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!!!NEXT Wednesday (16/5) RE-TEST ON ALL CHAPTER 5

THE TEST WILL BE IN THE NEW E-FORMAT

Study from "Discovering computers" book chapter 5: Input, pages 258-287

Study the definitions of terms
practice on multiple choice, true false, matching questions at the end of the unit
practice on quiz yourself topics
Also make sure that you are able to answer the review questions at the end of the chapter!!
Study All figures with steps.

May 9,2012

Review of May 9th test

HW: Study for the re-test on unit 5 (see above the study guide).

May 9,2012

Test on Chapter 5

!!!NEXT Wednesday (9/5) TEST ON ALL CHAPTER 5

THE TEST WILL BE IN THE NEW E-FORMAT

Study from "Discovering computers" book chapter 5: Input, pages 258-287

Study the definitions of terms
practice on multiple choice, true false, matching questions at the end of the unit
practice on quiz yourself topics
Also make sure that you are able to answer the review questions at the end of the chapter!!
Study All figures with steps.

May 4,2012

Elections - no class

May 2,2012

Chapter 5 - Input:

BIOMETRIC INPUT 282
TERMINALS 284
Point-of-Sale Terminals 284
Automated Teller Machines 284
DVD Kiosks 285
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER 285
INPUT DEVICES FOR PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED USERS 287

HW: Study for the test on unit 5 (see above the study guide).

April 27,2012

Chapter 5 - Input:

SCANNERS AND READING DEVICES

Optical Scanners 277
Optical Readers 279
Bar Code Readers 280
RFID Readers 280
Magnetic Stripe Card Readers 281
MICR Readers 281
Data Collection Devices 282

HW: Study the above pages from the book.

Make sure that you have watched the extra video tutorials. (See April 6^th)

April 25,2012

Review of the tools of the getting started toolbar and large tool set.

How to build a house using the tools and the techniques presented in class.

HW: Students will continue working at home with the building a house project. All students must email to me their project file (save it as .skp file); deadline is Friday 27/4.

April 6,2012

Watching google sketchup 8 video tutorials.

HW: During Easter break watch the tutorial videos:

GettingStarted_Part 1-4.mov

There are more tutorials in week 26:

LayOut_Videos\Techniques_1-3\toolbar 1-4\

Drawing 3D objects.pdf

April 4,2012

Adding more elements to the 3d floor plan.

HW: Continue working on your 3d floor plan by adding 3d models from

March 30,2012

Chapter 5 - Input:

Voice input 274
Audio input 274
Video input 275
Web Cams 275
Video Conferencing 276

HW: For April 4, you have to continue the project and build a 3d house using the high resolution floor plan you`ve download last time. All the walls must have the same height and width (choose logical numbers).

March 28,2012

How to build a 3d house starting from a floor plan using google sketchup 8.

HW: Find a high resolution image of a floor plan (not too complicated). and use it to build your own house (hint google it with key word floor plan then filter using only images)

March 23,2012

No class PTA meeting

March 21,2012

Introduction to google sketchup 8 program interface - Basic commands

March 16,2012

Chapter 5 pages 272-273

March 14,2012

Practice on using MS word smart tools to draw shapes for physics/science courses

March 9,2012

Presentation of the PPP Input projects.

March 7,2012

Unit 5 test

March 2,2012

Review of Chapter 5 Input

!!!NEXT Wednesday (7/3) TEST ON CHAPTER 5

THE TEST WILL BE IN THE NEW E-FORMAT

Study from "Discovering computers" book chapter 5: Input, pages 258-271

Study the definitions of terms
practice on multiple choice, true false, matching questions at the end of the unit
practice on quiz yourself topics
Also make sure that you are able to answer the review questions at the end of the chapter!!

February 24,2012

Mid- Year break no class

February 22,2012

Review

February 17,2012

More information on the PPP pinput project.

February 15,2012

Explanations for the PPP project (how to download a video from youtube, convert into wmv format, edit, trim)

MID YEAR TEST WILL TAKE PLACE ON

25/1 ROOM: ITLAB

February 17,201

More guidelines for wednesday`s (22/2) powerpoint project.

February 15,2012

Review of the mid year exam.

HW: ALL students must create a powerpoint presentation involving ONE input device according to the list below. Students should study first from chapter 5 Input the pages which have the material assigned for each student, then you should do research to extract more information (text, images or videos). The PPP should include the history of the input device , the present use and the future developements.


