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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. E-mail paul.bui@apsva.us Phone:
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IB Information Technology in the Global Society&Advanced Topics in IT Paul Bui
About Me • Born and raised in Arlington • UVA – Computer Engineering • 6th year at Washington-Lee HS • LD Debate – Mon/Tue • IT Club - Thurs
Contact Info • E-mail paul.bui@apsva.us • Phone: 703.228.6200 (main office) Ask for Paul Bui – Rm 4209
Class Website http://paulbui.net/wl OR • Go to the Washington-Lee website: http://www.apsva.us/washingtonlee • Click on “Academics” • Click on “Business Education & Computer Science” • Click on “Paul Bui – Computer Science OR • 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