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WikiLeaks posts video of 'US military killings' in Iraq Issues related to hacking and 'leaking' of information, which raises security and digital citizenship issues.Įxercise 1.8 ITGS Guide: 'On what basis can we trust 'knowledge' acquired from a range of sources?'.It is useful to contrast the positive impacts in this article with the negative issues and impacts found in the 'Probe into teacher Twitter posts' and the 'Plagiarism lines blur' articles above.

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In India, Using Facebook to Catch Bad Drivers Interesting uses of social media.

Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age' This article raises digital citizenship issues in education.

Can the US trust its voting machines? Issues of integrity, reliability, security, and privacy in the politics & government area of application are raised by this article.

Probe into teacher Twitter posts A different perspective on digital citizenship, with links to the Internet and social networks.

Phone calls database considered This article addresses privacy and civil rights issues versus the need to fight terrorism - an age-old argument that also links to the IB Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course.

S Korea child 'starves as parents raise virtual baby' raises serious issues about computer addiction which links to the Health and Home & Leisure scenarios.

Facial recognition database would give police 'unprecedented' access raises issues related to biometric technology, privacy, and government surveillance.

Many patients prefer online postoperative care to in-person care is a good introduction to the potential benefits of online health care.

They might also be useful for introduction lessons for pre-IB students.

Although these articles are a bit older, they highlight the diverse topics and issues that will be covered in the ITGS course. There are also a number of articles which I have used in ITGS introduction lessons in the past. President Trump relaxes US cyber-attacks rules.FBI sought mass Google location data to catch robber.Twitter will not ban InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.You can also read the latest ITGS news articles by following our ITGS Twitter account. There are literally thousands of news articles students might choose for the introduction exercises 1.2 and 1.4 in the ITGS textbook.īelow are a few that I have used successfully in class. 2015 - Asociación de Supermercados Independientes.2020 - FaceToFace facial recognition application.3.11 Robotics, artificial intelligence and expert systems.3.8 Spreadsheets, modelling and simulations.1.8 Globalization and cultural diversity.1.6 Digital divide & Equality of Access.

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