ITGS – Digital Society Update

December 18, 2019
The DP course title Information Technology in a Global Society (ITGS) will change to Digital Society in 2022. The most recent update from the ITGS/Digital Society Curriculum Review has been posted on My IB at https://resources.ibo.org/data/d_3_itgsx_crr_1910_1_e.pdf...

News Flash: Change for M18 HL Paper 1 Section B

March 9, 2018
This news flash may have escaped your attention. It was posted on 29 Jan 2018 to DP Coordinators. From the May 2018 examination session onwards, Section B of ITGS HL Paper 1 will consist of three questions from which candidates must answer one. This will mean that on...

How to Prepare Students for ITGS Examinations?

March 7, 2018
The months time between the Mock Examinations and the M18 ITGS Examinations is an intensive time for preparing students for  upcoming exams. Some starting points that may be incredibly helpful for guiding ITGS students: The M17 ITGS Subject Report is most...

Child Exploitation in Mining Cobalt

March 15, 2017
More than half of the world’s supply of cobalt is mined from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Cobalt is a key element in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries required for mobile consumer products such as cellphones, laptops and other mobile devices....

Terminology – Getting ITGS Right

February 22, 2017
It is not possible to communicate ITGS unless an appropriate range of ITGS terminology has been developed.  This does not only mean for use in class discussions, but equally important for writing both documentation for ITGS Projects and responding to questions on ITGS...