ITGS Study Guide

All of this is taken from your ITGS Textbook (come to me if you've lost your digital copy).

Required reading!

SL/HL: 11-29. 291-373, Chapter 3 Overviews for each section (ie. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5...)

SL: 253-258

HL: 253-287

Also, you must read AT LEAST the overview of each section in Chapter 3 (ie. 29, 62, 94, 124, 163, etc)... I say AT LEAST, but it would be a good idea to read as much as you can from each section.

 

Specific terms and concepts you should know (these will be updated throughout the week):

File formats (audio/video/documents/images)
Biometrics
Databases (key fields, relationships, Field Types, etc)
Privacy (How do websites protect users? What policies do they create?)
Information transferring (real-time vs store and forward. KB/s vs Kb/s)
Satellites
Electronic vs manual data collection
What do agencies do with information they collect? (Businesses, governments, hospitals, environmental groups)
Facebook/Twitter/Instagram (privacy? Who own images uploaded?)
School policies (what digital policies should schools enforce?)
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (learn it!) Feasibility Studies, Milestones, Initiation
Different types of networks (peer-to-peer, server-client, etc)
ISPs (what do they do?)
Traffic systems (using digital models for prediction, collecting information, who uses it? SMS alerts?)

Hardware (pg 29-93)

- different types of computers

- different types of software/hardware

- Communication methods

- Input/Output devices

Information Systems (pg 253-268)

- Definition

- Examples of Information Systems

- Uses

Virtual Learning Environments (pg 308-321)

- IT and Education

- Authentication

- File formats

- Applications for VLEs

Spreadsheets (pg 228-246)

- Formulae

- Charts

- Macros

- Cells