Grade11

=Grade 11 ITGS (2006-2007)=

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Semester 2
Week 1 (after exams): Week 2: HL Start Portfolio Week 3-4: (Feb 11-) Week 5: (Feb 25) Week 6: (March 4) Week 7: (March 11) Week 8: (March 18)
 * E-Commerce and E-Business
 * HL: Submit Portfolio Plan and have topic approved
 * Work on E-Commerce presentation and wiki page
 * HL: All portfolio topics should be approved. Check Portfolio page for updates on first draft and final essay due dates
 * All students: E-Commerce presentation and final wiki page will be due on Wednesday Feb 28. There will be no extensions to this. Read the assessment rubric for this topic carefully before then
 * Policies and standards (complete by next Sunday)
 * Area of Impact Business and Employment
 * Application software: WP and DTP (practical project)
 * HL: Portfolio Draft of Criterion A and B due this week (attach bibliography as well)
 * Application software: WP and DTP (practical project)
 * HL: Portfolio Draft of Criterion C and D due this week

After Spring Break (11 weeks to go!)
Week 9: (April 9) Week 10 (April 15) Week 11-13: Working on [|Horizon Project] Week 14 (May13) Week 15 (May 20) Week 16 (May 27) Week 17 (June 3): **EXAM WEEK** Week 18-19 (June 10-June20)
 * HL Portfolio
 * Final Draft: Monday April 9 (feedback given in class Wednesday April 11)
 * **Final Essay: Sunday April 15**
 * WP and DTP project will be assessed at the end of the week. There is no more class time on this
 * In the News: Catch up with recent news items
 * Read through [|Mrs Lindsay's delicious links]
 * Prepare for the Horizon Project by reading the [|Horizon Report] (given out in class BEFORE the break!)
 * Between now and the end of year exams we will focus on these topics. Read the syllabus outlines carefully.
 * IT Systems:
 * Applications: Images, sound and presentations
 * Communication Systems: The Internet, Personal and public communications
 * Areas of Impact:
 * Education
 * Business and Employment
 * Arts, Entertainment and Leisure
 * Horizon Project starts Tuesday April 17
 * Horizon Project wiki and video completed and online (Monday May 14)
 * Student Summit ISD presentations:
 * Tuesday May 22
 * Wednesday May 23
 * Horizon Reflections due Sunday May 21 (see rubric for criteria)
 * Horizon Awards Ceremony: Wednesday May 30
 * Horizon Project will form the basis of the end of year exam. Here are links in this wiki for extra study material.
 * Virtual Reality (links with Virtual Worlds from Hz07) is in the ITGS syllabus under IT Systems: Images, Sound and Presentations
 * Mobile Phones can be found in the ITGS syllabus under IT Systems: Personal and Public Communications
 * Social Networking can be found in the ITGS syllabus under IT Systems: The Internet
 * Mid-term holiday (no class on Sunday)
 * Exam preparation
 * Sunday June 10: (Mrs Lindsay out of school until first break) HL work on portfolio #1 (read the booklet again!!), SL read Project booklet
 * Monday June 11: Go over exam papers
 * Tuesday June 12: SL discuss project with Mrs Lindsay
 * Wednesday June 13: HL individual discussions re portfolio
 * Sunday June 17: **Deadline for portfolio submission FINAL DRAFT (HL)**

(ITGS: Monday June 4, session 2) Grade 11 will sit one paper (2 hours) based on a Paper 2 style question format:
 * All students (HL and SL) will sit the same paper and answer **three** questions
 * All students will answer one compulsory question and then choose two questions from a selection of three
 * Questions will be based on the Areas of Impact (remember there will be some joining of areas) and take material from the Horizon Project (Social Networking, Mobile Phones and Virtual Worlds as a main focus) as well as other ITGS work done throughout the year

Semester 2 Report (assessment) will be based on the following:
 * Examination paper: **60%**
 * Class Task E-Commerce: **10%**
 * Class assignment [|Horizon Project] **30%**
 * Grade Boundaries taken from ITGS Subject Report, November 2006
 * Grade: || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 ||
 * Mark range || 0-9 || 10-19 || 20-34 || 35-46 || 47-57 || 58-69 || 70-100 ||

Week 1: Week 2: Week 3: Week 4: Week 5-6: Software Fundamentals Week 7: ATMs: Good or Bad? (Completed Oct 8) Week 8: Software Piracy (Complete by Oct 18) Week 9-11: Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VOIP) (Started Oct 15) Week 12: (Nov 12) Week 13: (Nov 19) Week 14: (Nov 26)
 * Intro to RSS (watched Podcast Ninja and other videos fround on the Resources page)
 * Handouts: Glossary command terms, HL and SL outlines, Social and Ethical Issues
 * Started [|Bloglines.com] account
 * [|ELGG] ITGS blog and personal blogs setup
 * Gift of Fire Chapter 1 overview
 * HW task: scenario essay (see handhout)
 * Task: authenticity
 * Set up del.icio.us account
 * Task: integrity
 * Discussion on ELGG: MacOS cf wintel OS
 * Setup flickr.com account and explore flickrshow.com, rockyou.com and google video
 * Beekman, G. [|Computer Confluence]. Chapter 4, Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine (key terms)
 * Podcasting
 * Class presentation on news artcile to do with SW
 * Skype task: install and learn to use, complete class project (date to be set)
 * VOIP task: Complete by Nov 12.
 * Globalization and Cultural Diversity introduction to our Flat Classroom Project
 * Social and Ethical Issues: Security (Meeting with ISD, IT Manager re IT security)
 * HW: Write a 4-paragraph essay discussing 3 social and/or ethical issues to do with security and IT
 * Globalization and Cultural Diversity: look at outsourcing and impact on education and discuss via blogs
 * Flat Classroom Project
 * Create an audio file to introduce yourself
 * Read Friedman chapter of your topic
 * Watch Friedman [|video]
 * Flat Classroom Project
 * Security essay due Sunday Dec 3

Week 15: (Dec 3)
 * Flat Classroom Project

Week 16: (Dec 10)
 * Flat Classroom Project


 * Winter break!**

Mid Year EXAMS (Week 19)
Starting January 21, 2007 Revision guidelines Grade 11 will sit one paper (1.5 hours)

Semester 1 Report (assessment) will be based on the following:
 * Examination paper: **40%**
 * Class tasks: **30%** (authenticity, integrity, sw fundamentals, ATMs, piracy, VOIP)
 * Class assignment Flat Classroom Project: **30%** (see assessment rubric)
 * Grade Boundaries taken from ITGS Subject Report, May 2006
 * Grade: || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 ||
 * Mark range || 0-10 || 11-21 || 22-32 || 33-44 || 45-56 || 57-68 || 69-100 ||