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Information Technology in a Global Society
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Prerequisites
Students should have basic keyboard and word processing
skills. Good reading and writing skills are essential.
Objectives
Understand and critically examine the global impact of IT
developments
Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the social and
ethical implications of IT systems and developments at the
local, national and global level
Analyse and evaluate the social and ethical implications of
IT developments
Analyse and evaluate relevant examples of the global impact
of IT in a portfolio of individually researched studies
Design and apply IT solutions to a problem set in a social
context through a project
Express ideas clearly and coherently with supporting
arguments and examples.
The syllabus integrates the following
three sections:
Social and Ethical Issues where students analyse the social
impact and ethical considerations of IT
IT systems in a Social Context where students study issues
relating to the use of software, hardware and related
information systems
Areas of Impact which provides the topic areas for case
studies
The Areas of Impact include:
Business and Employment (compulsory)
Three other areas chosen from: Education, Health,
Arts/Entertainment/Leisure, Science and the Environment,
Politics and Government.
Activities
Social and ethical issues will be taught using a variety of
techniques that could include lectures, speakers, visits to
businesses, class discussions, and debates. Students will be
researching the latest information through journals,
magazines, newspapers, and on-line resources including the
Internet. Throughout the course students will use a wide
variety of applications including word processing,
communications, spreadsheet, database, presentation,
graphics, and multimedia software.
Internal Assessment
This work which is externally moderated includes:
A project where students will design a practical application
using at least three IT tools to solve a real life problem
in the community (30%)
External Assessment
Paper 1 (1 hour) ・short-answer questions on all topics (25%)
Paper 2 (2 hours) - extended response questions (45%)
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