Friday, August 29, 2014

Week 4: 12 ITGS ( 1st Sep to 5th Sep) - Database, IA and case study

Planning for the week 4:


P1. Cover from previous week -
  • 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 application.
P2: Data Storage and access
P3: Practical understanding of database.
P4: Social and ethical /ToK for Database.
P5: IA - work on product in computer lab.
P6: Case study - research data for question bank provided to you.

One assessment on database will be given on google docs at the end of this week.

Keep learning...

Week 4: 11 ITGS - Software & assessment ( 1st to 5th September)


Planning for the week 4:


P1: Announcement of assessment, Introduction of software, Fundamental of softwares.
P2: System utilities
P3: Malware and Utility softwares
P4: Assessment period
P5: Social and Ethical /TOK - software
P5: Link with all three strands for softwares.

Keep checking ManageBac and this blog for other updates.

Keep learning...
Tajvir Singh

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Week 3: 12 ITGS ( 21st to 29th August)

Teaching Plan:

P1.  &  P2. Database organization : Terms to be discussed
  • TableField, data types, key field/primary key, secondary keyRecordFlat-file database, relational database, normalizationDatabase management systemSpecialized databases: for example, web databases, online encyclopedias 
P3. Database function
  • 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
P4. Case study - Forming of questions to be completed
P5. IA - Criteria A & B to be submitted ( Final)
P6. Assignment & doubts in case study


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Week 3 : 11 ITGS (25th to 29th August)

Topics to be covered:

Hardware to continue...

P1. MAC address and CPU clock speed & video
P2. Motherboard & research
P3. Secondary Memory - & PowerPoint presentation
p4. & P5. Input and Output devices - Class discussion
P6. ITGS triangle inclusion, doubts, Assignment on ManageBac.

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

11 ITGS week 2 - Strand 3 ( Hardware)

Dear all,

Following is the break up for this week.

Objective : We need to understand the meaning of the terms, concepts and in some cases how they work.

Inclusion - Strand 2 - Environment ( E- waste, Resource deplition)
                   Strand 1 - Globalization, Reliability, Security etc

P1 - Introduction to Hardware - primary memory, secondary memory
P2 -  ASCII code, ports
P3 - Memory unit and processing speed
P4 - MAC address
P5 - Motherboard
P6 - Revision and reflection form week 2.







Keep learning...
Tajvir Singh

12 ITGS week 2 - Website development and case study

Dear All,

Below is the break up for this week.


P1 - Introduction to HTML
P2 - Tags and Webpages
P3 - Linking of webpages and forming a website
P4 - Compiling keywords and question from case study
P5 - Lab period of IA.
P6 - Database concepts

Keep learning...
Tajvir Singh

Monday, August 11, 2014

ITGS Year One: Tuesday 4,5 period

Outline for today:

P4- Assessment in ITGS
P5- Strand 1

ITGS Year Two : day Tuesday -1,2,8 period

Dear All,

Below is the outline for today.

P1 - Recap of stands
Revision of Social and ethical aspects of ITGS
P2 - IAs updates
P3 - Case  study

Sunday, August 10, 2014

ITGS Year One

Period 6 & 7:

Class introduction
IB Philosophy
School & IB - Vision.
IB Learner profile attributes.

Question and answers based on ITGS.

Go to : Course outline and subject guide link

Note: It is compulsory to check this website daily for  classroom teaching.
ManageBac will be used for assignment, resources and dates.

Keep learning...
Tajvir Singh

ITGS Year Two : Day One

Period 5 & 8


Introduction to class
What is ITGS?
ITGS triangle
Internal Assessment - Update on IAs
External Assessment
Case study
EE update
Strand One Recap
Strand Two  Recap
Strand Three Recap

Go to link : Course outline for ITGS and Subject Guide

Students are expected to check this blog every day for class room teaching.
ManageBac will be used for all assignment, resources, assignment dates etc.

Keep learning...
Tajvir Singh