IB Information Technology in the Global Society (ITGS)
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Contents
- 1 Thursday (10/15/09)
- 2 Thursday - Tuesday (10/8/09 - 10/13/09)
- 3 Tuesday (10/6/09)
- 4 Friday (10/2/09)
- 5 Wednesday (9/30/09)
- 6 Back to School Night
- 7 Monday (9/28/09)
- 8 Thursday (9/24/09)
- 9 Tuesday (9/22/09)
- 10 Friday (9/18/09)
- 11 Wednesday (9/16/09)
- 12 Monday (9/14/09)
- 13 Thursday (9/10/09)
- 14 Tuesday (9/8/09)
Thursday (10/15/09)
Warmup:
- IT article warmup. Be sure to be able to answer the following
- Who are the stakeholders?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages to the stakeholders?
- What is the social/ethical issue at hand?
- Which area of impact relates best to your article?
Agenda:
- Review Networking key terms
- Flattener #5: Outsourcing
- Flattener #6 - Offshoring
- Flattener #7 - Supply chaining
Thursday - Tuesday (10/8/09 - 10/13/09)
- Watch "2 Million Minutes"
- Answer the following questions in short answer/essay form:
- The fact that careers are all but selected for students in India and China also allows them to focus more in particular fields, providing them the opportunity to take classes in that field before they are even out of high school. This drastically contrasts with American high school students who usually do not even think about their careers until they are preparing to apply to colleges and may even change their intended careers halfway through college. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Why?
- I think the students chosen to represent Americans were a pretty good depiction of some of the top students we have here. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
- The purpose of viewing the video was to demonstrate a flat world - made flat by competing economies in China and India. And that happened because of the dot.com bubble which laid down the fiber optic cables connecting our country with theirs via the Internet. Now that you've finished viewing the video, what are some of your thoughts? Was it worthwhile to have viewed this video? Has it made you appreciate what you have? How can we say the world is flat and global all at the same time? Don't those images cancel each other out? Explain.
Tuesday (10/6/09)
Warmup:
- Study for Networking quiz
Agenda:
- Networking quiz
- Networks Areas of Impact
- Open the Inspiration template Media:NetworkingImpacts.isf
- Give an example of how a particular social/ethical issue would relate to an area of impact (within the context of networks!)
- Example: privacy -> medical records that are transfered over a network ought to remain unreadable -> health
- Come up with an example for at least five of the issues (we will compile them on the wiki as a class)
- On-line Graphic Illustrations of Network Penetration
Friday (10/2/09)
Agenda:
- Finishing Introduction to Networking
- Finish crimping cables
Wednesday (9/30/09)
Warmup:
- Review IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues for quiz today
Agenda:
Back to School Night
Monday (9/28/09)
Warmup:
- List at least 4 different components of a data packet
- What is the difference between a hub and a switch?
- What is so dangerous about using a hub?
- Give an example of a LAN
- Give an example of a WAN
Agenda:
- Networking activity
- IP Review
- TCP Review
- Man-in-the-middle attack
- Packet injection
- Open ports
- WORMS!
- Media:Networking.ppt
- Networks - Social & Ethical Issues
- Quiz on IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues on Wednesday (9/30/09)
- Flatteners may be included
- Quiz on Networking on Friday (10/2/09)
- Flatteners may be included
Thursday (9/24/09)
Warmup:
- Research on-line the term: "net neutrality"
- Read the following article:
- How do you feel about net neutrality?
- Who are the stakeholders?
Agenda:
- Complete My first website assignment by the end of Friday (9/25/09)
- Complete Flattener #4 - Uploading
- Introduction to Networking
- Packet-switching vs. Circuit-switching Networks
- Packet-Switching Animation
- Circuit-Switching Animation
- Packet-switched Network Activity (w/ notecards)
- Media:Networking.ppt
- Packet-switching vs. Circuit-switching Networks
Tuesday (9/22/09)
Warmup:
- Take out a sheet of paper
- Draft the layout of your website
Agenda:
- Introduction to HTML
Friday (9/18/09)
- Review Flatteners #1, 2, 3
- Flattener #4
- Introduction to HTML
Wednesday (9/16/09)
Warmup:
- Find one IT article through any website
- Who are the stakeholders?
- How does it relate the ITGS social/ethical issues?
- Add your article's link to the corresponding social/ethical issue.
- In addition to adding the link, write a description of the link under it (50 words or less). See the Privacy and anonymity for an example
Agenda:
- Review Flatteners #1 and #2
- Flattener #3
Monday (9/14/09)
Warmup:
- Go to Digg - Technology
- Find several articles that interest you
- Read the articles -- be prepared to discuss
Agenda:
- Media:ItgsLaymansTerms.ppt
- IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues
- Receive wiki accounts
- Discuss wiki privileges, responsibilities, and accountability
- Go through the IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues list and add links to your articles
- Introduction to Flatteners #1 & #2
Thursday (9/10/09)
Warmup:
- Try logging into your account
- Login username is your first initial and lastname (e.g. pbui)
- Your password is your student ID number
- Find the IB ITGS course website any way you want
- Complete the Student Survey
Agenda:
- Share Introductions
- ITGS Student Opinion Survey
- 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
- Watch "Shift Happens": here
- What 2 things surprise you?
- What questions should we be asking...
- of our schools?
- of our teachers?
- of yourself?
- What does the title suggest to you?
- IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues
- Media:ItgsLaymansTerms.ppt
Tuesday (9/8/09)
- Introductions
- IB ITGS Syllabus
- Name cards
- Lab setup/config