Sunday, September 18, 2011

ITGS notes from text book

Go through the resource given below.  Read following before click on link.

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

ITGS : TOPIC for discussion on 8, 15 & 22 August.

Strand 2: (Topic 2.6 Politics and government)

1. Political processes                :  Online campaigning, voting, lobbying, fund-raising and advertising.
2.Government information sites : For example, travel warnings, tourist information, environmental
information and warnings, government policies, city government websites
3. Access to, and updating of, personal information held on government databases
                                                 : Collection, storage and updating of personal data: for example, driving
                                                   licence, TV licence, tax returns, passport applications and renewals,                                                                medical records, military service records, social security information, online                                                    police records.
4. Government control and use of information
                                                  : Censorship, data matching across agencies, archiving, biometric data,
                                                     national identity cards.
5. Law and order                       :  Police surveillance, terrorist monitoring, DNA data.
6. Military                                  : Cyberwarfare, smart weapons, espionage, battlefield technology

Above topics will be in discussion for next 3 weeks on monday.
All ITGS students be informed about this. and Come with preparation.

Keep Learning... 

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

ITGS presentation assessment: Digital media/Multimedia

All students of  ITGS grade 12 have present the presentation on 15th August, 2011.
Strand 3: IT systems
Topic  : 3.6 - Multimedia/Digital Media
Venue : Computer lab 3
Duration : 15 minutes for each group
Each member of the group will prepare 5 slides.

Group members are as follows: 
Group 1: Sonny, Brian, Jogi :(Topic - Data Collection)
Group 2: Ga Young, You Mi, JIn Su: ( Topics -Product Developments, Theoretical concepts)
Group 3: Chitra, Yulianto, Jerome : (Topic: Components)
Group 4: Aneshya, Peter : (Topic - Integrating the Components)

 The following criteria will be used to judge your presentation.

A - Define (explain) the IT concept
B - Describe a specific example in an area of impact
C - Discuss the advantages and disadvantages on the main stakeholders
D - Evaluate the top 3-5 ethical/social issues in order of significance 
E - Interactive, question - answer and doubts clear.

Be punctual. Report will be sent on 19th august to parents. 

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Class of 2012: ITGS holidays homework

1. Search for ITGSOPEDIA.WIKISPACES.COM for project and case study related work.
2. Download the case study of ITGS for 2012 from Blog given below. It is in ITGS page of blog.
3. From Text Book – Tomorrow’s Technology and You – George Beekman -8th Edition - Try to solve exercises of these units : (In your original ITGS notebook)
UNIT – 2 – Hardware Basics - Page 59
UNIT – 3 – Hardware Basics – Page 96
UNIT – 14 – System Design & Development – Page 530

4. As two stages of project already completed. Work on next two stages and complete them also. Download the sample from blog for next two stages.

Keep posting for doubts.

Class of 2012: Computer Science holiday home work.

From Text Book – Computer Science Java Enabled - Andrew Meyenn & Richard Jones -2nd Edition - Try to solve these exercises on following pages : (In your original Computer Sc. notebook)

Unit -1 – System Life Cycle and Software Development
Exercise 1.1 – SAD - Pages 09
Exercise 1.2 – SAD - Pages 15
Exercise 1.3 – SAD - Pages 16
Unit -2– Program Construction in Java
Exercise 2.1 – JAVA- Pages 45
Exercise 2.1 – JAVA - Pages 48
Exercise 2.1 – JAVA - Pages 50
3. Select the topic and the client for your dossier and prepare your report for the first two criteria named
Analysis and Design.

Keep posting for doubts.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Solve this question and submit case study questions.

Click on image to view in bigger font.



Try login code, solve above problem and practice for term end exam.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

CS assessment in May

 
Dear CS students
All assessment related blogs will be posted here.

