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To do for Friday 4 April 2008:
- If you have not done so, bring back your exams. They do not need to be signed.
- Anyone doing an EE with me, should look at the new
extended essay page and you should be
working on your primary source(s). Please email me your ideas on
what kind of a primary source or sources you are considering using
for your EE.
- For the project, be sure to have done project
assignments 1 and 2 below:
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ITGS Project Work
Project Assignment #1:
- Get a notebook to use as a logbook. It must be big
enough to be able to paste A4 sheets into it.
- On the inside make a title page: write your name, "ITGS
Project Logbook", the school's name and leave a space for your
candidate number, which you will get in 2009.
- Print and paste the
ITGS Project checklist into the pages after the title page.
- Do the same for the pages in the ITGS Programme guide which
explain the criteria for the project.
- READ the section in the guide which explains the ITGS Standard
Level project. This section includes an explanation of what the
IB expects from you and the criteria you will be assessed on.
Project Assignment #2:
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Who is your
client? Remember, the client is
the person you are helping. He or she must be an adult and must be
someone you can keep in contact with easily.
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What is the problem
that you hope to solve? In your description of the situation,
be sure to indicate the social context
such as school, hospital, business, hotel...But remember DO NOT talk
about a solution yet (web page, film, database) - you will have plenty
of time for that later.
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What evidence
suggests that this problem really exists? This question is to
make sure you are not just making up the problem in your head. The
evidence can be through conversations (say the names of the people) or
through emails.
Project Assignment #3:
- Using the calendar we made using Excel in class as a source of
ideas, make a first draft of an ITGS Project Calendar. You need
one column for the date (or the week) and another column for what
project tasks you will do. If you want, you could have a third
column showing other important deadlines such as extended essay stuff.
- To find out what to put on your calendar, look at the checklist.
- General guidelines to keep in mind when making your calendar:
- You should be done the first working version of your product
(film, web site, etc.) by mid June this year.
- Your project work (including the report) should be all done by
January of your Terminale year.
- Note that the last section of the report asks you to comment on
the impact of your product on the end users (the people who benefit
from it). In order to see an impact, there needs to be enough
time for people to use your product for a while. Keep that in
mind when making your calendar
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For the Mock Exams (Bac Blanc):
Examination Revision List
How to prepare for the the Bac Blanc
exam.
- The first things to know are found in the IB Programme Guide which you
obtained from Miss Burchill.
- Memorize the list of Social and Ethical Issues from
Section 1.
- Memorize the list of Command Terms at the end of that
guide. The most frequently used ones are Identify, Outline,
Describe, Explain, Discuss, Evaluate.
- You should have flash cards to
help you learn those words & definitions by heart.
- Otherwise, the best preparation is being aware of how IT is used
all around us. (See next point.)
- Reveiw any ideas and uses of IT discussed in class.
- how computers work, internet, databases,
applications, operating systems, etc. (everything up through section
2.2.2.)
- issues of privacy, storing and accessing data
- Visit the news web sites (found at the top of
this page) on a regular basis to improve your technical vocabulary
and your awareness of how IT is used today. When you read the
articles, think of how they can be connected to the ITGS Social and
Ethical Issues.
- Go back over the notes you have taken in class
- Go through the
Computer Confluence web site and look at the sections in any of
the chapters concerning material we have covered - remember, though, some
sections go beyond the ITGS program:
- How It Works (usually has a nice Flash movie)
- Key Terms (gives vocab but not the same as the
ITGS guide)
- End of Chapter Materials > Review Questions
- Online Study Guide (good multiple choice
questions with answers given at the end)
- IT puzzles (crossword puzzles - fun but time
consuming)
Don't forget the page about how to do well on the exams:
Mr. Damon's compositions groupées guide.
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To do for Tuesday 11 December:
- Bring back exams. They do not need to be signed.
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Revision for BB 1 in November 2007:
- All the social and ethical issues in Section 1 of the ITGS guide
- Section 2.1.1 Systems Fundamentals
- Section 2.1.2 Networks
- Anthing we have listened to in the podcasts or discussed in class (see
your notes).
Have you seen my compositions
groupées revision guide? Have a look at some of my suggestions
for successful revision and test-taking skills.
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To do for Tuesday 16 October:
- Listen to the Digital Planet podcast from 8 October 2007 (with
stories about Russia using open source software in classrooms and GPS in
the African rainforest). The best way to listen is through iTunes
but it is possible to get it directly from the
BBC Digital
Planet web page. Be careful: this web page may change
because they update it every week.
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First Assignment:
- If you have not done so, find an article and start to highlight the
following
- IT terms (these are the technical vocabulary terms: The
guide says "Information technology is the
acquisition, processing, storage, manipulation and dissemination of
digital information by computing or telecommunications or a combination of
both."
- Social and ethical issues ("Social
impact includes the economic, political, cultural, legal, environmental,
ergonomic, health and psychological effects of IT on human life. Ethical
considerations refer to the responsibility and accountability of those
involved in the design, implementation and use of IT.")
- Stakeholders (those who stand to gain or lose from this
technology)
- Once you have finished highlighting the three things above, send the
article to me. Most of you have already done so.
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At the beginning of the year:
- Be sure you have iTunes on your computer and subscribe to the two
podcasts at the top of this page. Contact me by email if it does not
work - see my How to Contact Mr. Damon page.
- You will need an ITGS notebook, binder or folder.
It is up to you to decide how you want to organize your papers.
There will be notes, photocopies, homeworks and quizzes to keep organized.
- Each student should have a USB thumb drive. Be sure your
name is on the outside somewhere. If ever I collect them, I need to
know whose is whose! Also, if you lose it, we know who to return it
to. If you are buying a new one, I do not recommend the U3 Smart
drives in class. For the moment, they are not compatible with Mac or
Vista. Also, 1 or 2 Gb is enough - do not spend more than 25€ for
this.

- Copy onto your USB drive the IB Programme Guide for
ITGS. You should also have the Academic Honesty guide and the
Extended Essay guide on the USB drive. I recommend that you create a
folder for each subject.
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