AKAM Digital Society ASSIGNMENTS

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Paper 2 ITGS Video News

Sunday, December 6, 2015

IT Videos of the Future

Watch the following videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oQp3e5ERTc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36bF2zN4lFs&index=3&list=PL57quI9usf_uNVkrIETTgk7envni_kRgx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36bF2zN4lFs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfpgBJPR8Zo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT9GpCJj6nw

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Skype-a-thon Session :

Smart Homes.

What Smart Homes developments are currently being work on within Microsoft?
We recently watched Bill Gates smart House in YouTube. Out of curiosity,

Have visited the House? If Yes, How was your experience? and what motivated him to build such a house?
Do you own a smart home/house yourself? What would be the reasons for increased demands for such houses.

Careers in IT

Having been in the IT industry for a long time, what are your predictions for professional areas in IT that will continue to see growth?
What careers would you recommend to young people interested in IT.

Impacting Economies in Africa

Africa is among your main markets for your products? Could share some of the investments you have made in Africa so far as Microsoft.
What are your plans in terms silicon valley equivalent in Africa, for job creation and improving African Economies?

General Information

After the recent attacks in Paris, the " The Anonymous " the Hacktivist group declared war on ISIS?

Could you kindly make sense of how this war is to be fought?

What is Microsoft doing to ensure that criminals do not use your products to perpetuate crime?

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Project Management Methodology: PMBOK, SSADM, CMMI

Brief article that explain what pmbok methodology is
https://www.projectsmart.co.uk/pmbok.php

Comparison between pmbok vs Prince 2
http://www.slideshare.net/rajivsharma22/pmis-pmbok-vs-prince2

CMMI
What are the key features of the project management methodology?

SSADM
What are the key features of the above methodology?

Important Article comparing the three PM methodology for your reading;
http://www.seekdl.org/nm.php?id=2459

Make brief notes on the following

Iteration during project management process.
Differentiate the between the charts that can be used for project management i.e the Gantt chart and Pert Charts, and how time constraints, tasks, resources and milestones are shown in these charts.
Differentiate between the different Modelling systems: for example, entities, entity relationship diagrams (ERD), data flow diagrams etc
Maintenance of legacy systems; What are they? share some examples of legacy systems
System support: for example, internal support, maintenance contract
Incident management and escalation: Describe the two terms.

Gantt charts

https://bisj-itgs-2014.wikispaces.com/Pertt+and+Gant+charts

https://sites.google.com/site/mrstevensonstechclassroom/hl-topics-only/it-systems-in-organizations/project-planning-scheduling-gantt-charts

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Strand 2: Politics and Government

In our future Tuesday lessons we will be linking Paper 2 articles with the different Strand 3 Application to specified scenarios.

Political Process: Online Voting, Online lobbying, Online Campaign, Online advertising
Part A
(Prepare a short presentation) 20 mins
a) Provide specific examples on how each of the following topics is applied in;

Networks and Online voting: Joshua and Jhanvi .
Databases and Online Voting: Ann, Husnah and Khaleel.
Multimedia/digital media and Online Campaign: Aliasger and Barbara.
Internet and Online Lobbying: Sharleen and Paul.
Software and Online Advertising : Dinar and Ashiqa.

b) List any new concepts, technologies, terms, digital devices associated with the assigned areas (To be done by all the pairs)

c) Read the article assigned below and share how the different Paper 2 criteria can be captured;

Government Websites
Government use website for different purposes. Some of the functions include

Tourism advert, environment warning, providing service like licence application, paying taxes online, applying for tenders and good example in Kenya is the eCitizen website in Kenya.
Discuss with you partner, what services are provided in the eCitizen website in Kenya?https://www.ecitizen.go.ke/

Individual Task

Get any current new article that raises social and ethical significance. Prepare to share the details of the issues raised in the article (15 minutes)

Ensure your article can address all the criteria in a paper 2 type of question. Criterion A, B, C, and D.

Example: http://news.sky.com/story/1581425/web-surveillance-what-you-need-to-know

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Personal and Public communications

Introduction (Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPi4FcRKCB8)

Developments in technology have allowed an increasing number of mobile devices to be developed that enable people to communicate anytime, anyplace, anywhere. There is a wealth of information available to society that can be accessed on demand and has changed the way in which people behave.

