Information Technology and Business Department

Courses

Colonel By Secondary School
TGJ 3ME– Grade 11 Communication Technology (ITGS) IB
Course Outline 2007/2008

Texts: A Gift of Fire by Sara Baase, Computer Confluence by George Beekman

Software: Dreamweaver, Flash, 3DS-Max, Photoshop, Fireworks, Premiere, After Effects. Illustrator

Information Technology in a Global Society (ITGS) is the study and evaluation of the impact of information technology on individuals and society. It explores the advantages and disadvantages of the use of digitized information at the local and global level. ITGS provides a framework for the students to make informed judgments and decisions about the use of information technology (IT) within social contexts.
Although ITGS shares methods of critical investigation and analysis with other social sciences, it also considers ethical questions found in the study of philosophy. Students come into contact with IT on a daily basis because it is so pervasive in the world in which we live. This widespread use of IT inevitably raises important questions about social and ethical issues that shape our society today. ITGS offers an opportunity for a systematic study of the issues, whose range is such that they fall outside the scope of any other single discipline.

IB Evaluation
Project- 30% Paper#1 -25% Paper#2 -45%

TGJ 3ME Evaluation
Evaluation of this course will be done according to Ontario Ministry guidelines using the following categories and weighting:
Knowledge and Understanding 17.5%
Thinking and Inquiry 17.5%
Application 17.5%
Communication 17.5%
Summative 30%