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  Information Technology in a Global Society - Standard Level    

The IB Diploma Programme information technology in a global society (ITGS) course is the study and evaluation of the impacts of information technology (IT) on individuals and society. It explores the advantages and disadvantages of the access and use of digitized information at the local and global level. ITGS provides a framework for the student to make informed judgments and decisions about the use of IT within social contexts.

Syllabus

The course is based on the the standard level ITGS syllabus available on the IB Publications website.

Assessment

Students will be required to write two papers and complete an individual project.

 

Paper 1 (1 hour 30 minutes) 40%

Four structured questions that assess in an integrated way the three strands of the syllabus.

  • Social and ethical significance

  • Application to specific scenarios

  • IT systems

Students answer two of four structured questions on any of the core topics.

 

Paper 2 (1 hour 15 minutes) 30%

This paper consists of one unseen article.

Students are required to write a response to this article.

 

Internal assessment 30% 

This component is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course.

Project (30 hours)

The development of an original IT product for a specified client. Students must produce:

  • a cover page using prescribed format

  • an original IT product

  • documentation supporting the product (word limit 2,000 words).

 

Extended essays in ITGS

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The extended essay has as its starting point a research question requiring both secondary and primary research, and addresses all parts of the ITGS triangle to reach a conclusion.

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The extended essay in the area of ITGS will take into consideration an IT system and examine its social and ethical impacts on the stakeholders. The entire ITGS course is designed around this foundation and approach and your EE must as well.

You will need to include evidence of both primary and secondary research. Primary sources may include data collection, interviews, surveys or other relevant methods. It is information the student collects themselves. Secondary information is information that has already been collected and published.

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Source: IB publication

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