IB Information Technology in the Global Society (ITGS)
From WLCS
Welcome to the IB ITGS Homepage!
Contents
Thursday (9/25/08)
Warmup:
- What does LAN stand for? Give an example.
- What does WAN stand for? Give an example.
- What is the difference between a hub and a switch?
- What kind of information is found in a networking packet? (HINT: think of mail)
- Within the context of networks, what does IP stand for? Under the IP, what does every computer possess?
- What do we add to packets so that they can be received out of order?
Agenda:
- Networking activity
- IP Review
- TCP Review
- Man-in-the-middle attack
- Packet injection
- Open ports
- Networks - Social & Ethical Issues
Back to School Night
Tuesday (9/23/08)
- If you have not taken the IT Social & Ethical Vocabulary Quiz yet, then do so ASAP
- Return protocols essays
- Re-writing / Revision Rules
- Edit and resubmit your essay on paper
- Staple the original graded copy w/ rubric to your re-write
- Revisions are due back ONE WEEK after essays are handed back
- ITGS Rules for Writing
- Clear
- Concise
- Answers the question
- Proper citations and references list
- Introduction to Networking
- Packet-switched Network Activity (w/ notecards)
Friday (9/19/08)
- Where are your protocols essays?!?!
- IT Social & Ethical Vocabulary Quiz
- Flattener #4: Open Source Review
- Blogging activity
- Finish your wikis
- your name
- technical definition
- layman's definition
- explanation of definition (to a 12 year old)
- social significance(importance) of the term
- at least 3 IT historical/current events examples relating to your term
- footnotes and references (5-10 references)
Wednesday (9/17/08)
Warmup:
- Define the term "open source" - DO NOT USE GOOGLE OR WIKIPEDIA
- Find an article within the past week that discusses something open source
- Identify all the social ethical issues that are involved in your article
Agenda:
- Reminder: Submit your protocols essay on turnitin.com
- Flattener #4: Open Source
- Version control: PB&J Activity
Monday (9/15/08)
- Media:ItgsLaymansTerms.ppt
- Your wiki requirements
- your name
- technical definition
- layman's definition
- explanation of definition (to a 12 year old)
- social significance(importance) of the term
- at least 3 IT historical examples relating to your term
- footnotes and references (5-10 references)
- Work on protocols essay
- SHOW A ROUGH OUTLINE TO MR. BUI
Thursday (9/11/08)
Warmup:
- Article discussion
Agenda:
- Media:Interoperabilty.ppt
- Turnitin writing assignment on interoperability
- Wiki references & footnotes
- Work on your IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues wiki
- You must have added at least 2 footnote references by the end of the day
- Demo your footnotes to Mr. Bui
Tuesday (9/9/08)
Warmup:
- Article discussion
Agenda:
- Media:Flattener3.pdf
- Web 2.0 Video
- Introduction to HTML
- Introduction to XML
Friday (9/5/08)
Warmup
- Go to Digg - Technology
- Find several articles that interest you
- Read the articles -- be prepared to discuss
Agenda
- Receive wiki accounts
- Discuss wiki privileges, responsibilities, and accountability
- Introduction to Flatteners #1 & #2
- IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues
Tuesday - Thursday (9/2/08 - 9/4/08)
- Introductions
- Syllabus
- Name cards
- Lab setup/config
- Student Survey
- Fill out and submit
- Share several snippets with class
- ITGS Student Opinion Survey
- Turnitin
- Create an account with Turnitin (if you do not already have one)
- Join the following class number: 2391653
- Use the password pbui to join the class
- Read the following article on Facebook and privacy: here
- After reading the article, login to Turnitin
- Go to the discussion board
- Respond to the Facebook discussion topic
- Example On-line Resources
- Digg - Technology
- CNET News
- Slashdot
- Wired News
- MIT Technology Review
- Washington Post - Technology
- Wikipedia
- and MANY MANY MANY more!
- NOTE: DO NOT USE NEWS AGGREGATORS AS SITED SOURCES
- IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues