FINAL+ASSESSMENT+2012

=Assessment 2012=

Students taking ITGS as an examinable subject:

 * Project due February 10
 * January mock exams: Modified Paper 1 and 2 only (not HL Paper 3)
 * April Mock exams: Full Paper 1, 2, 3
 * Final DP exams as scheduled by the IB

Students not taking ITGS as a full DP subject:

 * Project will be worth 50%, not 30% as in SL, and can be submitted at the end of April
 * Other assessment includes:
 * January testing - 10%
 * May testing - 20%
 * Area of Impact essay - 1500 words, based on a scenario and including current news articles - 20%, due April 13
 * January and May testing:
 * Paper 1 but without the extended answer '10 mark' in-depth questions
 * The testing in May will not be cumulative. Some parts of the syllabus covered in January, others covered in May
 * **For MAY testing**: Business and Employment, Home and Leisure, Education and Training

January Mocks
Strand 1 - **ALL social and ethical issues** however as a class we need more work on the digital divide, standards and protocols Strand 2 - (Note: non-IB students will answer from Health, Environment and Education & Training only in January) Strand 3
 * Business & Employment
 * Education & Training
 * Environment
 * Health
 * Home & Leisure
 * //Politics & Govt - will not be in January//
 * Hardware
 * Software
 * Networks
 * //Internet - limited for January//
 * Personal and Public Communications
 * Multimedia/digital media
 * Databases
 * Spreadsheets (modelling)
 * Introduction to Project management
 * HL
 * Robotics, artificial intelligence and expert systems
 * //Information systems - not in January//

Paper 1 structure:

 * HL** (2 hours 15 min)
 * 4 questions to be answered:
 * Section A x 2 questions (from a possible 3) from SL/HL core topics
 * Section B x 1 question (from a possible 2) based on topic 3.10 "IT Systems in organisations"
 * Section C x 1 question (from a possible 2) based on topic 3.11, "Robotics, artificial intelligence and expert systems"
 * SL** (1 hour 45 min)
 * Three questions to be answered (from a possible 5) on any of the SL/HL core topics
 * Note: non-IB students will answer 4 questions from a possible 6

Paper 2 structure:

 * HL and SL** (1 hour 15 min)
 * **Paper 2 is based on an unseen news item where students respond to 4 criteria:**
 * A - presentation of the issue
 * B - IT background of the issue
 * C - The impacts of the issue
 * D - A solution to problems arising from the issue
 * Response according to Paper 2 guidelines
 * Note: Non-IB students will be asked to write (c) or (d) only
 * ITGSopedia resources

Paper 3 structure (HL only):
Four questions based on a pre-seen case study (1 hour 15 min)