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=2016 ITGS HL Paper 3: Smart Homes=

The ITGS case study, Smart Homes, is the stimulus material for the research investigation required for May and November 2016 higher level paper 3. All of the work related to the case study should reflect the integrated approach explained on pages 15–17 of the ITGS guide.

Candidates should consider Smart Homes with respect to:
 * relevant IT systems in a social context
 * both local and global areas of impact
 * social and ethical impacts on individuals and societies
 * current challenges and solutions
 * future developments

Candidates are expected to research real-life situations similar to Smart Homes and relate their findings to first-hand experiences wherever possible. Information may be collected through a range of activities: secondary and primary research, field trips, guest speakers, personal interviews and email correspondence. Responses to examination questions must reflect the synthesis of knowledge and experiences that the candidates have gained from their investigations. In some instances, additional information may be provided in examination questions to allow candidates to generate new ideas.

=**LEARNING GOALS: ** = DEMONSTRATE an understanding of the IT systems presented in the case study and how they work (AO1) ANALYZE the social/ethical issues relevant to the case study (AO2) EXPLAIN how the scenarios specified in the case study may be related to other similar global and local situations (AO2) DEMONSTRATE independent research (use and quote information gathered in the primary and secondary research that goes beyond what was presented in the case study (AO3) EVALUATE, FORMULATE or JUSTIFY strategic solutions to problems presented in the case study (AO3)

=**LEARNING RESOURCES:** = Required Reading:

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 * KEY TERMS: **


 * Smart Homes - homes equipped with electronic devices that can be controlled remotely.
 * devices - A thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment.
 * communications network A system of relays that provides informations to others
 * sensors - A device that detects or measures a physical property and records, indicates, or otherwise responds to it. Always an input device.
 * security - the measures needed to be taken in order to keep technologies safe for use
 * Internet of Things (IoT) - a system in which people, animals, and things all have unique identifiers
 * If This Then That (IFTTT) - a company that produces internet-based recipes, allowing smart devices to perform certain tasks autonomously following if/then statements
 * Smart Technology - Squeezing big performance improvements out of everything from electric grids and transportation networks to water supply systems and health care services by trying to align constrained supply with erratic demand more systematically.
 * data - information gathered and stored by a computer system/device
 * Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - companies that provides individuals and other companies access to the Internet and other related services
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">Internet - The global communication network that allows computers worldwide to connect and exchange information.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">Hub: the effective center of an activity, region, or network.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">Home Network: A local network that allows devices connected to the same network to communicate with each other.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">cloud based - a device that stores information on distant servers where it can be accessed by anyone
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">proprietary controls: Controls protected by trademark or patent. made, produced, or distributed by an individual that has total ownership.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">software: the programs and operating information used by a computer.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">protocols - rules and guidelines set in place for the technology or tech users to follow in a certain scenario
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">control software: control software is software used to filter out inappropriate content on the web (ex. iBoss).
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">if/then statements - logic statements commanding a computer to perform an action if a prerequisite is met
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">web interface - The interaction between a user and software running on a Web server.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">input - instructions given by the user to the hardware and software of the computer
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">interface - the platform with which the user interacts in order to operate the device
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) - a discipline concerned with the study, design, construction and implementation of human-centric interactive computer systems.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">device manager: a control panel applet in microsoft windows operating systems to view and control hardware attached to the computer
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">network: two or more computers/servers that are linked in order to share resources.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">technological determinism - a reductionist theory that presumes that a society's technology drives the development of its social structure and cultural values, i.e., technology for the sake of technology.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">intelligent home - a digital home that runs mostly autonomously
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">autonomously - independently, self governing
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">compatibility - the ability of one device, program, or software to work with another.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">activity monitoring: Devices designed to track and store user’s data pertaining to a specific activity.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">storage: Any technology designed to store and keep data.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">app: a self containing program or software that is designed to fulfill a particular purpose
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">automation: the use of automatic equipment in a system of production.

