IB Information Technology in the Global Society (ITGS)

Friday (9/9/11)

• Watch "Did you know? 4.0"
  • Respond to the following questions in your website (if we can get it working...)
  1. What 3 things surprise you?
  2. What questions come to your mind?
  3. What do you think the world will be like 5 years from now? 10? 20?
  4. What kind of effects do you think that this will have on people?
• IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues Class Images Assignment
  1. Receive an assigned social/ethical key term
  2. Google Image Search for 3 different images that you feel best represent/explain that key term
  3. Write a brief caption/description of your images and how they represent the key term
  4. Add the images and caption to the appropriate slide in our class presentation
  5. Be sure to put your name in the caption too

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.
  • Washington Post - Technology
  • Engadget
  • Gizmodo
  • CNET News
  • Reddit
  • Wired News
  • MIT Technology Review

Agenda:

• Go over the 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 Student Survey