DP Curriculum Overview

Unit Title
Key Concept (Essential understanding - big ideas to retain)
Inquiry Question
DP Subject objective
ATL Skills
DP Content (Topics, knowledge, skills)
ToK/CAS connection
Personal and Public communication
 ITGS triangle, IB Mission statement, learner Profile
 How did the IT development emerge?

What is the impact of IT on personal and public communication?
·   Knowledge and understanding of specified content
·   Application and analysis
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Use of ITGS skills
Research, thinking, Communication
Media literacy
Social and ethical significance collaborative tools - web 2.0      
Personal and public communicatons 

Business and Employment
 Real examples for each topic in business and employment
 How is IT in businesses?

What is the impact of IT on stakeholders?

What feasible solutions can be applied to overcome problems?
·   Knowledge and understanding of specified content
·   Application and analysis
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Use of ITGS skills
Self-management,
Social
Research
Business and employment Spreadsheets                               Databases
 Is it morally acceptable for a user to block an advertisement or should the user be forced to see the advertisement in return for reading the information supplied to the website?
Health
 IT use in health sector using real examples
 How is IT in health?

What is the impact of IT on stakeholders?

What feasible solutions can be applied to overcome problems?
·    Knowledge and understanding of specified content
·   Application and analysis
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Use of ITGS skills

Research, Reflective
Affective
Health                                      Spreadsheets                                                Databases                                                   DTP                                             presentations
Why do still need doctors?
Computers can do medical diagnosis. Patients only need fill out an online form and an expert system will identify the illness!
Home and leisure
 Technology at home for entertainment

Internal Assessment
 How is IT in home entertainment?

What is the impact of IT on stakeholders?

What feasible solutions can be applied to overcome problems?
·    Knowledge and understanding of specified content
·   Application and analysis
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Use of ITGS skills
 Reflection
Media Literacy
Information literacy
Home and leisure                       Internet                                  Multimedia/digital media                             
 From where do you know what is going on in the world? What are your sources of knowledge?
Environment
 How IT can be used to sustain the environment
 What can the IT industry do to reduce its impact on the environment?

What is the impact of IT on stakeholders?

What feasible solutions can be applied to overcome problems?
·    Knowledge and understanding of specified content
·   Application and analysis
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Use of ITGS skills
 Affective,
Collaborative
reflectiion
Environment                                  Social and ethical issues
 Could it be that we humans only really start to understand a situation once we are able to perceive the situation with our senses?
Education and training
 IT in education
 How is IT in education and training?

What is the impact of IT on stakeholders?

What feasible solutions can be applied to overcome problems?
·   Knowledge and understanding of specified content
·   Application and analysis
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Use of ITGS skills
 Communication
Critical thinking
Oragnisation
transfer
Social and ethical issues   Modelling                              Simulation
 Would the e-books improve the education in your school?

Does the use of interactive whiteboards automatically improve education?
Politics and government
 IT influence in politics and government
 How does  IT influence politics and governance?

What is the impact of IT on stakeholders?

What feasible solutions can be applied to overcome problems?
·   Knowledge and understanding of specified content
·   Application and analysis
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Synthesis and evaluation
·   Use of ITGS skills
 Critical thinking
Media literacy
Social and ethical issues        Politics and government                              
 As internet voting can also be done from home, is the vote the really a secret vote? Cannot other family members influence the voter’s behavior?

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