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== Thursday - Tuesday (11/10/11 - 11/15/11) ==
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== Archives ==
'''Warmup:'''
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* [[IBITGS - 1213]]
* Find and blog about an IT article w/ S&E issues:
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* [[IBITGS - 1112]]
*# Link and title of the article
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* [[IBITGS - 1011]]
*# Synopsis of the article
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* [[IBITGS - 0910]]
*# Identify the stakeholders (people who have a vested interest in the scenario)
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* [[IBITGS - 0809]]
*# Identify AND describe the social and ethical issues related to the article
 
*# Identify the area of impact (look at the front board on the left)
 
*# Describe the advantages/benefits in your example?
 
*# Describe the disadvantages/costs in your example?
 
*# What is your opinion of the issue? i.e. How does it affect you? How do you feel about that?
 
*# Present one or more solutions to the issue(s) at hand.
 
 
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Finish Multimedia Formats Video
 
* Editing Audio with Audacity
 
* [http://www.commoncraft.com/podcasting Introduction to PODcasting]
 
** [[Media:ScriptForPODCasting.doc]]
 
** [[Media:Podcasting_Rubric.docx]]
 
* Following the above templates and rubric, create a PODcast that discusses your IT article
 
* Be sure to break up your script into smaller chunks.  Record each chunk individually so that you don't have to re-record the entire PODcast repeatedly if you make mistakes.  You can then use Audacity to stitch together your entire PODcast.
 
* When you are done with your podcast, upload the mp3 to your blog by following these [http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=80259 directions]
 
 
 
== Monday (11/7/11) ==
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Multimedia Formats Video - create the following:
 
*# GIF, JPG, and BMP images of yourself
 
*# MP3, M4A, and WAV sounds of your voice
 
*# Create a video of yourself presenting the differences between your GIF, JPG, and BMP images.  Also present the differences between MP3, M4A, and WAV.  This will be the most time-consuming portion of the assignment because you will need to create a movie using iMovie that has transitions and sound.
 
*# Be sure your video has title screen(s) and still shots of the pictures.
 
*# If possible, try to illustrate the loss of quality by recording something as MP3.  (this may be difficult, but try it out)
 
 
 
== Thursday (11/3/11) ==
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Digital Multimedia
 
* [[Media:BitsBytes_Multimedia.ppt]]
 
 
 
== Tuesday (11/1/11) ==
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* 1st Quarter Exam
 
 
 
== Wednesday - Friday (10/26/11 - 10/28/11) ==
 
* [[IB ITGS - 1st Quarter Exam Review]]
 
 
 
== Monday (10/24/11) ==
 
'''Warmup:'''
 
* Blog about the following article: [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html?_r=2&hp=&pagewanted=all A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute]
 
*# Link and title of the article
 
*# Synopsis of the article
 
*# Identify the stakeholders (people who have a vested interest in the scenario)
 
*# Identify AND describe the social and ethical issues related to the article
 
*# Identify the area of impact (look at the front board on the left)
 
*# What is your opinion of the issue? i.e. How does it affect you? How do you feel about that?
 
*# Do you agree with the Waldorf School?
 
*# What positive and negative impacts have resulted with the introduction of technology into elementary education?
 
 
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Complete Download: Part 2 - Search
 
 
 
== Thursday (10/20/11) ==
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Complete Networks/Internet + Areas of Impact Presentations
 
* Introduction to Search Engines
 
** Web crawling
 
** Meta keywords
 
** What problems do you think would arise?
 
* Download: Part 2 - Search
 
 
 
== Tuesday (10/18/11) ==
 
'''Warmup:'''
 
* Blog about the following article: [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/technology/amazon-rewrites-the-rules-of-book-publishing.html Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal]
 
*# Link and title of the article
 
*# Synopsis of the article
 
*# Identify the stakeholders (people who have a vested interest in the scenario)
 
*# Identify AND describe the social and ethical issues related to the article
 
*# Identify the area of impact (look at the front board on the left)
 
*# What is your opinion of the issue? i.e. How does it affect you? How do you feel about that?
 
*# What future impacts/changes do you think will occur?
 
 
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Networks/Internet + Areas of Impact Presentations
 
 
 
== Wednesday (10/12/11) ==
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Complete discussion on Download: Part 3 - Bubble
 
* Areas of Impact
 
** Business & Employment - David, Betty, Bazargur
 
** Education & Training - Myiam (Education), Rabia (Training), Kevin (either one)
 
** Environment - Morgan
 
** Health - Jonathan
 
** Home & Leisure - Bui
 
** Politics & Government - Andrew
 
* Networks/Internet + Areas of Impact Presentation Homework
 
*# Receive an area of impact and create a slideshow that presents your topic
 
*# Find a *specific* use and examples of Networks or the Internet in your Area of Impact
 
*# Explain how Networks or the Internet are used in your Area of Impact
 
*# You should have some images/graphics of your specific example in your presentation (do *not* create a slide of just images)
 
*# Describe the benefits in your example?
 