Next assessment: class test
Topics: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and check errors in  program.
Content Page : 1 - 23
Credits : 4
Marks : 10
Date : May 10, 2011
Day : Tuesday
Venue : Computer Lab 3

ITGS Assessment in May

Next assessment: class test
Topics: Strand - 1( all issues) and strand - 2 (Business and Employment)
Credits : 4
Marks : 10
Date : May 10, 2011
Day : Tuesday
Venue : Language Lab (library)

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

On Facebook Hackers eyeing you

Read the post:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/internet/On-Facebook-Hackers-eyeing-you/articleshow/7875207.cms


Thursday, March 24, 2011

Search engine


Search engine help websites:

http://www.searchengineshowdown.com
http://searchenginelist.com/

Monday, March 21, 2011

Social Media Explosion – Implications for the Classroom



Source: http://blogs.triplealearning.com/category/diploma/dp_web2/

Google Online Science Fair Contest

Technology is changing on a very fast pace.



Source:
http://blogs.triplealearning.com/category/diploma/dp_itgs/

Comment please.

Friday, March 4, 2011

ITGS Homework : Database(Home work 1)

HOME WORK 1
1. Define macro, primary key, secondary key, record and their uses.
2. Discuss one paragraph for each:, web databases, online encyclopedias
3. Explain Data integrity, reliability, redundancy,Data matching, data mining
Database security
4. Identify three issues in question 3(see above) and discuss them.


Due date: 16/03/2011
Credits: 2


Note: 1. It must be in your notebook. Submit work on time.
2. If any doubt in any topic at least try. we will discuss that doubt in
class.
3. Last class for this topics for discussions, doubts and any clarification
on 15 march, 2011

ITGS Assessment: presentation on Internet, its tools and services

 
Dear ITGS students
All assessment related blogs will be posted here.

Next assessment: class test
Topics: Strand - 1( all issues) and strand - 2 (Business and Employment)
Credits : 4
Marks : 10
Date : May 10, 2011
Day : Tuesday
Venue : Language Lab (library)



2. Presentation on following topics: 

Features of website, browser
DNS, IP address and protocol
Data driven website and site management
E- commerce technology, Internet security and threats. 
for details check syllabus content.
Date : 14/04/2011
Credits: 04
marks:  10
time allocated for each group: 5mins

Assessment type: Presentation(Group of three students)

G1 - Brian, Ines, You Mi
G2 - Eric, Jerome, Cho Jae
G3 - Won jae, Ga Young, Jogi
G4 - Aneshya, Chitra, kyu sang
G5 - Peter, Sonny, Jacky
G6 - Roberto, Song Jae, Ratul
( No change allowed in group) - contribute equally in your group and help each other

Good luck.
Note:For any doubts, Ask in class or post a comment.


1. Assessment on following topics.(Already done, mid term)
Database
Blogs
Google instant
Social and ethical issues
.

Date : 17/03/2011
Credits: 04
marks: 10
assessmnt type: Written(Descriptive)

Good luck.
Note:For any doubts, Ask in class or posta comment.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

CS Homework: All homework will be posted here.

Dear CS students,

All home work will be posted here.
Home work - 1
Complete the exercise on page :
165 - Exercise 3.8
166 - Exercise 3.9
168 - Exercise 3.10
170 - exercise 3.11
Credits : 02
Total credits :02
Note: Each homework will fetch 2 credits. Date of submission should be there on your notebook or notes. Now, onwards it will be strictly followed for assessment and homework.

CS Assessment: All assessments will be posted here now onwards

 
Dear CS students
All assessment related blogs will be posted here.

Next assessment: class test
Topics: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and check errors in  program.
Content Page : 1 - 23
Credits : 4
Marks : 10
Date : May 10, 2011
Day : Tuesday
Venue : Computer Lab 3





Dear CS students
All assessment related blogs will be posted here.

