Advice for the next generation (HL students)

ITGS HL is not that hard, it is quite doable, it just requires certain things:

• You would need to be an indenpendent learner. You would make sure that you know what you need to know. You should set up some sort of schedule just to make sure that you will be able to cover everything you need to learn before either the December exams, mock exams and the real IB exams.

• You will need to be proactive! You should not seat down and wait for the teacher to give you back your assignment if you really need it or wait for them to ask you your homework or give you assignments. Sometimes, in fact many times, you will need to remind the teacher of your needs. And it's not just about the teacher but also other fellow ITGS students. If there aren't so many HL students in the class, sometimes SL students tend to chill out and all so you would need to remind them to be serious...

• Take good notes, that is very important. And keep them together. I used a website to take notes because sometimes I would do research online and wouldn't want to print everything or copy it on paper. The website I used for taking notes is www.backpackit.com

• The Case study! Learn e-v-e-r-y tech vocab word that you're not sure you know. Even check for those that you already knew to make sure that you would be able to define them well if you were asked to. Ask the teacher to make up some questions based on the case study for you just practice. Talk to your teacher whenever you have questions because sometimes the teacher might tell you about something that you would have not been able to find otherwise. Ok, when you get your case study, first thing is to underline key words. Second, define them all. Third, research on social/ethical issues. Fourth, further research on issues that may not be directly related to the case study specifically.

• Um, don't worry about the IAs. You can easily do them if you just take your time to understand what exactly is expected from you. The only advice that I would give you on the IAs is to make sure that when you submit the rough draft to your teacher, make sure that it's really good, your best! because the teacher can only make good comments once and for the second time the teacher can't say much.

• Finally, enjoy the class. Honestly, it can be pretty boring at times but if you have the right attitude, you will enjoy it.

Peace. ;)