*# Describe the costs in your example?
 
*# Describe the social and ethical issues that arise in your example
 
*# Describe the example's social impact
 
*# Review your presentation and make sure that it is clear, concise, and presentable
 
 
 
'''Homework:'''
 
* Networks/Internet + Areas of Impact Presentation Homework due Tuesday (10/18/11)
 
 
 
== Friday (10/7/11) ==
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Complete Network presentations
 
* Download: Part 3 - Bubble
 
 
 
== Wednesday (10/5/11) ==
 
'''Warmup:'''
 
* QUICKLY read [http://politics.salon.com/2011/09/27/votinghack/ "Diebold voting machines can be hacked by remote control"]
 
*# Summarize the article
 
*# Describe the stakeholders
 
*# Describe the Area of Impact
 
*# Describe the major social/ethical issue(s) in 2-3 sentences
 
*# What was the original intent/advantage/benefit of the IT scenario? (i.e. why do we use electronic voting machines in the first place?) (2-3 sentences)
 
*# What is the disadvantage/cost of the IT scenario?  (2-3 sentences)
 
*# Describe one or two possible solutions to the issue at hand
 
 
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Electronic voting machine discussion
 
* Network presentations
 
 
 
== Monday (10/3/11) ==
 
'''Warmup:'''
 
# Create a Google Docs Presentation about your Open Source software
 
# Create slides for the information that you posted from your hw assignment
 
# This should be a presentation, so there should not be a lot of text!
 
# This should only take you 5 minutes!
 
 
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Present Open Source alternatives
 
* Introduction to Networking and the Internet
 
** [[Media:Networking.ppt]]
 
** Packet-switching vs. Circuit-switching Networks
 
*** [http://www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1/geek_glossary/packet_switching_flash.html Packet-Switching Animation]
 
*** [http://www.antibodynet.com/ascend/circswi1.gif Circuit-Switching Animation]
 
* Networks/Internet Assignment
 
*# You will research your given issue in relation to "networks" or "the Internet" (e.g. find a problem or connection to networks or the Internet that relates to your issue)
 
*#* Example: Intellectual property + Internet = Music Piracy
 
*# Create a presentation (PowerPoint/LibreOffice/Pages) that contains the following:
 
*#* Technical definition of your social & ethical issue
 
*#* Your explanation of the definition to a 10 yr old
 
*#* Explanation of how your issue relates to the Internet (give a specific example of an issue)
 
*#* Graphics / Images
 
*#* List & describe stakeholders
 
*#* List & describe advantages / benefits
 
*#* List & describe disadvantages / costs
 
*#* Describe a possible solution to your issue
 
 
 
'''Homework:'''
 
* Complete your Networks/Internet Assignment by Wednesday (10/5/11)
 
 
 
== Thursday (9/29/11) ==
 
'''Warmup:'''
 
# Create a Google Docs Presentation about your Web 2.0 website
 
# Create slides for the information that you posted from your hw assignment
 
# This should be a presentation, so there should not be a lot of text!
 
 
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Open Source Software
 
* Open Source Alternatives Assignment
 
*# Receive a closed-source software example
 
*#* Anderson - Windows Media Player
 
*#* Auchter - Facebook
 
*#* Cakar -
 
*#* Ghebrekrstos - Microsoft Windows
 
*#* Mejia - Apple iTunes
 
*#* Rafky - Apple iOS
 
*#* Scott - Microsoft Office
 
*#* Sukhbaatar - Adobe Photoshop
 
*#* Vargas - Microsoft Internet Explorer
 
*# Find 2-3 open source alternatives of that software
 
*# In you blog, post the following
 
*## Name of the open source software
 
*## What the software does
 
*## Who maintains the open source software (e.g. name of company)
 
*## Estimated number of users or downloads
 
 
 
== Tuesday (9/27/11) ==
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Wrap up [[My first website assignment]]
 
* Flattener #4 - Uploading
 
** [http://www.commoncraft.com/video/wikis Wikis]
 
** [http://www.commoncraft.com/video/blogs Blogs]
 
** [http://www.commoncraft.com/video/social-bookmarking Social Bookmarking]
 
** Open source software
 
** Other examples?
 
 
 
'''Homework:'''
 
# Find a website that is considered a Web 2.0 website
 
# Post in your blog responses to the following:
 
#* Name of site
 
#* Link to site
 
#* Explanation of how it is Web 2.0
 
#* Estimated # of users who use the site
 
#* What is the social significance and impact?  Explain in several sentences.
 
#* What social ethical issues are there involved in the website?  Explain.
 
#* What areas of impact would the site relate to?  Explain.
 
