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Article: Today’s tutorial will take place on the virtual beach

[Times Online Article June 18, 2007]

The real thing may be a pasty-faced, greasy-haired science student but on a virtual campus he could be an Adonis.

Increasing numbers of British universities are setting up shop in Second Life, the virtual world where users can design exactly how they look – and where the educational establishments say that there are boundless new opportunities for teaching and research.

2.2.6 Tutorials, training and wizards: Key terms

Tutorial software: Computer programs that give instruction in how to use the software program or system that they support. These programs simulate the capabilities of the system.

Training software: Computer programs that training, usually job related, e.g., how to perform tasks, about company procedures or policies. Training programs may also be used to teach basic knowledge and skills. They permit users to learn at a pace determined by the user, easy repetition of material, and some give information in response to answers or choices made by the users.

Wizard: A program that guides users through a sequence of choices and helpful information, leading to the completion of specific tasks such as software installation, mail merges, or computer configuration. An assistant is able to answer specific questions.

Help menu and help features: Almost similar to the wizards and assistance this feature is designed to provide the user with help and is generally provided in most software’s such as the tutorial software, training software and most word processors. This feature generally provides the user with a search in which the user can type to what he wants a solution to.

Read Me files: A “read me” file contains data relating to other files which are in a directory or an archive. It is very commonly distributed with most computer software these days. These files are called text files and are usually under these types of names TXT, README.1ST, READ.ME, or simply README.

Areas of Impact revision

Download the revision for the section 3 Areas of Impact

ITGS Syllabus

General Book Reference

This is the ITGS syllabus with some book references. You may use the revision slides for each of the two books.

Computer Confluence: Chapters 1-10 and chapter 15 | Revision Slides
A Gift of Fire: Chapters 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8 | Revision Slides

You may also refer to the ITGS Syllabus Blog.

Detailed syllabus with book references (incomplete!!!)

1. Social and Ethical Issues
1.1. Reliability (Computer Confluence pg’s 408-412)
1.2. Integrity (Computer Confluence pg’s 390-395, pg.57)
1.3. Security (Computer Confluence pg’s 395-412, pg.416)
1.4. Privacy and Anonymity (Computer Confluence pg’s 403-406, pg.435, pg.452, Ch.7 – Databases and Privacy issues …)
1.5. Authenticity (Computer Confluence pg’s 396-397, pg.388, pg.402-403)
1.6. Intellectual Property (Computer Confluence pg’s 166-167, pg.57, pg.407)
1.7. Equality of Access (Computer Confluence pg’s 372-374, pg.414, pg.58)
1.8. Control (Computer Confluence pg.411)
1.9. Globalization and Cultural Diversity (Computer Confluence pg’s 437-438, pg.414)
1.10. Policies and Standards (Computer Confluence pg’s 406-408)
1.11. People and Machines (Computer Confluence pg’s 455-456, pg’s 434-436, pg.63, pg.36, pg.52, pg.414, pg.417)

2. IT systems
2.1. Basics: Hardware and Networks
2.1.1. Systems Fundamentals (Computer Confluence Ch.2/3)
2.1.2. Networks (Computer Confluence Ch.8)
2.2. Applications
2.2.1. Software Fundamentals (Computer Confluence Ch.4)
2.2.2. Databases and Spreadsheets (Computer Confluence Ch.7 and Ch.5)
2.2.3. Word Processing and Desktop Publishing (Computer Confluence Ch.5)
2.2.4. Images, Sound and Presentations (Computer Confluence Ch.6)
2.2.5. Modeling and Simulations (Gift of Fire Ch.4)
2.2.6. Tutorials, Training and Wizards (Assistants) (Gift of Fire section 8.3)
2.3. Communication Systems
2.3.1. The Internet (Computer Confluence Ch.9)
2.3.2. Personal and Public Communications (Computer Confluence Ch.8)
2.4. Integrated Systems
2.4.1. Robotics (Computer Confluence pg’s 602-604)
2.4.2. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (Computer Confluence Ch.15 and pg.587)

3. Areas of Impact
3.1. Business and Employment (Computer Confluence Ch.11)
3.2. Education (Computer Confluence Ch.11 – pgs.439-451, pg.457)
3.3. Health
3.4. Arts, Entertainment, Leisure (Computer Confluence Ch.11 – pg’s 452-455, pg.444, pg.457, pg.167, pg.244, pg.426)
3.5. Science/Environment
3.6. Politics/Government

Notes:

1. HL Students must study ALL 6 areas of impact
2. SL Students must study 3.1 and 2 more areas from the rest

Sources:

• http://mrloveishscience.tripod.com/
• http://itgssyllabus.blogspot.com/

3.1 Business & Employment

This area of impact is compalsory for all students SL and HL.

Students must study the following:

• Transportation: reservation systems, luggage processing, navigation, scheduling and distribution. traffic simulation, smart roads and cars, fuel efficiency and traffic safety systems.
• Employment: electronic employee monitoring, telecommuting, ergonomics and health, job obsolescence and retraining, online job search, employee surveillance
• Banking and finance: EFT, ATM’s, Internet baking and brokerage, corporations, business concentration
• International commerce: management of transnational corporations, business concentration
• E-commerce: teleshopping, online marketing, data mining, spyware
• Retailing, advertising, media

Sources:

http://itgssyllabus.blogspot.com
http://dabrook.org

Study guides submitted by IB1 students: 2.2.5 Modelling and Simulations

These study guides were submitted by IB1 students

Antonis part 1 part 2 | Marios | Christina part 1 part 2 | Athina | Elena

Music video: Η δικιά σου κοντινή Αμερική

My all-time favorite rock band, the best band in the history of Greek Rock Music, Trypes, in a fantastic video clip. The song is titled: Η δικιά σου κοντινή Αμερική (Your own nearby America, in Greek). This is a rear edition of the song, mostly acoustic. Enjoy…

Music video: Eric Clapton – Layla (Unplugged)

Eric Clapton unplugged… The Legendary “Layla” live and acoustic!

Beneath a Steel Sky: Free classic adventure game

Beneath a Steel Sky begins with a simple premise that gradually unfolds to include a lot of subtle threads and interesting plot twists: you play Robert Foster, a down-trodden citizen of the oppressive futuristic city that any fan of Orwell’s 1984 will immediately recognize. In a quest to find your long-lost father, you will encounter many colorful characters and solve many gadget-oriented puzzles.

The game is replete with well-written dialogues and excellent artwork by the famed British comic book artist Dave Gibbons (whose work is one of the best introduction sequences seen in a computer game). A must-play for all cyberpunk fans and everyone else.

[ Source: Home of the Underdogs ]

ScummVM is required to run the game.

HINTS:

• Extract the game in a folder. Then run ScummVM, choose Add Game and browse for the game. You can run the game ONLY via the ScummVM interface.
• You can toggle full screen using Alt + Enter
• Press F5 in the game to see the game’s menu

Download Full Game | Solution/Walkthrough | Game Manual (PDF) | The story in comics!

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