Avrampos	OPTICAL MARK RECOGNITION
Diamantis	KEYBOARD
Evmorfidis	MOUSE
Karoutis	TOUCH SCREENS
Katsis	SCANNER
Kioleides	STYLUS
Konstantinidis	GAME CONTROLLER
Papaioannou	MIC / WEBCAM
Trizoglou	BAR CODE READER
Vidalis	MAGNETIC STRIP

STUDY GUIDE:

The test will have two parts, one for theory and one for practice.

Study from "Discovering computers" book chapter 4: The components of the system, pages 210-241

Study the definitions of terms
practice on multiple choice, true false, matching questions at the end of the unit
practice on quiz yourself topics
Also make sure that you are able to answer the review questions at the end of the chapter!!

Study from "Ofice 2007 simplified" book part III "Excel" pages:

138-150,152,162-164,174-176,184-190,196-202,212-223

Practice at home or at the library computers using excel program.

January 20,2012

Final review for mid year test.

January 18,2012

Review of excel 2007 exercises.

January 13,2012

Review of Chapter 4 - instructions for the mid year test

January 11,2012

TEST on Chapter 4

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May 10,2012

Introduction to Adobe Rome Project.

HW: Download the Adobe Rome at http://rome.adobe.com/download.html and install at your home computer.

Visit the Help Topics page at http://blogs.adobe.com/rome/ and the tutorials page at: http://rome.adobe.com/tutorials.html .

May 3,2012

Review of the tools of the getting started toolbar and large tool set.

How to build a house using the tools and the techniques presented in class.

April 26,2012

Introduction to google sketchup 8 program interface – explanation of graphic interface.

How to use basic tools.

HW: Download Google sketchup 8 at : http://sketchup.google.com/download/gsu.html and install it at your home computer.

April 5,2012

How to create physics drawings using MS word insert shapes commands.

Practice on given physics drawing examples.

March 29,2012

Working on Mr. Muller`s movie maker project.

March 22,2012

Ski trip – no class

March 15,2012

Working on Mr. Muller`s movie maker project.

March 8,2012

E-test on movie maker terminology.

March 1,2012

Working on Mr. Muller`s movie maker project.

Jessica – Global warming, Gonzalo/ Afonso Football projects.

February 23,2012

Midyear break no class.

February 19,2012

Working on movie maker Mr. Muller`s snake project

January 19,2012

Further excel practice - Excel terminology review for mid year exam.

January 12,2012

Further excel practice - Excel terminology review for Mr Muller`s class

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MID YEAR TEST WILL TAKE PLACE ON

25/1 ROOM: ITLAB

May 14,2012

How to create a photo slide show using Adobe Rome.

HW: Use the folowing link to review the exercise:

http://rome.adobe.com/tutorials/layerStacks.html

May 9,2012

Chapter 14 Enterprise Computing

human resources information system (HRIS) 728
Engineering or Product Development 728
Manufacturing 729
Quality Control,Marketing,Sales force automation (SFA) 730
Customer interactionmanagement (CIM) 731

HW: Study pages 728-731

May 4&7,2012

Elections - no class

May 2,2012

Chapter 14 Enterprise Computing

Levels of Users in the Enterprise 724
How Managers Use Information 725
INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE 726
Information Systems within Functional Units 726

HW: Study pages 724-727

April 30,2012

How to use graph 4.3 for your science/math projects/labs.

Graphing polynomial, absolute, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic functions.

Using error bars for science labs.

How to draw error bars using Excel 2007.

HW: Finish exercises 2-4 of the math graph document and email them to me (you must include graphs with your explanations).

April 25,2012

Introduction to Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 standalone version and Microsoft Mathematics Add-In for Word and OneNote. Use in mathematics and physics.

Chapter 14 Enterprise Computing 718

WHAT IS ENTERPRISE COMPUTING? 720
Types of Enterprises 722
Organizational Structure of an Enterprise 722
Levels of Users in the Enterprise 724

HW: Download and install at your home computer the above two software at:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=17786

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15702 (choose the appropriate bit version according to your operating system 32/64bit)

April 23,2012

How to create physics drawings using MS word insert shapes commands.

Practice with given physics drawing examples.

Introduction to google sketchup 8 program interface – explanation of graphic interface.

How to use basic tools.

HW: Download Google sketchup 8 at : http://sketchup.google.com/download/gsu.html and install it at your home computer.

April 4,2012

Review of the Chapter 12 test.

April 2,2012

Chapter 12 test.