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Primary Sources vs. Secondary Sources | Common Craft Video // media type="custom" key="27627824" =<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PRIMARY RESEARCH IDEAS: ** =
 * //Field trip to Paulson's Home Theater / Autimation//
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">// Going to Best Buy and looking at and asking questions the staff about smart home implements already being sold //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">// going to a technology museum to look for previous IT systems that make today's technology possible //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">// Pretending to be a potential customer interested in purchasing a smart home. Discuss with the real estate agent the positives and negatives of buying it. //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">// Call an employee of company similar to Brix Home, or an employee of a company that installs smart security into homes. //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">// Try to create a DIY smart home. //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">// Create a kickstarter for the school to fund a smart home for a family in need in our community, while inspecting and interviewing the family before and after //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">// Interview someone who is the owner of a smart home in person or by phone if they live far away and ask them about the pros and cons of having a smart home //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">// Research Articles and watching videos on the latest smart home technologies //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">// Call/Visit ADT and discuss what smart home technologies they provide and what are the benefits of owning them. Additionally, what are the requirements to start implementing the IT system? //

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">SECONDARY RESEARCH RESOURCES: =

WEBSITES
ITGS Textbook 2016 HL Paper 3 ITGSopedia 2016 HL Paper 3

PODCASTS
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SOCIAL MEDIA
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Facebook Group: 2016 ITGSopedia Case Study <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Diigo <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Use the ITGS global tag media type="custom" key="27627934"
 * 7.16_case_study_2016 **Diigo tagged articles

**VIDEOS**
//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Internet of Things | Common Craft Video // media type="custom" key="27627820" //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cloud Computing | Common Craft Video // media type="custom" key="27627796" //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Smart Grid | Common Craft Video // media type="custom" key="27627828" //The Internet of Things | IBM Social Media// media type="custom" key="28450941" What Does the Internet of Things Mean? | Intel media type="custom" key="28450949" How it works: Internet of Things | IBM Think Academy media type="custom" key="28450955" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">This video is an introduction to the products of the company “SmartThings.” This company has invented technology that allows the user to control, monitor, and customize his/her home remotely. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">media type="custom" key="28456649" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">This video discusses a tech writer’s home, where she makes all of her devices communicate with each other. This brings up the social and ethical issues of her devices being hacked. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">media type="custom" key="28456653" This video covers how Apple’s newly developed technologies will be compatible with existing smart home technologies. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">media type="custom" key="28456655" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">Analyzes future smart home innovations and what they’ll be able to do. media type="custom" key="28456659" Discusses how easy it is for people to anonymously hack into a smart phone to control, locks, lights, TV, thermostat, and other connected features in smart homes. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">media type="custom" key="28456661" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">Apple’s HomeKit <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">media type="custom" key="28456663" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">Examines potential security concerns in smart homes. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.5;">media type="custom" key="28456665" This video is about how Microsoft 10 will have a technology called AllJoyn which is an “open source framework that encourages devices to be inter operable.” This AllJoyn system is similar to Apple's Homekit, however it is not directly compatible to Homekit without an extra hardware chip. media type="custom" key="28456669" Demonstrates various smart home technologies. media type="custom" key="28456673"

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">RESEARCH QUESTIONS: **

 * What are potential problem(s) in this case?
 * Privacy - There may be a debate to whether the users or the cloud provider own the data gathered by the home.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Communication - The home may over communicate personal/private information back to other family members using the smart house or there may be an issue with too much data being sent back to the cloud or Brix Homes.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Security Of Data - There will also may be a concern considering how hackable the technology is and what that information could be used for.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reliability And Integrity - The reliability of the company has to be ensured and the reliability of the devices used must be taken into account by the homeowners to see if a smart home through Brix Homes is safe.
 * How does the problem affect the stakeholders both in the long run and the short run?
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 * What social/ethical issues arise from this analysis
 * Positive social
 * IDENTIFY positive social issues here
 * Negative social
 * IDENTIFY negative social issues here
 * Positive ethical
 * IDENTIFY positive ethical implications here
 * Negative ethical
 * IDENTIFY negative ethical implications here
 * Definitions of ALL related ITGS Key Terms
 * Insert bookmark link to KEY TERMS (above)
 * How do SMART technologies work?
 * Security
 * DESCRIBE how the technology works.
 * TV
 * DESCRIBE how the technology works.
 * Air conditioning / Heating (HVAC)
 * DESCRIBE how the technology works.
 * Window Sensors
 * DESCRIBE how the technology works.
 * Wifi
 * DESCRIBE how the technology works.
 * Smoke Detector
 * DESCRIBE how the technology works.
 * Moisture sensor.
 * DESCRIBE how the technology works.
 * Lighting
 * DESCRIBE how the technology works.
 * Oven
 * DESCRIBE how the technology works.
 * TO WHAT EXTENT are SMART technologies are part of the problem and/or the solution?
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 * What are the advantages of the solution(s), for which stakeholders?
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 * What additional effects are generated by the solution(s)?
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 * Taking into account the social and ethical issues which arise, which is/are the best solution(s)?
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">POSSIBLE 2016 HL PAPER 3 ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS:

