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IB Specific Resources:
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ITGS News Triangle |
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These are the terms you can expect to be used on the exam |
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Description of the exams required for this course. |
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Here are exams that have been used in previous years. |
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ITGS Textbook Web Site - Gray
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Companion web site for the Gray ITGS textbook |
Computer Confluence Site
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Companion web site for your text |
Wiki page for another ITGS class |
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IoT |
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News Sites:
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Aeon |
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BBS News - Technology |
Uses appropriate IT vocabulary and supportive visual material. |
Edupage |
Allows you to subscribe to IT news digest, why not let edupage to the searching for you. |
Excellent source for current tech issues, mostly related to security but covers other issues as well. Seems as if some ITGS exam topics come right from his essays. |
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CNN Technology News |
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New York Times Technology News |
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Yahoo News - Technology |
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US News and World Report Science and Technology |
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The Economist - Science and Technology |
Access to some articles may require subscription. |
Wired News |
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NYT Bits Blog |
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Engadget |
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News Articles
Subject Related Videos or Links
| Did You Know? | Shows how fast the world is changing |
| Did You Know? 4.0 | Newer version of Did You Know? |
| Web 2.0 | Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us |
| Information R/evolution | How is technology changing information? |
| RSA Animate – The Internet in Society: Empowering and Censoring Citizen? | What if the Internet becomes a tool of dictators to crack down in dissidents who use it to promote political change? |
| Data Mining and Free Speech | |
| Open Technology Initiative | |
| The Johnny Cash Project | A collaborative effort remember this great artist |
| https://bubbl.us/ | Mind mapping site for brainstorming ideas |
| http://www.wallwisher.com/ | |
| http://edu.glogster.com/ | student example |
| 3DPrintingSystems.com | 3D Printed "Magic Arms" |
| Can you read tihs | Does spelling really matter? (you do not lose points inyour ITGS exam for incorrect spelling.) |
| 25 Point Web Site Checklist | 28 Web Developer Cheat Sheets |
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Database Links
| http://www.geekgirls.com/menu_databases.htm | |
| Ordering Pizza - how much information can be found about you? | |
| Another ITGS DB Outline - DB lessons from another ITGS class | |
| http://www.qcda.gov.uk/13459.aspx - sample data files that can be downloaded and used for practice | 3/10 |
| Privacy Badger - here is how you can block invisible trackers |
Learning Resources:
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www.webopedia.com |
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www.antiphishing.org |
Latest statistics and news about phishing |
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www.pcguide.com |
Exhaustive site with detailed information and instructions |
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pcmech.pair.com |
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www.pctechguide.com |
Clear explanations of how computers work with nice graphics |
www.howstuffworks.com/pc.htm |
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LearnThat |
www.learnthat.com |
Good A+ Exam tutorial |
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www.whatis.com |
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www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/processor.asp |
Good reference chart comparing various processors |
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http://www.esupport.com/biosagent |
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http://www.computerhope.com/sfdisk1.htm |
Practice using FDisk with this simulator. |
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http://users.erols.com/chare/sockets.htm |
So what is the difference between socket 478 and Slot 1? |
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www.komando.com |
Kim has a radio show and also some good Tips of the Day. |
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www.tomshardware.com |
Good reviews of new technologies |
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www.comptia.org |
This is the organization that developed the
A+ exam. |
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If you have questions about motherboards here
are some places to start |
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On-line Fraud Schemes |
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Photo Manipulation |
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/farid/research/digitaltampering/ |
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You can provide someone in a third world country with a micro loan |
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One laptop per child web site |
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Web 2.0 resources |
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Tools and Utilities:
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Sandra is an acronym for System analyzer/Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant |
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Spyware has become such a problem that Microsoft provides a free antispyware program. |
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Another free antispyware program |
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An on-line presentation program |
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Open Source Software:
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www. blender.org/ |
Program for 3D effects |
www.mozilla.com/en-US/ firefox/ |
Alternative Web Browser |
www. gimp.org/ |
Photo editing program similar to Photoshop |
www. jahshaka.org/ |
Jahshaka - a high end video editing program |
Jet Audio - audio recording program. |
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Similar to office but free |
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PDF Creator - if you can print it you can PDF it. |
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ZD Soft Screen Recorder |
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Unzipping Program |
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Web page editor program like Dreamweaver |
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A suite of applications that you can take with you anywhere on your USB flash drive. |
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http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html |
Another free paint program. Requires the .NET framework |
http://www.buildwebsite4u.com/resources/html-editors.shtml |
Commercial and free HTML editors |
FileZilla |
free FTP program |
7Zip |
free file compression tool |
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/ |
Xampp - a self contained tool with apache web server and php. |
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Viruses:
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DOS Links:
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Good resource for learning more about DOS commands |
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Very nice DOS tutorial |
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How to create a startup disk for Win98, 2K and XP |
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Creating simple batch files |
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Computer Shopping:
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Excellent site for comparison shopping |
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Another great site for good deals |
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If it is electronic it is here |
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Mostly computer hardware |
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San Jose store |
If you need to buy memory this is a very helpful site |
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Fry's on-line store |
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Electronics available from Amazon.com |
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Large selection of items |
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Another site with lots of selections |
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Just too many on-line stores to list them all |
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Store web site |
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Store web site |
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Good site for putting together that gamer system |
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Funny name but good site |
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Take a look at the cases they have for sale. |
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Career Links:
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Provides Salary Survey Results - what can you make as an IT professional? |
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Good resource for IT career information |
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These are the words you should include in a resume |
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These are the words you should include in a resume |
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Articles about Sequoia's Business/IT Program:
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Article featuring Denise Sandoval |
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Description of our IT program and how it began |
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Features the very first Cisco Networking class at Sequoia |
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Brief article about Bush's visit to Sequoia, go to the bottom of the page |
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Just for Fun:
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See what MIT students do with their spare time |
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Making networking kids stuff |
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You have got to see it to believe it |
Top 500 Supercomputer Site |
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How can you connect NY with London? Use a very long phone line |
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Some of the problems with such cables are shipping vessels that drag nets along the ocean floor and sharks eating through the cable. New cables are now buried using an undersea plow. |
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Try a traceroute to www.diplomatie.gouv.fr |
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