!!!NEXT Monday (2/4) TEST ON ALL CHAPTER 12!!!

The test will be with the new electronic form and it will include multiple choice single answer, matching, click on a picture, put in correct order questions.
Study for the test Chapter 12 "Information System Development " pages 620-646.

Study the definitions of terms, the chapter review questions, high-tech talk, and the quiz yourself questions, issues of all chapter 12.

March 28,2012

Review for the Chapter 12 test.

HW: Study Chapter 12: Information System Development pages 620-646.

March 21,2012

Chapter 12 –Design/Implementation phase.

Making a Decision 640
Hardware Acquisition at Horizon Community College 640
Detailed Design 640
Prototyping 641
CASE Tools 642
Quality Review Techniques 642
Detailed Design at Horizon Community College 643
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE 643
Develop Programs 643
Install and Test the New System 643
Train Users 644
Convert to the New System 644

HW: Study the above pages.

March 19,2012

Introduction to Adobe Rome Project.

HW: Download the Adobe Rome at http://rome.adobe.com/download.html and install at your home computer.

Visit the Help Topics page at http://blogs.adobe.com/rome/ and the tutorials page at: http://rome.adobe.com/tutorials.html .

March 14,2012

Chapter 12 – Analysis/ Design phase.

The System Proposal 635
Detailed Analysis at Horizon Community College 637
DESIGN PHASE 638
Acquiring Necessary Hardware and Software 638
Identifying Technical Specifications 638
Soliciting Vendor Proposals 638
Testing and Evaluating Vendor Proposals 639

HW: Study the above pages.

March 12,2012

Lyriki trip – no class

March 7,2012

Chapter 12 – Analysis phase.

Detailed Analysis 631
Process Modeling 631
Object Modeling 634

HW: Study the above pages.

March 5,2012

Introduction to Openproj software.

Apple pie example.

HW: Watch the tutorials of the apple pie project. Practice at home by creating the same project.

February 22,2012

Review of the midyear exam Part II.

February 20,2012

Review of the midyear exam Part I.

February 15,2012

WHAT INITIATES A SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT?
Horizon Community College – A Case Study
PLANNING PHASE
Planning at Horizon Community College
ANALYSIS PHASE
The Preliminary Investigation
Preliminary Investigation at Horizon Community College

HW: Read chapter 12 pages 626-631

February 13,2012

Creating reports using MS Access 2007

Using report wizard - Changing the design - Calculations on reports.

HW: Review the video tutorials for access 2007 to refresh your memory and understand better the new material. You can practice using the latest access files from your USB drive.

STUDY GUIDE:

The test will have two parts, one for theory and one for practice.

Study from "Discovering computers" book:

chapter 10: Database management, pages 514-538

chapter 11: Computer security and safety, ethics, and privacy pages 556-590

chapter 12: Information system developement pages 620-625

Study the definitions of terms
practice on multiple choice, true false, matching questions at the end of each unit
practice on quiz yourself topics
Also make sure that you are able to answer the review questions at the end of the chapter!!
Read the several ethic and issues topics
Study any picture/diagram that has procedural steps.

For the practical part of the test:

review the access 2007 exercises
watch ALL the tutorials given in the IT lab

January 18,2012

Review of chapter 10: Database management

January 16,2012

Instructions for the mid year exam

review of database structure, interface commands, filtering and relationships

January 11,2012

Feasibility Assessment
Documentation
Data and Information Gathering Techniques

HW: Read chapter 12 pages 624-626. Review the video tutorials for access 2007 to refresh your memory and understand better the new material.

ITGSHSL11

May 15,2012

Validating Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
FILE PROCESSING VERSUS DATABASES. . . . . .524
File Processing Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .524
The Database Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .524
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . .526
Data Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

Practice on Access 2007 changing properties, applying masks.

HW: Study pages 522-527. Watch the tutorials on properties,masks and rules and DO the exercises.

May 10,2012

Explanation of field, records, characteristics of field, sorting and filtering data. Explanation of different data types and their properies.

HW:Watch the video tutorials for this section - practice using the access files of our example.

DON`T FORGET:

ALL students by now MUST complete and email to me the Criterion A (initial investigation) and the transcribed interview and the initial draft drawing MUST be done with MS Word shapes.
Also from Criterion B you should complete the proposed solution and Justification of chosen solution section.

May 9,2012

Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
MAINTAINING DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Adding Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Modifying Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Deleting Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Validating Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

HW: Study chapter 10 pages 518-522

May 8,2012

Introduction to MS access 2007.

