ASSIGNMENTS+2011

=TERM 3 - 2011=


 * **DATE ** || **DESCRIPTION ** || **RESOURCES ** ||
 * 12 Sept || Beginning of last Term of school.

 Portfolio’s are due on 16 September 2011.

 Students who fail to hand in ALL AI's on Friday will go to Mrs. Mall. || Syllabus ||
 * 12 Sept || * Read chapter 2 Gift of Fire.
 * Divide into groups of two and choose a topic.
 * Come to me with your group members name and topic.
 * 2.49 Sttanley Thabang
 * 2.42 Fabian Kyah
 * 2.50 Bongi Jaco
 * 2.55 Charlotte
 * 2.52 Evan Gorata || <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gift of Fire Chapter 2 (Privacy)

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Topics page 150 151. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">14 Sept || * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Presentation on Gift of Fire Chapter 2. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">15 – 16 Sept || <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Finalise Portfolio’s. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">19 - 21 Sept || **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">CASE STUDY **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">19 - 21 Sept || **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">CASE STUDY **

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Use the resources given and answer the following questions

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> in the form of a presentation due on Wednesday 21 September. || * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Using Information Technology p.422 = = = = =PAPER 3:=
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Web Exercises p. 454 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">23 Sept || <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Use the Case Study and complete all the vocabulary and find new words that can relate to the topic. || <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2011 CASE STUDY ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">26 – 27 Sept || <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Work out May Past paper 3. || <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Paper 3 May 2011. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">12 Oct || <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Draw up your own paper 3 to be completed by fellow students before Friday! || <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Paper 3 drawn up by fellow students. ||
 * 9 Oct || Complete questions 1,2,5,8 and 9 on page 454 of our textbook. ||  ||
 * 9 Oct || Complete questions 1,2,5,8 and 9 on page 454 of our textbook. ||  ||
 * 9 Oct || Complete questions 1,2,5,8 and 9 on page 454 of our textbook. ||  ||

CASE STUDY = = = = = = = = =WEEK 1 TERM 2 : 2011=

Work on pass papers, today in class we completed Paper 1.

Today (Tuesday) I will not be in, I am going to a conference on Smart Boards. Complete the paper 2 I handed out.

=TO DO ASAP:=


 * EXTENDED ESSAY hand in Draft ASAP.
 * IA: ASAP

=WEEK 2 - 3= Complete at least 2 final portfolio's.

=WEEK 4= Go to the System Fundamentals page on this wiki, we are going to study 2.2 Application software.

DEADLINE: 20 JUNE 2011

WEEK 5 - 6

Revision:







=GOOD LUCK WITH MOCK EXAMS!!!!=

Play time is over!!

DEADLINES: EE : 28 January 2011. Parents will be contacted.

PORTFOLIOS: 1 Portfolio Final : 21 January 2011.



DEADLINES: Project: 28 January 2011. Parents will be contacted.

Corrections on Papers written in December 2010. Discuss in class and finished by 24 January 2011.

=WEEK 2=

=CLASSWORK:= Politics and Government: PowerPoint presentation from every member of this class. Let me know on Monday who wants to work in a group or who wants to work on their own.

=TOPICS FOR PRESENTATIONS:=

• Political process: voting and elections, lobbying, open government and free movement of information (Kyah, Stefan) • Government administration: record keeping, tax collection, policy implementation (Fabian) • Legislation: policy development, enactment, enforcement and analysis (Charlotte) • Police: DNA data collection, video surveillance (Evan) (Bongi) • Military: cyberwarfare, smart weapons development, espionage (Jaco) (Thabang) • Rebel and terrorist use of IT (Gorata) (Stanley)

DEADLINE: 28 January 2011, Mrs. Mall is invited to attend.

=HOMEWORK: DEADLINE: 31 JANUARY 2011=



=WEEK 4=

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|CH13_Is Artificial Intelligence Real.ppt]

** 2.4.2 Artificial Intelligence ** <span style="font-family: Geneva,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">These include stamina, memory, accuracy, speed, the need for breaks, patience, interpretation of results, and working in dangerous situations. This list is not exhaustive and should be discussed using actual contexts. Quantitative comparisons are not expected. || <span style="font-family: Geneva,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Technical references to internal components are not required. || <span style="font-family: Geneva,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">You are free to choose the other two situations. Other situations involving ethical issues are: education (e.g. machine as opposed to teacher marking); estimating the skills and/or performance of people (e.g. driving proficiency); computer-aided manufacturing. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Geneva,serif;">Section ** ||   || <span style="font-family: Geneva,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Content ||
 * **<span style="color: white; font-family: Geneva,serif;">2.4.2 ** ||   || <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: white; font-family: Geneva,serif;">Artificial Intelligence and expert systems (2h) ** ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Geneva,serif; text-align: center;">1 ||   || <span style="font-family: Geneva,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Describe two situations where it is more appropriate to use a machine than a person. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Geneva,serif; text-align: center;">2 ||   || <span style="font-family: Geneva,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Describe two situations where it is more appropriate to use a person than a machine ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Geneva,serif; text-align: center;">3 ||   || <span style="font-family: Geneva,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Explain the beneficial attributes of both machines and people for performing particular tasks.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Geneva,serif; text-align: center;">4 ||   || <span style="font-family: Geneva,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Discuss the characteristics of computers that assist humans in performing complex tasks including preparing budgets, creating address books, manipulating images and editing videos.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Geneva,serif; text-align: center;">5 ||   || <span style="font-family: Geneva,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Discuss three situations involving ethical considerations that can arise from the use of machines/computers in place of people including the field of medicine.

HOMEWORK:
Deadline: 11 February 2011

[|Eight.doc] [|Nine.doc]

=WEEK 5 - 7=

Two portfolio's to be handed in for assessment: DEADLINE: 2 MARCH 2011

Database Questions: DEADLINE: 22 February 2011

CASE STUDY:
Bring Case Study to Class!!!

=WEEK 7 - 10=

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT!!! Second Portfolio was due .....

Answer Case Study questions on your own wiki, make a link from our class wiki to your own.

=CLASS ASSESSMENT: PAPER 1 AND 2 : MONDAY 14 MARCH 2011=

here is a Wiki to help with the current case study questions posed to us, please visit it and use it. http://one-billion-and-one-questions.wikispaces.com/ One more thing come up with at least one question each for Mr.Veg and then we can combine them and post up the answers on the Wiki afterwards.

=LAST WEEKS OF TERM 1 2011=
 * ~ Before you go on the work placement experience hand the following in:
 * 2 Final portfolio's
 * Get articles for the last portfolio and discuss extention.
 * COMPLETE FINAL DRAFT EE AND E-MAIL TO ME ||

To Do Every Week:

 * Have a look at technology news on TV, in newspapers or on some of the sites listed above, notably the NPR Technology News podcasts. Keep up-to-date on how information technology is being used to help businesses, hospitals, governments, schools, or the entertainment industry. This will help you in your essay writing and class discussions because you will have a wide variety of real-life examples and you will build a collection of news items and vocabulary words.