3) In what ways did you act as "ambassadors" and spokespersons for your CyberFair project both on-line and in person.

    Information Sources