It is important that the ITGS student is able to discuss the social impacts and ethical issues related to these technologies. These may include the health implications of mobile devices, unauthorised access to wireless networks, interception of communications, storage of personal communications for security purposes, and tracking of people.

For clear understanding of this topic, We will first look at different technologies used for Personal and Public communications. Post you notes in OneNote

Personal digital assistants (PDAs) and handheld digital devices

Define what PDA's are
Describe 5 PDAs and handheld digital devices
From the list which are obsolete not in use and which ones current?

GPS

Most of the digital devices use GPS

http://www.trimble.com/gps_tutorial/howgps.aspx

Define what GPS is
Describe step by step how GPS works when communicating with different devices. Use a diagram where possible
List the different uses of GPS
What are the different advantages and disadvantages of using GPS technology?
What are the common problems related to the use of GPS?
What is the difference between Google maps and GPS?

Geotagging

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/travel/gps-photo-taggers.htm

Define what geotagging is?
Describe in detail how geotagging works and use a diagram where possible
What are the different applications of geotagging?

Mobile Phones

Mobile phones can be said to have adapted the concept of converging technologies. What does this mean?
Distinguish between the 3G, 4G and 5G mobile technologies

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/what-is-5g-a-rough-guide-to-the-next-generation-of-mobile-networks

What are the different mobile phone uses and abuses?

http://www.technoeke.com/2015/03/uses-and-abuses-of-mobile-phones.html

http://zeendo.com/info/use-and-abuse-of-mobile/

List some future predictions of mobile technologies

http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/guides/future_of_mobile_phones/

http://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/you-wont-believe-what-your-mobile-will-do-in-the-future/story-fn6vihic-1227165582854

Today lesson 16th Monday 2015

http://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/02/03/spc-tomorrow-transformed-future-television.cnn

Future Technology
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3163999/Rightmove-ask-experts-make-house-future-including-self-cleaning-clothes.html

List down the future technologies that include the digital TV

What is digital TV and Digital Radio?
List the advantages and disadvantages of digital TV http://www.teach-ict.com/gcse_new/entertainment/tv/miniweb/pg6.htm
What is an embedded system?
List some examples of embedded systems

http://www.teach-ict.com/gcse_new/computer%20systems/types_computer/miniweb/pg9.htm

Lesson on the 23rd Nov 2015

Services provided by the personal and public communication:

You will work in pairs for the next task, post your notes on OneNote as you prepare to share your findings

a) Most of these device are used for remote access:

i) How are the different personal and public communication devices used to share data and information? Identify as many devices as possible. (Joshua and Ann)

i) What is synchronization in relation to the different personal and public communication devices?

ii) What other systems are part of synchronization process?

iii) Describe using some examples how devices are synchronized (Paul and Dinar)

i) What videoconferencing?

ii) Describe how videoconferencing works.

iii) Describe the different systems/technologies required for videoconferencing to succeed or take place.

iv) What are the pros and cons of video conferencing? (Sharleen, Khaleel, Barbara)

i) Define the terms teleworking, distance learning

ii) Describe the different device/system required for teleworking and distance learning to take place

iii) What are the pros and cons of the teleworking and distance learning systems?

(Husnah and Jhanvi)

i) What is voice over internet protocol (VOIP)

ii) What contribution has VOIP brought to communication?

iii) What are the pros and cons of using VOIP?

iv) What is the future of VOIP?

(Ashiqa & Aliasger)

Revision Questions

How is wiMAX different from WiFi?
How would you fix problems with security and privacy with WiMAX?
Give three examples of groupware.
What are the pros and cons of telecommuting?
What is Phishing?
What is SPAM
Describe how two advances in technology have led to an increase in telecommuting.

Spreadsheet Notes Summary

Read the Spreadsheet notes summary here.
http://yayoi.senri.ed.jp/departments/ITGS3/exam_prep3.htm

http://blogs.swa-jkt.com/swa/11222/2012/09/27/itgs-spreadsheet/

Other notes
http://itgs-mynotes.blogspot.co.ke/p/ethical-social-issues.html

Sample spreadsheet exam questions
1. http://www.globaljaya.net/secondary/IT/Y11ITGS2014_2015/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=9dd58031-8925-4fdd-af3d-dfc43d3fe516&ID=50

2. http://www.globaljaya.net/secondary/IT/Y11ITGS2014_2015/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=9dd58031-8925-4fdd-af3d-dfc43d3fe516&ID=51