Example of designing a database using the example of a radio station.

HW:Watch the video tutorials - make sure that you do have MS Access at home otherwise you must practice in the library.

May 3,2012

Initial hand written draft of the ITGS project.

HW:

The initial draft drawing MUST be done with MS Word shapes.
ALL students by now MUST complete and email to me the Criterion A (initial investigation) and the transcribed interview.
Also from Criterion B you should complete the proposed solution and Justification of chosen solution section.

May 2,2012

TEST ON CHAPTER 9

April 26,2012

DATABASES, DATA, AND INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Data Integrity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
Qualities of Valuable Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
THE HIERARCHY OF DATA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

HW: Study chapter 10 pages 514-517

April 25,2012

Explanation on IA criteria.

HW: All students MUSt email me the client interview.

April 24,2012

Practice on 2004 Paper I network questions.

Test on Chapter 5

!!!AFTER EASTER BREAK TEST ON ALL CHAPTER 9

THE TEST WILL BE IN THE NEW E-FORMAT

Study from "Discovering computers" book chapter 9: Input, pages 460-496

Study the definitions of terms
practice on multiple choice, true false, matching questions at the end of the unit
practice on quiz yourself topics
Also make sure that you are able to answer the review questions at the end of the chapter!!
Study All figures with steps.

April 5,2012

COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491
PHYSICAL TRANSMISSION MEDIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Twisted-Pair Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Coaxial Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
WIRELESS TRANSMISSION MEDIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Infrared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Broadcast Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Cellular Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Microwaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Communications Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

HW: Study chapter 9 pages 491-497

April 4,2012

Analysis of case study May 2010

HW: Do a research for extra material needed for the paper III questions.

April 3,2012

Discussion on paper 3 case study. Samples of past IB case studies.

March 29,2012

ATM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Dial-Up Modems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
DIgital Modems: ISDN, DSL, and Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Wireless Modems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Network Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Wireless Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Routers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Hubs and Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
HOME NETWORKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Wired Home Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Wireless Home Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

HW: Study chapter 9 pages 485-490

March 28,2012

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
UWB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
IrDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
RFID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
WiMAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
WAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE TELEPHONE NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Dial-Up Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Dedicated Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
ISDN Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
DSL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
FTTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
T-Carrier Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

HW: Study chapter 9 pages 480-484

March 22,2012

Working on ITGS projects.

HW:Complete the client ITGS letter and bring it back to me after the client has signed it.

March 21,2012

Introduction to Adobe Rome Project.

HW: Download the Adobe Rome at http://rome.adobe.com/download.html and install at your home computer.

Visit the Help Topics page at http://blogs.adobe.com/rome/ and the tutorials page at: http://rome.adobe.com/tutorials.html .

March 20,2012

e-Quiz.

Discussion on ITGS projects developement.

March 15,2012

Network Topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Intranets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS . . 477
Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Token Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Wi-Fi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

HW: Study chapter 9 pages 470-475

March 14,2012

NETWORKS 470
LANs, MANs, and WANs 471
Network Architectures 473
Network Topologies 475

HW: Study chapter 9 pages 476-479

March 13,2012

COMMUNICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
USES OF COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Blogs, Chat Rooms, E-Mail, Fax, FTP, Instant Messaging,
Internet, Newsgroups, RSS, Video Conferencing, VoIP, Web, Web 2.0, Web Folders, and Wikis .. . . 462
Wireless Messaging Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Wireless Internet Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Cybercafés . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Global Positioning Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Groupware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Web Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

HW: Study chapter 9 pages 460-469

March 8,2012

Environment class trip - no class.

March 7,2012

Test on paper II style questions.

March 6,2012

Completing the forms.

Discussion on using web editors pros - cons.

March 1,2012

Debate discussion.

HW:MAC group MUST be ready to present their side next time.

February 28,2012

Guidelines on using the electronic forms of the ITGS project.

HW: All students MUST create the links of their project documents with the cover page.

!!!NEXT Tuesday (6/3) TEST ON ALL CHAPTER 8!!!

