IB Information Technology in the Global Society (ITGS)

Wednesday (9/12/12)

Warmup:

• Read the following article: Twitter Ordered to Release OWS Protester’s Data or Be Fined for Contempt
  1. Go to your website and post the following to it (You may use a bulleted list:
  2. Link and title of the article
  3. Synopsis of the article
  4. Identify the stakeholders (people who have a vested interest in the scenario)
  5. Identify AND describe the social and ethical issues related to the article
  6. Identify the area of impact (look at the front board on the left)
  7. What is your opinion of the issue? i.e. How does it affect you? How do you feel about that?

Agenda:

• ITGS Article Discussion
• IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues Quiz

Monday (9/10/12)

Agenda:

• Submit your ITGS website's URL here
• Media:ItgsLaymansTerms.ppt
• 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
• IB ITGS Social & Ethical Issues Quiz on Wednesday (9/12/11)

Thursday (9/6/12)

• Misc logistics
  • 20/10 no pass policy
  • Location of bathrooms
  • Sign in/out sheets
• Introductions
• IB ITGS Syllabus
• IT Resources for Students
  • Google Apps - http://www.apsva.us/google - (UserID: StudentID# and Password: Birthday)
  • Dropbox - http://www.dropbox.com
  • etc.
• Technology-related News Websites
  1. As a class, we will create a list of technology-related websites
  2. Go to the technology websites list
  3. Search the web and add at least 3 websites that are not already on the document

Tuesday (9/4/12)

• Introductions
• 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 Surveys