 
 
== Back to School Night (9/26/11) ==
 
* [[Media:B2snIBITGS.ppt]]
 
 
 
== Friday (9/23/11) ==
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Finish Download: The True Story of the Internet - Part 1
 
* Flattener #3 - Workflow Software
 
** [[Media:Flattener3.pdf]]
 
* Introduction to HTML
 
** [[My first website assignment]]
 
* Download: The True Story of the Internet - Part 2
 
 
 
'''Homework:'''
 
* Complete [[My first website assignment]] over the weekend
 
 
 
== Wednesday (9/21/11) ==
 
'''Warmup:'''
 
* Go to the Technology section of a news site.  Find an IT article. 
 
* Post to your blog:
 
** Link and title of the article
 
** Synopsis of the article
 
** Identify the stakeholders
 
** Identify AND describe the social and ethical issues related to the article
 
** Identify the area of impact (look at the front board on the left)
 
** What is your opinion of the issue?  i.e. How does it affect you?  How do you feel about that?
 
 
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Flatteners #1, 2 - Fall of Berlin Wall & Netscape
 
** [[Media:Flatteners_1_&_2.pdf]]
 
** Download: The True Story of the Internet - Part 1
 
 
 
== Monday (9/19/11) ==
 
* [[Computer hardware assignment]]
 
 
 
== Tuesday - Thursday  (9/13/11 - 9/15/11) ==
 
'''Warmup:'''
 
* Read the following article: [http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/09/07/judge-forces-employer-to-rehire-workers-who-vented-on-facebook/ "Judge Forces Employer To Rehire Workers Who Vented On Facebook"]
 
* Go to your blog and post the following to your blog (You may use a bulleted list:
 
** Link and title of the article
 
** Synopsis of the article
 
** Identify the stakeholders (people who have a vested interest in the scenario)
 
** Identify AND describe the social and ethical issues related to the article
 
** Identify the area of impact (look at the front board on the left)
 
** What is your opinion of the issue? i.e. How does it affect you? How do you feel about that?
 
 
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* [https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AZPgoX5sTp-_ZGN4Y3pmNHFfMTI2ZzZiOXpkaG4&hl=en_US ITGS S&E Class Presentation]
 
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?key=0ApPgoX5sTp-_cDZfazFTTWJTMnp0bm55TV92VmY1T2c ITGS Social & Ethical Issue Quiz]
 
* Introduction to Computer Hardware
 
** [[Media:Hardware.ppt]]
 
* [[Computer hardware assignment]]
 
 
 
== Friday (9/9/11) ==
 
* Watch [http://audiovideo.economist.com/?fr_story=5f80636789caee410fd1a08885ad52ae21ebc170&rf=bm "Did you know? 4.0"]
 
** Respond to the following questions in your website (if we can get it working...)
 
*# What 3 things surprise you?
 
*# What questions come to your mind?
 
*# What do you think the world will be like 5 years from now?  10? 20?
 
*# What kind of effects do you think that this will have on people?
 
* Create a blog at [http://www.blogger.com Blogger]
 
* Submit your blog's URL [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dF9neDYzdEFTTVpyQ09QMDhZS1J6SFE6MQ here]
 
* Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0
 
** Can you give examples of web-sites that did not exist 10 years ago, but are popular today?
 
* [[Media:ItgsLaymansTerms.ppt]]
 
* [[IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues]] Class Images Assignment
 
*# Receive an assigned social/ethical key term
 
*# Google Image Search for 3 different images that you feel best represent/explain that key term
 
*# Write a brief caption/description of your images and how they represent the key term
 
*# Add the images and caption to the appropriate slide in our [https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AZPgoX5sTp-_ZGN4Y3pmNHFfMTI2ZzZiOXpkaG4&hl=en_US class presentation]
 
*# Be sure to put your name in the caption too
 
* [[IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues]] Quiz on Tuesday (9/13/11)
 
== Wednesday (9/7/11) ==
 
'''Warmup:'''
 
* Visit each of the following websites and read the headlines.  After going through all the headlines, find the article that most interests you and read it.  Be able to give a brief synopsis to the class.
 
** [http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/ Washington Post - Technology]
 
** [http://www.engadget.com Engadget]
 
** [http://www.gizmodo.com Gizmodo]
 
** [http://news.cnet.com/ CNET News]
 
** [http://www.reddit.com/r/technology Reddit]
 
** [http://www.wired.com/ Wired News]
 
** [http://www.technologyreview.com/ MIT Technology Review]
 
 
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
* Go over the [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zvpdaM7FPLoFA ITGS Student Opinion Survey]
 
* [[IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues]]
 
* [[Media:ItgsLaymansTerms.ppt]]
 
 
 
== Tuesday - Thursday (9/6/11 - 9/8/11) ==
 
* Introductions
 
* [[IB ITGS Syllabus]]
 
* Name cards
 
* Lab setup/config
 
** Login username is your first initial and lastname (e.g. pbui)
 
** Your password is your student ID number
 
** Go to Apple (upper left) -> System Preferences -> Accounts -> Change Password
 
** Acceptable-use policies apply in this lab!
 
* Complete the [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zvMHJNJBBkFPA Student Survey]
 

Latest revision as of 14:04, 8 August 2016