IBITGS - 1011 - October
From WLCS
Contents
Thursday (10/28/10)
Warmup:
- Read this BMW Offshoring Article
- Respond on your wiki to the following questions:
- What is the hourly salary of one of the newly hired BMW U.S. autoworkers? What is the hourly salary of the same autoworker if they worked in Germany?
- Are you surprised by the pay differential between the U.S. and Germany? Why or why not?
- Can you think of other industries and/or countries that would offshore to the U.S.? Explain.
Agenda:
- Review Uploading/Open Source/Web 2.0
Tuesday (10/26/10)
- 1st Quarter Exam
Friday (10/22/10)
Agenda:
- Flattener #4 - Outsourcing
- Flattener #5 - Offshoring
- Media:ItgsReview.pdf
Wednesday (10/20/10)
Agenda:
- Complete "2 Million Minutes" responses
- Discuss "2 Million Minutes"
Monday (10/18/10)
Warmup:
- Cram for Networking quiz - Media:Networking.ppt
Agenda:
- HW Reminder: Send Mr. Bui mail through the US Postal Service
- Networking quiz
- 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 - Thursday (10/12/10 - 10/14/10)
Warmup:
- Read Technology in the Classroom
- On your blog, put today's date
- What are the top 3 things that are most remarkable in your mind? Describe them and the social & ethical issue that relates
- Choose one of the issues, and describe in 2-3 sentences what you would do to solve the problem
- Choose one of the "downsides of technology" and discuss in 3-4 sentences why it's a big problem. Discuss the origin of the problem, and a possible solution.
Agenda:
- Finish presenting presentations
- Networking
Thursday (10/7/10)
Warmup:
- Google your name, see what comes up
Agenda:
- 10-15 minutes - finish preparing your presentation
- Make sure you have at least 4 IT articles written
- Present presentations
Tuesday (10/5/10)
Warmup:
- Find and read an IT article
- Post to your wiki account the following information
- Today's date
- 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:
- You will be assigned an IT Social & Ethical Issue
- 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 powerpoint or OpenOffice presentation 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
Friday (10/1/10)
Warmup:
- Take the Social & Ethical Term Warm Quiz Up
Agenda:
- Pep Rally
