sleduc on May 3rd, 2010

Explanation
Engineering is evident all around us. How do people dream up, design and build the things in our world? From your toaster to the space shuttle and iPods, we are surrounded by industrial design and engineering. To better examine this process, research a common product’s development cycle.  How did this device come to exist?  [...]

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sleduc on May 3rd, 2010

BUSINESS

CAMPBELL Transportation: reservation systems, luggage processing, navigation, scheduling and distribution, traffic simulation, smart roads and cars, fuel efficiency and traffic safety systems
TAISHENG Employment: electronic employee monitoring, telecommuting, ergonomics and health, job oblolesence and retraining, online job search, employee surveillance
JIA Banking and finance: EFT, ATMs, Internet banking and brokerage, electronic cash, insurance
COURT International commerce: management of [...]

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sleduc on February 17th, 2010

TOPIC

PERSON / EMPHASIS

Website Related: 15
Wiki
Wordpress
Nnamdi: Website
Campbell: Website, databases, publisher, graphic design, wiki
TaiSheng: Web calendar
Court: Webstite
Luke: Web database
Salima: Website
Quinn: Website, network security
Kevin: Website, blog
Allison: Website
Mariko: Website
Gaius: Website
Kari: Website, wiki

Databases: 4
Jia: Database
Jenny: Database, Wordpress
Joey: Database

Desktop Publishing /
Pamphlets: 4
Austin: Pamphlet
Nathan: Pamphlet, productivity
Amy: Pamphlet, Excel/Word
Hannah: Pamphlet

Network Security: 3
Greg: Network security
Vivek: Network security, website

Photoshop: 2
Steve: Photoshop
Connor: Photoshop

Productivity Related: 3Spreadsheet
Word/ [...]

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sleduc on January 13th, 2010

NAME
PROBLEM

NNAMDI
Student access to home online

ROHIN
Players and fans are not able to view films of games after the game

ANDY

SALIMA
Not enough knowledge about neighborhood association

NATHAN
Information getting to seniors

LIZ
Communications between students and admin

GREG
Multiple OS’s for class

KARI

JOSH
Robot parts and inventory

CAMPBELL
Choir and music concerts are disorganized and confusing to performer

LUKAS

STEVE
People in th community are not making [...]

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sleduc on October 15th, 2009

Third Teams
Seating Assignments

TEAM
Exercises

May 26

1
7

Campbell
Manager

Salima
Hardware

Nnamdi
Software

2
6

Rohin
Manager

Greg
Hardware

Nate
Software

3
4

Jenny
Manager

Kari
Hardware

Josh
Software

4
3

Vivek
Manager

Allison
Hardware

Steve
Software

5
9

Court
Manager

Gaius
Hardware

Connor
Software

6
1

Jia
Manager

Lukas
Hardware

Mariko
Software

7
2

Hannah
Manager

Kevin
Hardware

Austin
Software

8
5

TaiSheng
Manager

Lucas
Hardware

Quinn
Software

9
8

Amy
Manager

Joey
Hardware

Liz
Software

Second Teams

TEAM
Line Follow

Jan. 21

1

Nnamdi
Manager

Dylan
Hardware

Vivek
Software

2

Rohin
Manager

Steve
Hardware

Court
Software

3

Salima
Manager

Connor
Hardware

Jia
Software

4

Nathan
Manager

Allison
Hardware

Austin
Software

5

Liz
Manager

Gaius
Hardware

Hannah
Software

6

Greg
Manager

Jenny
Software

Kevin
Hardware

7

Kari
Manager

Quinn
Hardware

Lucas
Software

8

Josh
Manager

Mariko
Hardware

Joey
Software

9

Campbell
Manager

Amy
Hardware

Taisheng
Software

First Teams

TEAM
Dragster
Turning & Tagging

Nov. 4
Nov. 20

1

Joey
Manager
Software

Giaus
Hardware
Hardware

Josh
Manager
Hardware

Dylan
Software
Manager

2

Kevin
Manager
Software

Vivek
Hardware
Manager

Taisheng
Software
Hardware

3

Jenny
Software
Manager

Mariko
Hardware
Software

Allison
Manager
Hardware

4

Kari
Software

Liz
Manager

Luke
Hardware

5

Hannah
Manager
Hardware

Campbell
Hardware
Software

Amy
Software
Manager

6

Austin
Manager
Pokemon Master

Connor
Software
Hardware

Nathan
Hardware
Manager

Jia
Manager
Software

7

Rohin
Hardware
Software

Salima
Manager
Hardware

Court
Software
Manager

8

Nnamdi
Software
Hardware

Quinn
Manager
Software

Steve
Hardware
Manager

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sleduc on April 4th, 2009

In this section neither the social and ethical issues nor the technological concepts listed under knowledge of technology are exhaustive nor is the study of all of them compulsory. They are given as examples only.
Teachers should make a judgment on the level of detail and depth of study that is required to enable students to [...]

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Throughout the course students must analyse and evaluate the social impact of information technology on individuals and society and consider the ethical issues raised by this impact.  Social impact and ethical considerations need to be analyzed from both local and global perspectives, recognizing that attitudes and opinions are diverse within and between different cultures.
Key questions
Social [...]

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sleduc on March 30th, 2009

Political process: voting and elections, lobbying, open government and free movement of information
Government and administration: record keeping, tax collection, policy implementation
Legislation: policy development, enactment, enforcement and analysis
Police: DNA data collection, video surveillance
Military: cyberwarfare, smart weapons, development, espionage
Rebel and terrorist use of IT

Issues to Consider
Electronic voting

The impact of IT on the Political Process

Investigate IT systems [...]

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sleduc on March 30th, 2009

Modelling and simulation: digital experimentation, demographic and environmental simulation
Visualization: mapping
Data search, collection, processing and analysis
Forecasting
Data logging

Resources
Google Earth

How does Google Earth work?
Google Earth on Wikipedia

Water Monitoring

Add a resource

Data logging

Data Logging: An introduction
Data Logging: Wikipedia
What are sensors
Sensor: Wikipedia
Sensor Web
Remote Sensing from Wikipedia
Remote sensing tutorial NASA
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing

Other Useful links

Delimiter-separated values
USGS
Global Climate Change: info about data [...]

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sleduc on March 30th, 2009

Digital art: electronic music, interactive visual art, desktop publishing
Film: digital actor simulations, characters and animation
Live arts: digital effects, choreography, lighting, marketing
New media: DVD, CD, VR, stereolithography
Broadcast media: digital radio and television, electronic news, magazines and books
Toys and games: CD or online games, online gambling

Resources
Beekman Chapter 6: Graphics, Digital Media and Multimedia

Learn keyterms (also saved in [...]

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