The test will include multiple choice questions, matching, definitions of terms and free response questions.
Study for the test Chapter 8 "Operating Systems and Utility Programs" pages 398-429

Study the definitions of terms, the chapter review questions,high-tech talk, the quiz yourself questions and the ethics and issues of all chapter 8

February 16,2012

CHAPTER 8 Operating Systems and Utility Programs

Configuring Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408
Establishing an Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Monitoring Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Providing File Management and OtherUtilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Updating Software Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Controlling a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Administering Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
STAND-ALONE OPERATING SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Windows 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
UNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

February 15,2012

CHAPTER 8 Operating Systems and Utility Programs

Providing a User Interface 402
Managing Programs 404
Managing Memory 406
Coordinating Tasks 407

February 14,2012

CHAPTER 8 Operating Systems and Utility Programs

SYSTEM SOFTWARE 398
OPERATING SYSTEMS 398
OPERATING SYSTEM FUNCTIONS 400
Starting and Shutting Down a Computer 400

February 9,2012

Review of midyear exam.

!!!NEXT Tuesday (24/1) TEST ON ALL CHAPTER 7!!!

The test will include multiple choice questions, matching, definitions of terms and free response questions.
Review for the test Chapter 7 "Storage" pages 352 - 380

Study the definitions of terms, the chapter review questions,high-tech talk, the quiz yourself questions and the ethics and issues of all chapter 7

MID YEAR TEST WILL TAKE PLACE ON

7/2 ROOM: 210

STUDY GUIDE:

The test will be IB paper I style.

Study from "Discovering computers" book:

chapter 4: The Components of the System Unit, pages 210-240

chapter 5: Imput pages 258-286

chapter 6: Output pages 304-328

chapter 7: Storage pages 352-379

Study the definitions of terms
practice on multiple choice, true false, matching questions at the end of each unit
practice on quiz yourself topics
Also make sure that you are able to answer the review questions at the end of the chapter!!
Read the several ethic and issues topics
Study any picture/diagram that has procedural steps.
practice on the past IB papers

January 19,2012

Practice on past IB ITGS paper questions.

January 18,2012

Practice on past IB ITGS paper questions.

January 17,2012

Explanation of how to use wikispace of itgsopedia:

https://itgsopedia.wikispaces.com/

Use of IBM smart city site for ITGS strands:

http://www-03.ibm.com/innovation/us/thesmartercity/index_flash.html

January 12,2012

OPTICAL DISCS
Care of Optical Discs
Types of Optical Discs
CDs
Archive Discs and Picture CDs
DVDs and Blu-ray Discs
OTHER TYPES OF STORAGE
Tape
Magnetic Stripe Cards and Smart Cards
Microfilm and Microfiche
Enterprise Storage

HW:Study from "Discovering Computers Complete" chapter 7: Storage pages:370-381.Write an essay (450 words) on the advantages and disadvantages of cloud storage.

January 11,2012

FLASH MEMORY STORAGE
Solid State Drives
Memory Cards
USB Flash Drives
ExpressCard Modules
CLOUD STORAGE

HW:Study from "Discovering Computers Complete" chapter 7: Storage pages:363-369

January 10,2012

STORAGE
HARD DISKS
Characteristics of a Hard Disk
RAID
NAS
External and Removable Hard Disks
Miniature Hard Disks
Hard Disk Controllers
Maintaining Data Stored on a Hard Disk

HW:Study from "Discovering Computers Complete" chapter 7: Storage pages:352-362

ITGSHSL12

April 6,2012

Final review part II.

April 5,2012

Final review part I.

April 2,2012

Chapter 12 e-test

March 29,2012

working on past IB papers.

March 29,2012

Review of all mock exams.

March 23,2012

PTA Meeting - no class.

March 22,2012

Working on Standard Level November 2009 paper II.

March 19,2012

Discussion on questions of paper II sample.

March 16,2012

Working on paper II sample.

March 15,2012

Introduction to openproj software.

How to use it for project management and creation of Gantt charts.

March 12,2012

Practice on past paper II May 2009 section B.

March 9,2012

Practice on past paper II May 2009 section A.

March 8,2012

Fine tuning of IA group B.

March 5,2012

Fine tuning of IA group A.

March 2,2012

Completing and signing 3C forms

March 1,2012

Checking IA group D.

February 27,2012

Mid year break.

February 20,2012

Checking IA group C.

February 17,2012

Checking IA group B.

February 16,2012

Checking IA group A.

February 13,2012

Discussion on further development of ITGS projects.

February 10,2012

Review of mock exams part II.

February 9,2012

Review of mock exams part I.

January 13,2012

Analysis of past IB May 2011 paper I & II.

January 12,2012

Discussion on case study paper III HL - material given. Discussion on IBM smart city web site:

http://www-05.ibm.com/innovation/uk/smartercity/index_flash.html#/home/

HW: ALL students visit the above students and watch the videos of all IT city applications. HL students use the given study case material to prepare for the mock exam.