Next assessment: class test
Topics: 3.3 Computer Systems
Content Page : 161 - 170
Credits : 4
Marks : 10
Date : 15th March, 2011
Venue : Computer Lab 3

ITGS Syllabus:

Strand : IT Systems

3.4 Internet(Current topic)

IT concepts to address in this topic

Fundamentals

WWW (World Wide Web), URL (uniform resource locator), internet, intranet, extranet
• Internet protocols: for example, HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol), HTTPS (hypertext transfer protocol
secure), FTP (file transfer protocol), TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/internet protocol)
• IP address
• Modem, browser, internet service provider (ISP), bandwidth, download, upload, streaming audio/
video, compression, decompression, cache
• Domain names, domain name system (DNS)
• Features of a website: for example, hyperlinks, navigation, metatags, tags, forms
• Features of a browser: for example, bookmarks, visited links, tabs
• Web-based languages: for example, hypertext markup language (HTML), JavaScript
• Adding functionality to a browser (for example, plug-ins)
• Data-driven websites: for example, active server page extended (ASPX), personal home page (PHP)
• Site management: for example, web hosting, uploading
• Other site use: for example, bounce rate, click-through rate (CTR), avatar, profile
Tools
• Search engines, web crawler/spider, search directories, search techniques, filtering, keyword density,
keyword prominence, ranking of sites
• Social networking: for example, newsgroups, message boards, chat rooms, forums, instant messaging
• Email, email server, list server
• Web 2.0, Web 3.0 and beyond, collaborative online tools: for example, wikis, blogs, micro-blogs, RDF
(resource description framework) site summary feeds, RSS (really simple syndication) feeds, mashups,
forums, social bookmarking, online collaborative applications, podcasts, photocasts, vidcasts, social
networking sites, templates, tagging, viral marketing, webcasts, widgets, virtual worlds and learning
environments
• Web databases, encyclopedias
Services
• Online advertising and marketing technologies: for example, banners, pop-ups, cookies
• Push–pull technologies: for example, email newsletters
• Content management systems: for example, Moodle, Blackboard
• E-commerce technology: for example, business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C),
consumer-to-consumer (C2C), payment services, secure transactions
• The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Internet threats and security
• Internet security: for example, firewall, proxy server, SSL (secure sockets layer), encryption, public and
private keys, digital signatures
• Internet threats: for example, global viruses, hackers, spam, phishing, pharming, spyware, adware
Practical techniques
• Collaborative online tools: for example, wikis, blogs, RSS feeds, mashups, forums, social bookmarking,
online collaborative applications, podcasts, photocasts, vidcasts, social networking sites, templates,
virtual worlds and virtual learning environments

3.7 Databases


IT concepts to address in this topic


Database organization
•Table
• Field, data types, key field/primary key, secondary key
• Record
• Flat-file database, relational database, normalization
• Database management system

Specialized databases: for example, web databases, online encyclopedias

Functions
Data validation: data types, range check, check digit, field size, input mask, drop-down list
• Queries: for example, searching, sorting, filtering, use of Boolean operators (AND, NOT, OR)
• Data entry form
• Report generation
• Macros
• Transfer of data between databases and other applications


Data storage and access
Data integrity, reliability, redundancy
• Data matching, data mining
• Database security

Practical database techniques
• Table
• Field, data types, key field/primary key, secondary key
• Record

Linking tables to create a relational database
• Data maintenance: changing, editing, deleting records
• Queries: for example, searching, sorting, filtering, use of Boolean operators (AND, NOT, OR)
• Data entry form
• Report generation
• Creating and editing simple macros
• Mail merge

Note. Topics in bold already covered in class and once unit(Like 3.7 databsae) is over test will be there.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

ITGS: About wordle


Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.(www.wordle.net)

It can be used to create a cover for the notebook, complex word clouds from all blog posts etc. 

Below is the wordle for our ITGS blog. To view is full, click on it.
Wordle: ITGS BLOG WEBSITE

ITGS: Create a time line for Mobile communication.


Topic : Personal and public communication 
Create a timeline on how mobile/ communication devices have evolved beginning with most primitive form of communication: oral, writing, pictograpg, paper, letters, first telephone, etc.


Deadline: Tuesday, 22/feb/2011
point: 2

Friday, February 11, 2011

ITGS--- Define digital divide and digital citizen.

Research and read about above tpics. post your justifications.

Deadline: 17/feb/2011
2 points

Monday, January 24, 2011

CS 11: Research about constructors and objects

A constructor is a function which is used to initialize the variables in a program before the creation of object.
An object is an instance of a class.

Research  and post as comment.
Every one must post some thing.
Points : 2(1 for each)

by: Friday, 28 Jan 2011.