DP 1 HL Work

Sign up for the following link to create a website to solve a social issue around mombasa

www.wix.com

SL Project Brainstorm and HL portfolio Brainstorm

SL activity
Use the following link for SL project ideas and process.

http://dabrook.org/itgs/guide/

Complete the chart provided and attach it to your logbook.

Sign up and learn to use the following tool (mindmeister) that can be used in brainstorming.

http://www.mindmeister.com/

HL activity

Fill in the Portfolio extension proposal provided.

Sign up and learn to use the following tool (mindmeister) that can be used in brainstorming the writing of the portfolios..


http://www.mindmeister.com/

Referencing Summary study the referencing summary in the link below

http://www.mit.csu.edu.au/division/studserv/learning/pdfs/apa.pdf

Modelling and Simulation Introduction

We will be covering computer simulations and modeling this time round. This will focus on the effectiveness, usefulness, limitations,the social and ethical impact of the increased use of simulations.

Watch the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEP-pLvSdXs&feature=player_embedded#

Please make brief notes where possible.

We will start this by reading the article below.

http://www.ist.ucf.edu/background.htm

What is Simulation?
http://www.simulism.org/What_is_Simulation%3F

What is Simulism?
http://www.simulism.org/Simulism_Home

AOI: Politics and Government- E-voting

Research on the assigned work below and prepare a presentation for our Monday lesson.

Read the following articles and answer the questions:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/e-voting.htm/printable

http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2002517,00.asp

Atiya

1. Describe how e-voting works,giving details of the IT terminologies used.

2. Describe the advantages of e-voting?

3. Discuss the Issues arising from using e-voting system.

Sajni

1. Punchcards have been used since the 1960’s. What are they and how do they work?

2. Describe the disadvantages to this style of voting.

3. What are the consequences of using Punchcards for voting?

Immaculate & Salima
1.Optical Scanners are an alternative methods of using IT in voting. This is where the scanner scans the paper and pen method of voting to help count up the votes, which should reduce the number of human errors in counting votes. What are the disadvantages of this form?

2. Give practical examples of places where this has been used stating the advantages of this form?

3. What are some social / Ethical issues arising from using this systems?

Gary & Nafisa
1. Many countries are using ATM like machines called Direct Recording Electronic systems for voting with touch screen monitors. Diebold Election Systems is one manufacturer. Describe how they work?

2. Discuss any advantages and disadvantages of using this system.

3. Which countries have used this system and what were they views?

Tasin
1. A fundamental challenge with any voting machine is assuring the votes were recorded as cast and tabulated as recorded. Describe some of the methods used.

Terry
1. Internet Voting has not really developed. In February 2004, the Pentagon dumped its internet voting system. The $22 million Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE) was supposed to allow military and overseas civilians a chance to vote, but was not considered secure enough. Discuss some of the issues associated with Internet voting.

2. Outline the characteristics of a good voting system.

Rishad
1. What are the other alternative ways of e-voting?

2. Describe the expected future of IT voting systems?

3. What will be the contributing factors to the changes in voting expected in the future?

HL Banking Task

Area of Interaction - Business and Employment

Banking and Finance
1. Define these terms:
a. Internet Banking (sometimes called online banking or e-banking)

b. Internet Brokerage (sometimes called online brokerage or e-brokerage)

c. ATM

d. EFT

2. In what ways are banks utilizing I.T.? Provide as many examples as you can think of.

3. How has the use of I.T. helped make banking more secure?

4. What types of crimes have only become possible because of the use of I.T in banks?

5. What have been the social effects of the move of banks towards increased use of IT.? Think about the effects on both customers and employees.

E-commerce

Recently, details including private information of hundreds of consumers were viewable on a company’s web site. The information could be seen and copied by anyone with internet access. No complicated hacking tools or programming knowledge was required. Many computer security experts think that customer records are not properly protected on many Web sites.


(a) Identify several types of private data, other than names and contact information, in a customer record which might have been able to be viewed due to this security error.



(b) Explain reasons why such a security error could occur.



(c) Explain reasons why companies are extending into internet based business.


(d) Discuss four reasons why many internet stores have not been successful.

Graphics Social/Ethical Issues

You are to research, study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of images, sound and presentations, for example, multimedia, slideshows, virtual reality, games in the assigned task below. The completed work should emailed to me.

In each task;

a) Define any related concepts to the issue.(4 mks)

b) Describe the various social/ethical issues arising.(12)

c) Provide some solutions to the issues raised.(6 mks)


Atiya
intellectual property relating to the copying and modifying of text, images, sound and video (fair use policies)

Sajni
copyright issues and social and ethical issues related to games.

Rishad
printed versus electronically published information.

Nafisa
health issues related to virtual reality

Tasin
multimedia solutions for disabled persons

Gary
multilingual selection possibilities of CD-ROMs and DVD

Immaculate
surveillance and privacy

Terry
global access to information available on CD-ROMs versus Internet

Salima
use of virtual actors in films

SL Project Sample

Check out the Project Report sample in the link below;


http://www.scribd.com/doc/15132030/IB-ITGS-Project-Raport