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Chapter 4

In Uncategorized on September 30, 2011 at 1:15 pm

 

Friends,

please follow the link to the online study guide and complete the quiz for chapter 4. Send your results to:

johnolly@gmail.com

 

Online Quiz

Best Political ad. Ever.

In Uncategorized on September 29, 2011 at 6:36 pm

Political Ad.

Strand 2.6: Politics and Government

In Uncategorized on September 21, 2011 at 1:43 pm

Friends,

with the provincial elections approaching, it is time to explore the impact of IT on political processes. Attached is a group assignment. Let’s regard the document together, shall we?

Politics and Government

Picture day.

In Uncategorized on September 20, 2011 at 1:26 pm

 

Friends,

today is picture day and it is chaos! Your quiz has been postponed until tomorrow. Please trade your paper 1 questions from yesterday with a fellow student, and use the attached markscheme to see how you did!

Paper 1 Markscheme

Project Example.

In Uncategorized on September 19, 2011 at 1:49 pm

Friends,

below is a project from a former Westdale student; check it out!

ITGS-Report Maggie

Command Terms Chart

In Uncategorized on September 14, 2011 at 1:56 pm

 

Friends,

below is a fantastic chart detailing what you need to do to achieve best results on test questions! We’ll start practicing next week!

Command Terms Chart

Integrity.

In Uncategorized on September 14, 2011 at 1:38 pm

Integrity refers to safeguarding the accuracy and completeness of stored data. Data lacks integrity when it has been changed accidentally or tampered with. Examples of data losing integrity are where information is duplicated in a relational database and only one copy is updated or where data entries have been maliciously altered.Read the articles in the link below and answer questions following

2. http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/231601110

 

Answering social impacts and ethical issues
a) Who are the stakeholders in each of the above article?
b) What is the impact on human life in each case?
c) Who is responsible for the problem in each case
d) Suggest some solutions to each case

Digital Nation Testimonial.

In Uncategorized on September 13, 2011 at 12:01 am

 

Friends,

below is a link to the Digital Nation “Your Stories” page. Please watch some of the videos and then record your own story! You can use the camera on the mac to film yourself, then upload it to youtube, which you can then link to the PBS page. Please see me with any questions!

 

Digital Nation: Participate

 

 

Chapter 2!

In Uncategorized on September 12, 2011 at 1:37 pm

Friends,

please complete the following exercises. While this may seem like overkill, we need to become familiar with these terms and concepts!! The first is an online quiz, while the second is a task that is to be completed in groups, which is to be e-mailed to me. Here is the e-mail for this assignment: johnolly@gmail.com

Task 1– Go to Online Study Guide

Task 2: Group work – Go to Internet Exercises

ITGS Triangle Approach.

In Uncategorized on September 6, 2011 at 6:05 pm

Social and Ethical Issues.

Answer the following questions and post the answers as a comment on the class blog.
Task 1

Under strand 1
– What social/ethical issues do you foresee arising from the IT technology?

Under strand 2
– Which application scenarios would be addressed by the IT development (Refer to the Course outline document).

Under Strand 3
– What new concepts and terminologies have been introduced?

Task 2

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/369301/police-plan-facial-recognition-for-olympic-venues

Under strand 1
– What social/ethical issues do you foresee arising from the IT technology?

Under strand 2
– Which application scenarios would be addressed by the IT development (Refer to the Course outline document).

Under Strand 3
– What new concepts and terminologies have been introduced?

Task 3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14629058

Under strand 1
– What social/ethical issues do you foresee arising from the IT technology?

Under strand 2
– Which application scenarios would be addressed by the IT development (Refer to the Course outline document).

Under Strand 3
– What new concepts and terminologies have been introduced?