Hardware

=3.1 Hardware=


 * Resources**
 * Inside ITGS 3.1 Hardware
 * ITGSOpedia 3.1 hardware
 * ITGSOpedia 2.3 e-Waste
 * IT in the News


 * Assessment Tasks**
 * Create a wiki page AND add this as a blog post on the Ning "Recommendations for Dr Zilber" for hardware she should purchase. Make sure you explain a laptop and a desktop and justify your choices
 * Discuss the IT in the News Hardware topic, "[|Solid State Disks are Doomed"] Use the IT in the News template and write a blog post on the Ning. Respond to one other student's blog post. See NING DISCUSSION HERE - [|Direct link for News Item]
 * Class Quiz - Fun quiz taken in class
 * Individual Class Presentation - Environmental impact of hardware - E-Waste
 * Research the environmental as well as social and ethical impact of hardware and obsolescence on society and the environment
 * Create a short presentation that contains these items:
 * A review of what happens to old hardware: why, who, where
 * Discussion about the impact on countries and people around the world of e-Waste
 * TWO current stories to do with e-Waste and environmental impact
 * Extra resources: [|Teach ICT e-Waste], [|Teach ICT Environment and ICT News],