1. IB Information Technology in the Global Society & Advanced Topics in IT Paul Bui

2. About Me Born and raised in Arlington UVA – Computer Engineering 6 th year at Washington-Lee HS LD Debate – Mon/Tue IT Club - Thurs

3. Contact Info E-mail paul.bui@apsva.us Phone: 703.228.6200 (main office) Ask for Paul Bui – Rm 4209

4. Class Website http://paulbui.net/wl OR 1. Go to the Washington-Lee website: http://www.apsva.us/washingtonlee http://www.apsva.us/washingtonlee 2. Click on “Academics” 3. Click on “Business Education & Computer Science” 4. Click on “Paul Bui – Computer Science OR 1. Google “paul bui”

5. Computer Lab 28 x Apple iMacs running Mac OS X Open during lunch, Generals Period, and after school

6. Software & Supplies Many software applications are open source and freely available Online resources  Blogger  Google sites  Etc. Earphones USB flash drive

7. ITGS Course Topics Basic hardware & networking Databases & spreadsheets Word processing & desktop publishing Images, sound, & presentations Modeling & simulation Tutorials, training, & wizards The Internet Personal & public communications mediums Robotics, artificial intelligence, and expert systems

8. Course Objectives Internal Assessment  Project & log book  Preparation for future jobs External Assessment  End of the year exam  Preparation for college

9. Advanced Topics in IT Projects Independent study with mentor support Create 10 goals per semester Document progress and project on-line Sample projects from prior years:  PHP - web development  Objective-C (iPhone apps)  Adobe Flash This year’s projects:  C++  Java  Android apps  Microsoft XNA game programming  Ruby on Rails

10. Questions?