Computer confluence online Editions

Useful on resource below.
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/beekman/

Computer Hardware

Write brief notes on the following. Use images for the devices described.

The computer system:

•      Types of computers: personal digital assistant (PDA), laptop, desktop computer, mainframe computer, supercomputer etc

•      Internal hardware parts of a computer; MAC address/ Motherboard/ Central processing unit (CPU), microprocessor, clock speed: for example, megahertz (MHz), gigahertz(GHz), terahertz (THz)/Primary storage: read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM)/Secondary storage: optical, magnetic, flash memory: for example, USB (universal serial bus) flash drive/

•      Measure of storage: Bit, byte, kilobyte (KB), megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB), terabyte (TB), petabyte (PB), exabyte (EB),zettabyte (ZB), yottabyte (YB)/Character encoding: ASCII (Unicode and American Standard Code for Information Interchange)/Ports

Input and output devices

•      Input devices: Keyboards, mice, touch pads/ Optical mark recognition (OMR), optical character recognition (OCR), magnetic ink character recognition (MICR), radio frequency identification (RFID), radio tag, bar code scanners, magnetic stripe readers/Microphones/ Smart card readers/ Webcams, digital cameras/digital video cameras/Sensors, probes, real-time data collection/Composite devices: for example, game controllers/Touch-sensitive devices:

•      Output devices: Printers, monitors, speakers, projectors/CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory), DVD (digital versatile/video disk) readers and burners.

     Some Resources for Reference
     http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/MissBenjamin-112909-computer-hardware-introduction-input-output-devices-software-system-education-ppt-powerpoint/
 

    http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/i/inputdev.htm

   

Politics and Government: Investigatation

Create a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation or use any other presentation solution for the assigned work; This is research on technologies used in politics and Governance. The task will be assessed based on the depth of the investigation and clarity.
The presentation should ;

• be of a maximum of 10 pages
• have each page include a relevant image or diagram for clarifications.
• Include important related concepts and terminologies
• Outline both positive and negative implications
• Describe some relevant social and ethical issues
• give practical examples from research of their application
• shows the list of  sources used in the last page.

Ann
Online campaigning

Joshua
Online fund-raising and advertising

Sharleen
Government online tax return system

Khaleel
Military information management system

Barbara
Government biometric system

Ashiqa
Police surveillance

Aliasger
Smart weapons

Husnah
Cyberwarfare

Jhanvi
Passport control and applications

Dinar
Mangement of medical system

Paul
Battlefield technologies

E-voting

Secure method of E-voting
Watch the video http://www.ted.com/talks/david_bismark_e_voting_without_fraud
What is opinion on the method? Reflect in your notebook 

Online voting system
Create your own voting system using https://www.simplyvoting.com/
Would you recommend such solution for the SRC election? why or why not? 
Reflect in your note book.

E-voting video
Share any video with e-voting content. Post the link in the comment space below.

Write brief notes on; 
- what is e-voting
- Common problems associated with e-voting
- Name an describe some of solutions developed for the e-voting problems.
- Describe the different devices that are used in e-voting systems.


Further readings
http://people.howstuffworks.com/e-voting.htm

http://www.vvk.ee/voting-methods-in-estonia/engindex/

Politics and Government :E-voting

Your task is to find out a government, organization, or institution that used e-voting system and fill out the information in table below.

What is e-voting?

Name the Government /Organization / Institution	Name of the E-voting System	Outline the advantages and disadvantages of the System	Common Terms and concepts used in its development and application	Common Social and ethical issues stated or implied.

Social and Ethical Significance

Task 1
Read the article assigned;
a) Strand 1 : State the most relevant social /ethical issue raised.

b) Strand 2 : Outline the IT terms and concepts stated directly or will be relevant to know

c) Strand  3 :  Name the application areas the issues directly impacts.

d) Outline the key stakeholders.

Husnah:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8593727.stm

Khaleel
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/us/politics/09vote.html?_r=3&

Sharleen
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/technology/coming-next-doctors-prescribing-apps-to-patients.html?pagewanted=all

Ann
http://cars.aol.co.uk/2014/08/19/alarm-tells-drivers-to-put-phone-down-when-driving/

Ashiqa
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/cartech/take-it-easy-driver-mr-mcgoogles-at-the-wheel-20120509-1ycyx.html

Joshua
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/facial-recognition--the-case-for-and-against-total-surveillance-20111122-1nry4.html

Paul
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2013/05/27/3766576.htm

Dinar
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-24898367

Barbara
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-16000381

Jhanvi
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9759415.stm

Task 2
Research for a current news article with any of the ITGS social / ethical issues raised.
Use the technology news links below;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1192450463-60eQX/iE88/FBzGmb4C3Xg

Welcome to the ITGS Class of 2015-2016

Please click on the link below to get the full ITGS syllabus
ITGS Complete Guide

TASK 1: Main terms
Read the guide on page 4, 5, and 6.

From the reading;
a) what is the difference between 

   i) Information Technology (IT) and Information system?
   
   ii) Social impacts and ethical considerations?

   iii) ITGS project and ITGS Extended Essay?

b) How is ITGS different from Computer science and how are they similar?

    Post your comments in the comment below.

    You will need a gmail account to able to post.

TASK 2 : Social and Ethical Significance
Read the guide on page 20 - 22. and you can also watch the Youtube on  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qiMTuruk0M
identify the correct social / ethical significance in the descriptions in the handout provided.

Task 3:
Watch the video in the page below
http://www.itgsnews.com/2013/02/robotic-technology-for-hospitals.html

a) Strand 1: What are some of the possible social and ethical significance that can arise from the news video.

b) Strand 2: What are some of the application areas relevant to the news video?

c) Strand 3: What are some of the IT terms and concepts arising from the video directly or indirectly?