 * DEFINE the term _.
 * IDENTIFY two characteristics of _.
 * OUTLINE one reason why _ should be used in a home.
 * DISTINGUISH between _ and _.
 * EXPLAIN one _ and one _ that can be applied to customer access.
 * DISCUSS whether third party vendors should be able to profit from the use the information / data gathered from devices they have sold that are being used in smart homes.
 * With reference to your independent research, TO WHAT EXTENT do the benefit's of a consumer living in a Smart Home outweigh the ethical concerns that these consumers may have about the impacts on their privacy, security, an anonymity?
 * Insert additional possible assessment questions here.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Critically read the case study. Print a copy of the case study.
 * <span style="color: inherit; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em;">GUIDED LEARNING ACTIVITIES **<span style="color: inherit; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em;">**:**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IDENTIFY (highlight) information in the case study as it relates to the four parts of the ITGS triangle. Use BLUE for stakeholders, PINK for Social/Ethical Significance, GREEN for IT Systems, and YELLOW for Application to Specified Scenarios. Do not perform a full triangle analysis yet, simply start to organize what goes where, etc.Meet with a group of 3 other students to COMPARE and CONTRAST your findings.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">C <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CONSTRUCT a new Wiki via Wikispaces to collect and analyze your findings regarding the HL Paper 3 Case Study together as a class. This will provide a place for you to review relevant sources and information before the exam in May. Include the following:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IDENTIFY all ITGS key terms used in the article and at the end of the article and DEFINE them on the class Wiki in a section or page named KEY TERMS. Include definitions, explanations and diagrams relating to the terminology along with the properly cited sources.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FORMULATE research questions for inquiry into the case study (questions you will need to answer through research). Questions should be added as secondary research progresses on the class Wiki in a section or page named RESEARCH QUESTIONS. Design and develop new questions as research progresses.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IDENTIFY possible Primary Resources (examples: Stock management / ordering systems, Loyalty card systems, Check out systems, Systems designed to analyze big data collected from customers and from store operations) in a section or page named PRIMARY SOURCES.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IDENTIFY secondary resources (examples: websites, .pdf files, videos, printed magazines and books, ebooks). Reliable and relevant sources must be used in a section or page named SECONDARY RESOURCES.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COMPARE and CONTRAST findings from primary sources with findings from secondary resources. Create a section or page on the Wiki for this. Choose an appropriate name.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Predict possible questions that could appear on Paper 3 using ITGS Command terms under a heading titled POSSIBLE PAPER 3 IB ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">IDENTIFY a set of tags and use Diigo throughout the year to tag useful information related to the case study. Utilize the ITGSopedia Global Tagging System page and the 2015 ITGS Case Study Facebook Group to aid in your research. Place links to these resources on the Wiki under the heading LEARNING RESOURCES.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ANNOTATE the case study as a class with Diigo based on your original highlighted copy. Post the link to the annotated copy to the Wiki under the REQUIRED READING heading.

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 * <span style="color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">REVIEW Expert Systems, IFTTT and IOTs.
 * <span style="color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">CONSTRUCT an IFTTT recipe that can be used to automate something.
 * <span style="color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Prepare to DISCUSS your recipe with the class. Brainstorm ways that IFTTTT could be used to automate something in your home. Additional resources for this have been tagged to the HHS ITGS Diigo Group with the 7.16_case_study_2016 tag.
 * <span style="color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">TAG 3 new resources related to the 2016 HL Paper 3 case study with the 7.16_case_study_2016 tag to the HHS ITGS Diigo Group.
 * <span style="color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Continue studying for HL Paper 3.

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