From Porfolio to ITGS Paper 2

For us to understand how ITGS paper 2 will look like, will need to understand first how portfolios were written. Please read briefly the news item and the portfolio in the links below:

News item used to write the portfolio
http://www.ericdigests.org/2001-1/laptop.html

Portfolio piece
http://www.bisnet.or.id/vle/file.php?file=%2F274%2FPortfolio_Examples%2FExample_one.doc

Word Processing & DTP

Using Microsoft Publisher design a one-page publication called the Digital Warfare News. In the publication:

• Include current important ICT technologies on warfare (+ related graphics )


• Include a brief articles describing a recent technolgies relating to any Information technologies used in warfare (find a news item for this and include in bibliography)


• Include benefits of the technologies


• Include problems of using the technologies


• Include few suggested solutions to the problems


• Mention any future of the warfare technologies.


• Include at least four sources in bibliography at the end of the publication.


• Print and submit the publication.

Assessment Criteria

0-1
The information used is scanty, poorly organized, and not informative. The publication is poorly formatted and with inappropriate images used and poorly positioned. The standard APA referencing is not applied.
2-3
The information used is meaningful, relatively organized,and informative. The publication is formatted and with appropriate images used and correctly positioned. The standard APA referencing is somewhat applied.
4-5
Good information used, organized, and clearly informative. The publication is well formatted applying some of the software techniques. Only relevant images are used and they are well positioned. The standard APA referencing is correctly applied.
6-7
Excellent information used, organized, and very informative. The publication is excellently formatted applying most of the software techniques. Only relevant and related images are used and they are well positioned. The standard APA referencing is correctly applied and well positioned.

Sample documents
http://www.castwire.com/index.php?p=56&pp=0&i=#tops

Politics and Government: The millitary

Ensure that your research is in a maximum of five pages inclusive of a bibliography.

Investigate individually the following;

Cyberwarfare

Smart weapons

Espionage systems

Battlefield technology

In each of them

Mention any different types

Describe atleast how one of each technology works

Outline the some benefits of each

Describe some social / ethical issues related

Suggest some solutions to some related problems.

Email the work to serem@yahoo.com after the first lesson on Friday.

Politics and Government: Immigration and Passport control

This is individual work and it should be as brief as possible. Ensure that you post your findings in this blog

Investigate any 3 I.T systems for law enforcement of immigration and passport control:

For each system

a) Describe how the technology work.
b) The advantages and disadvantages.
c) Social and ethical concerns arising from the technology
d) Suggest one feasible solution to the one of the main problem of the technology.

System Utilities

You have been assigned in pairs a task on system utilities. You have the liberty to choose how you will share your understanding of the utilities.

Explain the following;

Defragmentation;George & Jamal

Disk Utility software:Jamil & Khalid

Backup management system: Aasfa & Caleb

Compression Utilities: Emmanuel & Solitei

Decompression utilities: William & Mayur

Colour synchronization:Fatema & Sadhu

File Management: Sheehan & Barry

Virus Scan: Sohail

Privacy and Anonymity

Read the following information on Privacy
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ethical-issues-of-internet-privacy.html



Read the article in the link below
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34825225/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7434558.stm


What are some of the questions that need answers from the article?