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Date November 2020 Marks available 8 Reference code 20N.1.SL.TZ0.2
Level SL Paper 1 Time zone no time zone
Command term Discuss Question number 2 Adapted from N/A

Question

BYOD at Xingu Academy

Some students at Xingu Academy have been allowed to “bring your own device (BYOD)” into school so they can use assistive technologies, such as speech-to-text, to support their learning (see Figure 3). Mayu Jimenez, the Head of Learning and Teaching, has seen the benefits for these students. A number of other teachers believe there will be benefits if the school becomes a BYOD school. However, before a decision can be made, Alejandro Gandolla, the Head of IT, has been asked to investigate whether the school would be able to cope with the demands of the increased number of devices.

Figure 3: Assistive technologies

Identify two pieces of information that would be used to identify a device on the IT network.

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a.i.

Identify the steps used by speech-to-text software.

[4]
a.ii.

Digital citizenship is included in Xingu Academy’s IT acceptable use policy.

Explain why it is important that students at Xingu Academy are both competent users of digital technologies and good digital citizens.

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b.

Discuss whether Xingu Academy should become a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) school.

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c.

Markscheme

Answers may include:

 

Award [1] for identifying each piece of information the IT department would use to identify the device on the IT network, up to a maximum of [2].

a.i.

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Award [1] for identifying each step that the text-to-speech software uses up to a maximum of [4].

a.ii.

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Reasons for being competent users of digital technologies:

Reasons for being good digital citizens:

 

b.

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Reasons why Xingu Academy should become a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) school:

Reasons why Xingu Academy should not become a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) school:

 

In part (c) of this question it is expected there will be a balance between the terminology related to digital systems and the terminology related to social and ethical impacts.

Keywords: education, networks, BYOD, device, trust, authentication, security, VPN, cloud, change, power, spaces, systems, values, ethics


Refer to SL/HL paper 1, part c markbands when awarding marks. These can be found under the "Your tests" tab > supplemental materials > Digital society markbands and guidance document.

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Syllabus sections

Topic 1: Introduction » 1.1 What is digital society
Topic 2: Concepts » 2.1 Change
Topic 3: Content » 3.4 Networks and the internet
Topic 2: Concepts » 2.4 Power
Topic 4: Contexts » 4.5 Human knowledge
Topic 2: Concepts » 2.5 Space
Topic 2: Concepts » 2.6 Systems
Topic 2: Concepts » 2.7 Values and ethics
Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: Concepts
Topic 3: Content
Topic 4: Contexts

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