Schedule

• Mr. Le Duc’s Class Schedule

Teams

• Problem Projects
• Project Skills Development
• Class PageFlakes Pagecast
• Robotics Teams
• Team Member’s Roles

Course Description

• Length of class: 1 semester, repeatable
• Occupational Ed or Elective: 9, 10, 11, and 12
• Students will develop skills in problem solving, computer technology support, telecommunications, interpersonal communication and leadership. “On the job training” will be the main mode of instruction. Rather than using a book for the class these students will be writing the book - literally. Daily logs based on each days activities and experiences will be maintained by each student. Students will become proficient in the use of telecommunications through the use of the Internet. They will become information resources for others by helping locate sources for computer support and projects that would be helpful for teachers’ infusion of technology into the classroom.

Information in a Global Society (ITGS)
The IB Element of the Class

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage, manipulation, and dissemination of digital information by computing or telecommunications or a combination of both. Information Technology in a Global Society (ITGS) is a dynamic discipline that provides a framework to make informed judgments and decisions about the use of IT within a social context at both the local and global level.

1. Develop an understanding of IT systems and the skills and knowledge to use them effectively
2. Develop the capacity to evaluate the social, cultural and ethical considerations arising from widespread use of information technology for individuals, families, communities and organizations
3. Develop the capacity to think critically about the impact of information technology for individuals, families, communities and organizations
4. Develop an understanding of the capabilities of emerging information technologies and the ability to evaluate their potential impact.

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2007

Grading

• IB Assessment Objectives
• Projects 50%
  • Teams
• Daily Work 20%
• Presentations 10%
  • Teams
• Journal 10%
• Final Portfolio 10%

Reading Instructions

• Mr. Le Duc’s Instructional Formatting

Self Authored Projects

• Technical and creative media skills are developed through project work, working toward mastery
• Projects are composed of a plan and a product
• Each project is about two weeks in length
• Students produce projects throughout the term
• Students present the product the last day of the project cycle
• Sample project plan
• IB Project Requirements
  • Pick a topic to solve a problem with an I.T. Solution
    • Sample project ideas (PDF)
    • Sample Project Ideas (Web Site)
  • Students Topics as of Jan. 13, 2010

Skills Development Projects

• Slide Presentation
• Web Design
  
• Word Processing
• Spreadsheets
• Databases

Daily Work

• Students will receive a daily grade for being on task with the daily work. Credit will be reduced for any conduct not contributing to an academic atmosphere. Credit will not be granted if the student is absent, but the points can be made up upon return. Please refer to the online class schedule for missing work and consult with the teacher for make-up work.

Self Evaluation

• Students will publish blog entry detailing their work for the previous project
• Included in the entry will be a paragraph highlighting what was done and learned
• A screenshot showing an example of the work and progress will be included
• Sample Student Evaluation

Journal

• Students will maintain a journal
• The journal details what was done and learned
• Sample journal entry

Leadership

• Students will contribute to the learning community in some meaningful way
• Student leadership assignments

I.B. Information and Requirements

Using sections 1.1 through 1.6  as a perspective for viewing technology’s impact, we will examine on our 21st century world.

IB Section 1

• Social and Ethical Issues
  

IB Section 2

• IT Systems in a Social Context
  

IB Section 3

• Business and Employment
• Health
• Education
• Arts, Entertainment and Leisure
• Science and the Environment
• Politics and Government

IT Systems in a Social Context

• IB Command Terms with examples (pdf)
  
• IB Command Terms with examples (doc)
• Key Technology Terms Check List (Excel)

IB ITGS Assessment

Internal - 30%

Sample and Resources for Project

• Ideas
  • Project Ideas (web site)
  • Project Ideas (pdf)
• Samples
  • Project Sample 1 (pdf)
    
  • Project Sample 2 (pdf)
    
  • Project Sample 3 (pdf)
• Log Book Sample
  • Log Book Sample (pdf)
• Checklist
  • Project_Checklist (pdf)
• Grading
  • Grading Rubric (html)
  • Grading Rubric (pdf)

External - 70%

Written papers 3 hours

Paper 1 - 1 hour 25%

• Four compulsory short-answer questions that assess in an integrated way social and ethical issues and IT systems in a social context

Paper 2 - 2 hours 45%

• Six structured questions that assess in an integrated way social and ethical issues, IT systems in a social context and areas of impact.
  • Social Impact Description
  • Areas of Impact
    • Business and Employment
    • Health
    • Education
    • Arts, Entertainment and Leisure
    • Science and the Environment
    • Politics and Government
• The paper is divided into two parts
  • Part A: one compulsory question on business and employment.
  • Part B: five questions, one on each of the other areas of impact. Students are required to answer two questions from this section, each one on a different area of impact.

Paper 1 and 2 - Examples

• Papers (PDF)
  
• Papers_Marked (PDF)

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