IBITGS - 1213 - January

Wednesday (1/30/13)

Agenda:

• Communications Presentations due today
  1. Receive an Area of Impact
  2. Create a presentation that covers all the above technologies and your area of impact:
  • Names of all members
  • Specific vocabulary or key terms from your technologies
  • Three specific examples of personal/public communications technologies and how each is used in your area of impact
  • Make sure that your examples are different from the other person with the same Area of Impact
  • Cover the following for each specific example:
    • If possible, display a graphic or illustration of the technology used in your area of impact
    • Discuss the advantages of using the technology in your area
    • Discuss the disadvantages or problems from using the technology in your area
    • Discuss the social and ethical issues
  • Share presentation with Mr. Bui
• Delivery Communications Presentations

Thursday (1/24/13)

Warmup:

• Read the article: Apple Shouldn’t Make Software Look Like Real Objects
  1. Link and title of the article
  2. Synopsis of the article
  3. Identify AND describe the social and ethical issues related to the article. Be sure to choose from the list below:
     • Reliability and integrity
     • Security
     • Privacy and anonymity
     • Intellectual property
     • Authenticity
     • The digital divide and equality of access
     • Surveillance
     • Globalization and cultural diversity
     • Policies
     • Standards and protocols
     • People and machines
     • Digital citizenship
  4. Identify the areas of impact (there can be multiple)
  5. What is the definition of a skeuomorph?
  6. Give 3 examples of skeuomorphs that you see on your computer or smartphone right now.
  7. Why are skeuomorphs used?
  8. Do you agree or disagree with the usage of skeuomorphs? Why?

Agenda:

• Personal and Public Communications
  • Media:PersonalPublicCommunications.pptx
• Communications Presentations due next class: Monday (1/28/13)
  1. Receive an Area of Impact
  2. Create a presentation that covers all the above technologies and your area of impact:
     • Specific vocabulary or key terms from your technologies
     • Three specific examples of personal/public communications technologies and how each is used in your area of impact
     • Make sure that your examples are different from the other person with the same Area of Impact
     • Cover the following for each specific example:
     • If possible, display a graphic or illustration of the technology used in your area of impact
       • Discuss the advantages of using the technology in your area
       • Discuss the disadvantages or problems from using the technology in your area
       • Discuss the social and ethical issues

Wednesday - Friday (1/16/13 - 1/18/13)

Warmup:

• Read the article: Outsourced: Employee Sends Own Job To China; Surfs Web
  1. Link and title of the article
  2. Synopsis of the article
  3. Identify the stakeholders (people who have a vested interest in the issue in general)
  4. Identify AND describe the social and ethical issues related to the article. Be sure to choose from the list below:
     • Reliability and integrity
     • Security
     • Privacy and anonymity
     • Intellectual property
     • Authenticity
     • The digital divide and equality of access
     • Surveillance
     • Globalization and cultural diversity
     • Policies
     • Standards and protocols
     • People and machines
     • Digital citizenship
  5. Identify the areas of impact (there can be multiple)
  6. What advantages/benefits do you see in the specific scenario?
  7. What disadvantages/costs do you see in the specific scenario?
  8. What is your opinion of the issue? i.e. How does it affect you? How do you feel about that?
  9. How would you mitigate the issue(s) at hand?

Agenda:

• Work on your ITGS Project's code and graphics
• Majority of your code (~85%) should be done by January 31st
• When choosing styles, colors, and layout: does this look clean and professional?
  • Compare to other websites

Monday (1/14/13)

Warmup:

• What are the 5 exclusive rights of the copyright holder?

Agenda:

• Media:EducationFairUseChart.pdf
• Media:Trademark.ppt
  • Play Sporcle: Corporate Logos as a class
  • How many did we get correct?
• Work on ITGS Project. All sections due by end of quarter (next Friday) - A through D
• After sections are completed, work on the actual creation of your project.

Thursday (1/10/13)

Agenda:

• Bring up your Codecademy HTML & CSS page for a final progress check
• Media:Copyright.ppt
• Media:EducationFairUseChart.pdf
• Work on ITGS Project. All sections due by end of quarter (next Friday) - A through D

Tuesday (1/8/13)

Warmup:

• Determine which category of intellectual property each of the following falls under (patent, copyright, trademark):
  • Music
  • Software
  • iPhone
  • Washington-Lee logo
  • "Just do it."
  • Harry Potter

Agenda:

• Quick introduction to intellectual property
• Media:Patents.pptx
  • Famous patent case examples: Amazon vs. Barnes & Noble (One-click), Robert Kearns vs. Ford Motor Company (windshield wiper)

Friday (1/4/13)

• ITGS Project updates
• Criterion D: Project design - Media:ITGSProject_CriterionD.pdf
  • Requires draft sketches, layouts, and notes!
  • Turn it in using the ITGS forms
• Work on your ITGS Project!