IB Information Technology in the Global Society & Advanced Topics in IT Paul Bui
About Me Born and raised in Arlington UVA – Computer Engineering 6 th year at Washington-Lee HS LD Debate – Mon/Tue IT Club - Thurs
Contact Info Phone: (main office) Ask for Paul Bui – Rm 4209
Class Website OR 1. Go to the Washington-Lee website: Click on “Academics” 3. Click on “Business Education & Computer Science” 4. Click on “Paul Bui – Computer Science OR 1. Google “paul bui”
Computer Lab 28 x Apple iMacs running Mac OS X Open during lunch, Generals Period, and after school
Software & Supplies Many software applications are open source and freely available Online resources Blogger Google sites Etc. Earphones USB flash drive
ITGS Course Topics Basic hardware & networking Databases & spreadsheets Word processing & desktop publishing Images, sound, & presentations Modeling & simulation Tutorials, training, & wizards The Internet Personal & public communications mediums Robotics, artificial intelligence, and expert systems
Course Objectives Internal Assessment Project & log book Preparation for future jobs External Assessment End of the year exam Preparation for college
Advanced Topics in IT Projects Independent study with mentor support Create 10 goals per semester Document progress and project on-line Sample projects from prior years: PHP - web development Objective-C (iPhone apps) Adobe Flash This year’s projects: C++ Java Android apps Microsoft XNA game programming Ruby on Rails
Questions?