Criterion B ITGS IA Activity

Checklist for Criterion B
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8VAiXCgqIIbdlE0OGhhRVNSZkE/view?usp=sharing
Assess  criterion B students' work in the link using the assessment criteria in the guide.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8VAiXCgqIIbQlRXWVpYU091RGs/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8VAiXCgqIIbblBfNnVwZzMyeTg/view?usp=sharing

Blogging and Creating a CMS website

You have two tasks for Mon 23rd and Tue 24th Lessons

• To create a blog for any client with several entries, videos and pictures relevant to client's activities.
• To create a CMS website using Joomla or its equivalent for any made up client.

The assessment rubric will be shared later.

Internet Presentations

Resources for Internet
TCP IP and the Internet ppt

Internet Notes Summary 1

Internet Notes Summary 2

Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_LPdttKXPc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6881ZJElOM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtcGznML0h4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY7_S66BUIs

Write brief notes on

• Internet, Intranet, and extranet

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/enterprise-security/articles/63387.aspx

• Describe at least 6 types of internet protocols.

http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/protocol.htm

Work in pairs to answer the following

Computers connect to the Internet by three basic types of connects: direct connect, dial-up connections through modems, and broadband connections through alternatives to modems. Dial-up connections are the slower ways of connecting to the Internet. Broadband connects have become increasing popular due to the fact of faster uploads and downloads of materials from the Internet.There are four basic broadband types of access: DSL, cable modems, high-speed wireless connections, and satellite dishes. Each type of access connection has its own advantages and disadvantages. Imagine that you are interested in broadband access to the Internet. How are you going to decide which service is best for your needs? Using the Internet, identify two advantages and two disadvantages for each type of connection. Some sample Web sites to assist you in your search are: http://www.broadbandinfo.com http://www.computerworld.com http://www.howstuffworks.com http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-access/  Find further notes on what browser are and their main features ISP and how they are maintained Bandwidth,  What uploading , downloading and streaming of video/audio means Compression vs decompression methods used over the internet Why cache memory is important when browsing over internet

Case Studies Assignment

You have been assigned to research and investigate specific terminologies that relate to previous Case studies. Your task will be to prepare a presentation describing/explaining the meanings of the terms and how the technologies work for the assigned and giving practical examples or applications from research that relate to that specific area of study.

The report or the presentation will be uploaded in managebac and the oral presentations will be done and assessed next Friday

Khaleel and Sharleen (La Vianda Supermarket )
Biometrics, Data mining, Dynamic pricing, EDI – electronic data interchange, Electronic article surveillance, POS / EPOS, RFID tags, Smart cards, Smart shelves, UPC / Bar codes,Wireless communications.

Aliasger and Ashiqa ( Running an Online Business)

Backup strategies, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS),Domain Name System,

Internet service provider (ISP), Page ranking, Pay per click advertising

Payment merchant account, Payment options – e.g. PayPal / credit card payment / direct deposit to an account, PHP, RSS feeds

Search engine optimization, Shopping cart software, Site traffic analysis, Web 2.0 technologies, Web content management system (Web CMS)

Ann and Husnah (Red Dragon Taxi Company)

Behavioural marketing, Business intelligence software, CCTV, Cost benefit analysis, Cost estimation, Customer management software, Data logging

GPRS, GPS, Route planning software / route optimization, Smartphone apps, Smartphone, SMS, Software as a service (SaaS)

Joshua and Jhanvi (COBB PUBLISHING AND E-BOOKS)

Apps, E-book file formats, E-book readers, Electronic paper,Epub format

Mobi format, Page-orientated file format, Platform, Reflowable file format, Self-publishing, Smartphone, Synchronization, Tablet, Widgets

Dinar and Paul (An investigation Into Big Data)

Analysis: Business intelligence software, Clustering/pattern analysis

Data analysis/data analytics, Data extrapolation, Data mining, Data querying, Data visualization, Data warehouse, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process, Forecasting and hypothesis testing

Marketing: Behavioural marketing, Targeted advertising, Targeted marketing

ITGS Project Criterion A Exercise

a) You have been assigned a client  with a problem that requires an IT solution. Draft at least 8 open ended questions that you will the client to understand better the problem.

b) After the questions are ready, you will have a mock interview and collect the responses from the client.

Husnah and Khaleel
i) A science teacher currently struggles to demonstrate / explain some science concepts because of materials to do the experiments and the students cannot visualize what is taught.

Ashiqa and Paul
ii) The headmaster of a secondary school in Kwale has for many years been releasing hand written student's report. The school has a computer and a printer for each department. It has been difficult to have good quality reports that can be accessed easily and anytime they are required.

Sharleen and Barbara
iii) Mark owns a company that sales cars in Mombasa. He has a basic static website that shows where his business is located and what their services are. He needs to reach out to wide market beyond Kenya to sale his cars.

Joshua and Dinar
iv) The hardcopy school magazine does not reach all parents of the residential community showing details and real experiences at the Academy. The Student life Principal would like to change this.

Ann and Paul
Fatuma is a leading chef is Mombasa old town. She owns a restaurant that that specializes with Swahili dishes. She has training the local residences of Mombasa on how to cook different dishes. She now needs to demands of other clientele beyond Mombasa.

Aliasger and Jhanvi
The sports director is currently struggling to keep track of the Enrichment activities and the sports events that the students are involved in. It is has been challenging for the IB students to show what CAS activities they have been involved in while at the academy once they graduate. He needs to address this impasse.

Activity for 12/02/2015
Based on the your responses collected from the interview above, write a 250 words from Criterion A: Initial Investigation and upload that in managebac.
The checklist is as below;

Criterion A: Initial investigation
Initial investigation
A client has been identified.
A problem that requires an IT solution has been identified from the consultation with the client.
The inadequacies of the current system have been explained from the consultation with the client.
The word count for the initial investigation is approximately 250.
The initial investigation is linked to the cover page.
Initial consultation with client
Evidence of the consultation with the client has been included.
The evidence of consultation has been linked to the cover page.

Assessment criteria for Criterion A: Initial Investigation

Suitable resources
http://www.itgsnews.com/2014/05/itgs-project-criterion-a.html

Paper 2 analysis Exercise

Use either the Paper 2 Analysis Document or the chart analysis document to address the criteria for Paper 2.
Paper 2 Analysis Document

Chart Analysis Document

Choose any one article from the one below to analyse it using any one of the document above. Only list the points.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-17517839

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30919513

http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1328004/