Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Wikispaces or Blogs Task (HL/SL)

Create a wikispace or a blog summarizing any of the topics covered in ITGS so far. The wikispace or blog should have;
  • Useful links relating to the topic

  • Some related videos where possible

  • Related images

  • Contributions by atleast 3 persons to the topic

  • Any other techniques available applied.

  • Be attractive and presentable.


    • Example
      http://podcasting-in-education.wikispaces.com/

      Monday, February 20, 2012

      Artificial Intelligence terms

      Read about the assigned robotic terminology and post your findings in this blog.
      George: Turing test
      Emanu: Computional intelligence
      Sohail: Fuzzy logic
      William:AI searching technique
      Aarfa:AI pattern recognition techniques
      Fatema:AI machine Learning Techniques
      Jamal: AI heuritics techniques
      Jamil : Neural networks
      Sadhu: Natural language communication and AI
      Sheehan:AI pattern recognition techniques
      Caleb:Neural Networks
      Solitei:Fuzzy logic

      Monday, February 13, 2012

      Robotics Articles

      Read all and summarize any of two article listed below

      Robotics news article

      When your surgeon is a robot.
      http://www.voanews.com/english/news/health/When-Your-Surgeon-is-a-Robot-100345534.html


      Robot cuts the neck scar out of thyroid surgery
      http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20009763-247.html

      Korean Robots teaching assistants
      http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2805

      Good morning teacher robot
      http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/628262/-/item/0/-/tguctfz/-/index.html

      Robot Teacher Makes Debut at Japanese School
      http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508184,00.html

      Robot teacher smiles, scolds in classroom
      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29634158/

      Neato Robotics Begins Shipping of XV-11 Robotic Vacuum Cleaners
      http://www.roboticstrends.com/consumer_education/article/neato_robotics_begins_shipping_of_xv_11_robotic_vacuum_cleaners

      Thursday, February 9, 2012

      SL/HL HTML Web Design Activities

      Desinging websites using HTML

      http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_primary.asp

      Using the link above or any other, attempt the challenge below using HTML codes ONLY;

      Challenge
      Design any website of your choice with the following; The site will have
      - A Title of the website in atleast the 5 pages.
      - Menus in each page that link to atleast the 5 similar pages.
      - A Brief related explaination for each page.
      - Atleast 2 related images for each page.
      - Appropriate font color and font type with appealing back ground color.
      - Atleast a table in one of the pages with information
      - A Feedback form that allows visitor to give feeback

      NB: Any other applied techniques will be rewarded.

      All the files and the images used will be saved in a single folder which will be submitted for grading on 28th Feb 2012.

      Monday, February 6, 2012

      HL Only: Robotics activity

      You will undertake an individual investigation on a different robot in the specific application scenario assigned. The work will be assessed and it is to be emailed by Monday next week. The report will have the following sub-headings;
    • An introduction of the robot, and the designer of the robot

    • A clear description of what the robot does explaining any related technologies used where possible

    • The impacts of using the robot in the particular specific application scenario

    • The social and ethical issues arising from using the robot in the specific area

    • Some suggested solutions to the main problems identified from using the robots.

    • The report will have;
    • a maximum of three pages inclusive of bibliography in APA format.

    • related images used

    • Page numbers and your name as an header.

    • Use either Tahoma 11 or 12 font type with single spacing.

    • Areas of investigation assigned
      George : any robot used in business and employment
      Jamal: Any robot used in Education and training
      Jamil : Any robot used in Environment
      Aarfa :Any robot used in health
      Sohail : Any robot used in Home and Leisure
      Emanu: Any robot used in Politics and Government
      William : any robot used in business and employment
      Caleb: Any robot used in Education and training
      Solitei : Any robot used in Environment
      Aarfa :Any robot used in health
      Fatema: Any robot used in Home and Leisure
      Sadhu: Any robot used in Politics and Government
      Sheehan : any robot used in business and employment