IBITGS - 1213 - September

From WLCS

Friday (9/28/12)

Agenda:

Homework:

  • Criterion A: Initial investigation & consultation - Media:ITGSProject_CriterionA.pdf
  • Criterion A due by Thursday (10/4/12)
  • Networking Vocab Quiz next Thursday (10/4/12)

Wednesday (9/26/12)

Warmup:

  • Print out and turn in your network diagrams
  • Be sure to have your name on it

Agenda:

  • ITGS Project - Internal Assessment
  • ITGS Networking Key Terms
    1. Copy the list above to a Google Doc
    2. Remove all the words that you already know
    3. Define the words that you do not know
      • Do not just copy and paste a definition
      • Try to define it in such a way that you understand it
    4. Share the Google Doc with Mr. Bui
  • Networking Vocab Quiz next Thursday (10/4/12)

Monday (9/24/12)

Warmup:

  • Don't forget to share w/ Mr. Bui your Areas of Impacts & Web 2.0

Agenda:

  • Introduction to Networking and the Internet
  • Network Diagrams
    1. Using Diagrams Online, create a network diagram of your home network
    2. Include and label all the different computer systems that connect to your network (laptops, desktops, tablets, cell phones, consoles)
    3. Include and label all the networking components (switches, routers, modems) of the diagram
    4. Draw lines to connect the computers to the networking components
    5. Use different lines to differentiate hard-wired connections and wireless connections
    6. Identify your modem's internet service provider
    7. Make sure the diagram looks clean
    8. Include your name at the top
    9. Be sure to save
    10. Export as PDF and submit to Mr. Bui

Tuesday - Thursday (9/18/12 - 9/20/12)

Warmup:

  • Find an IT article from one of the following technology websites list
  • Note: Stay away from articles that are just discussions about commercial products and their releases (e.g. iPhone 5). Try to find an article with some social/ethical significance
  • 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:

  • Warmup discussion
  • Return S&E Vocab Quiz
  • Finish Web 2.0 Presentations
  • Areas of Impacts & Web 2.0
    1. Create a Google Presentation.
    2. Each slide on the presentation should have each of the areas of impact
      • Politics & Government
      • Environment
      • Education & Training
      • Business & Employment
      • Health
      • Arts, Home, & Leisure
    3. On each slide, have the following:
      • A *specific* example of Web 2.0 being used in that area (e.g. POTUS's Twitter account
      • How that Web 2.0 example is used in that area of impact
      • The social impact/significance of its use in that area of impact
    4. Share with Mr. Bui

Friday (9/14/12)

Agenda:

  • Find a website that is considered a Web 2.0 website. Every person needs to have a unique Web 2.0 website.
  1. Write down your name and website on the clipboard at the front
  2. 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.
  3. 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!

Homework:

  • Make sure you've completed My first website assignment
  • Make sure you've completed the Web 2.0 blog post and presentation
  • We will be presenting the presentations during next class

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:

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
  • 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