Sunday, March 29, 2020

Paper 2 Practice Tasks

Monday Lesson Period 2
Read the article in the link below
https://www.pymnts.com/news/international/2020/coronavirus-prompts-china-to-deploy-color-coded-health-rating-app/

Use the article to answer Criterion A and B of Paper 2 type of questions on your OneNote Paper 2 activities page;

Criterion A: 
Part 1; Describe one social/ethical concern related to the IT system mentioned in the article

  • Describe the main issue presented in the article.
  • What extracts from the article supports your answer above.
  • Describe any other reasons that supports your the issue mentioned
Part 2Describe the relationship of one primary stakeholder to the IT system 
  • Who is the main Primary stakeholder? (Person most impacted most by the technology)
  • Name the technology / IT system that is being used by the primary stakeholder or used against the primary stakeholder.
  • Describe how & which part of the IT system is used by the primary stakeholder
Criterion B
Part 1
 Describe, step by step, how the IT system mentioned in the article works;
  • What is the IT system (Technology) to be described?
  • Describe how the Input to the system works using new IT concepts/terminologies
  • Describe how the Processing in the system works using new IT concepts/terminologies
  • Describe how the Output from the system works using new IT concepts/terminologies
  • Describe how the Storage in the system works using new IT concepts/terminologies
  • Describe how the Networking/Security in the system works using new IT concepts/terminologies
Part 2
Explain the relationship between the IT system and the social/ethical concern described in Criterion A
  • What (weaknesses/ gaps/ limitations/ technical problems) in the IT system can make the issue identified in Criterion A to be more (pronounced/ aggravated/ serious/ worst)


Tuesday Lesson 31/3/2020: Please complete Criterion C and Criterion D 

Criterion C: The impact of the social/ethical issue(s) on the stakeholders
Evaluate the impact of the social/ethical issues (IT system) on the relevant stakeholders

  • Identify 3 explicit stakeholders and 1 implicit stakeholder that you plan to evaluate the impacts of the IT system on the them.
  • For each stakeholder have two paragraphs; one evaluating the new positive impacts and the other the new negative impacts.
  • The last paragraph should be a conclusion.

Criterion D:
Paragraph 1: 
  • Describe the one problem resulting from the use of the IT system.
  • What is the impact of the problem?
  • State one solution to the one problem described
At least 2 paragraphs for this sections
  • Describe in detail how the solution will work using the appropriate IT terminologies.
  • NB Technical solutions should be describe with IT terms showing inputs, processing, storage, outputs.
  • Non technical solutions should be supported with policies and actions required.
Paragraph 4:
  •   Evaluate some positives strengths of the solution in solving the problem.
  •   Evaluate some negatives of the solution in solving the problem.
Paragraph 5; Conclusion
  • What  areas of the solution needs more development?
  • What do you recommend for future development of the solution.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Introduction to Project Management

Monday Lesson 23/3/2020 Period 2

Review previous topic Personal and Public Communication;


Click on the flashcards link below;
https://quizlet.com/2382645/flashcards

Task 1; What term is being described? Click the card to see the term.


Answers the following questions in your OneNote page under Paper 2 Activities
  • What is the main social/ethical issue that comes out of the article?
  • What is the main technology in this article?
  • List the new IT terms / Concepts introduced in the article? Which other IT concepts can you introduce in the description of the technology.
  • List 4 impacts of the technology to THREE different stakeholders.
  • What is the one main problem of this technology and describe a suitable solution to solve this one problem.

Tuesday Lesson 24th March 2020


Objectives
  • Define what a project is in IT. 
  • Define what Project Management is in IT.
  • Understanding the important of project management in the development of IT solutions.
  • Share practical examples of projects that can be developed.
Refer to the PPT notes below;
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8VAiXCgqIIbeG84eXREbXF4UUk/view?usp=sharing

Focus on the 1st 4 slides only
- What is a project?
- What is project Management?
- What are the different types IT Projects / solutions that can developed?
- Why is project management important in the development of IT projects?

Write brief notes on your OneNote page (This is a new topic)

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV6ykfG1nQY

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/nipuntomar/system-development-life-cycle-part-2/


Wednesday and Thursday Lessons

Objectives
  • Understand the importance of each stage of the PDLC.
  • Explain the key activities at each of the stages.
  • What is PDLC
  • What are the different stage of PDLC?
  • What activities take place each of the PDLC stages
- Investigation of existing system(s)
- Feasibility study
- Requirements specification
- Project schedule
- Product design
- Product development and technical documentation
- Client and end-user evaluation

The above stages are linked to the IA criteria; Refer to the ITGS guide from page 55 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8VAiXCgqIIbVUdzb2VuMUtaUGc/view
Read the entire section under Internal Assessment.
We will have discussion on this next week.

Friday 27th March 2020

Objectives
  • Apply the web development skills to develop Web-based Solution.
Learners to use the time to work on their solution.
  • Step by step process to be shared online.
  • Sample solutions to be share what they have been able to work on so far.


Monday, March 2, 2020

Sample Paper 1 Format Question

Exam Questions
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DOstT__OmEjPGj4JXHSztn5RiAGrL_bG/view?usp=sharing

Markscheme
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wruTHgy0jbCSndJvdYOetR9HtvmpyxSF/view?usp=sharing

Student's Sample Response

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wruTHgy0jbCSndJvdYOetR9HtvmpyxSF/view?usp=sharing

Paper 2 News Article Activity for Personal and Public Communication

In our Tuesday lesson we will use the Paper 2 news article posted on Managebac to answer;
Criterion A;
Criterion B;
Criterion C;
Criterion D;

Refer to the earlier strategy posted here http://itgsdp1akam.blogspot.com/2019/09/paper-2-practice.html

You will work in pairs and posted your responses on managebac.

  • Shaan & Arman
  • Shiloh & Arshman
  • Adnan & Sophie
  • Abdi, Ashhal & Aly
  • Simin & Khushbu
  • Hisham & Yesha
  • Tia & Jai
  • Saliha & Raphael
  • Nami & Alina
  • Faith & Aimaan



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