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Information Technology in a Global Society subject report · May 2012

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May 2012 extended essay reports Page 1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY Overall grade boundaries Grade: E D C B A Mark range: 0 - 7 8 - 15 16 - 22 23 - 28 29 - 36 The range and suitability of the work submitted For the second consecutive session, the topic which seemed to ha ve been the favourite among candidates was “social networking”: Facebook, Twitter, and other similar network communities were explored with respect especially to their use as educational and/or political tools. Online games and their impact on society cont inue to be among the favourite topics chosen by ITGS students. Other than those, there were a variety of topics (social media, online art, web 2.0, robotic surgeries, cyber bullying, intellectual property, software, movie, and music piracy, etc.) most of which correctly addressed the area of ITGS. In a few instances, there were essays submitted as ITGS ones which were clearly outside the scope of ITGS. In general, this affects the success of the candidate – they cannot reach the top levels of the criteria, because the essay will not cover the prescribed areas or use the proper terminology. Why this problem continues to occur year after year is unclear, but it is the responsibility of the supervisor to ensure that the candidate submits a suitable essay for the subject. A possible reason may be because the school does not offer ITGS and the
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Subject
Information Technology in a Global Society
Document type
Subject report
Year
2012
Session
May 2012
Level
Not labelled in the archive
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Not labelled in the archive
Language
English
File size
75 KB
Pages
3
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