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Session 1 - Course introduction and overview
Introduction to the course
Course requirements: active attendance and discussion of the given topics (on the basis of the fulfilled tasks from particular sessions; the key to the exercises shall be given in class); an individual peer-assessed presentation with a quiz included
Each session is going to consist of two parts: 1 - peer-reviewed presentation and discussion of the given topic
2 - checking the extras as agreed (asking questions, word order, etc.)
Topics for presentations; extras:
Database
basics; asking questions
Data
processing; word order in English vs. Czech
Data
storage and back-up; relative clauses
Database
systems benefit; selected pronunciation problems
Types of
network; articles
Networking hardware; compound words
Fault
diagnosis; countable and uncountable nouns
Software
and hardware repair; selected phrasal verbs
Customer service; negative prefixes
Security solutions; extreme adjectives
Security procedures; false friends
Reporting incidents; understatements
What is
Information Technology[1]
Information
Technology (IT) is the application of computers and internet to
store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate information, often in the context of
a business or other enterprise. IT is considered a subset of
information and communications technology (ICT) and has evolved according to
the needs.
It is
worthwhile noting that the term IT is commonly used as a
synonym for computers and computer networks, but it also encompasses other
information distribution technologies such as television and telephones.
Several industries are associated with information technology, including
computer hardware, software, electronics, semiconductors, internet, telecom
equipment, engineering, healthcare, e-commerce, and computer services.
Thanks to
the continuous development of computers, the original computing systems became
minicomputers and later personal computers took the lead. Nowadays, mobile
phones are dethroning the personal computer and computing is evolving faster to
become disembodied more like a cloud, becoming accessible more
easily whenever needed. Information technology has transformed people and
companies and has allowed digital technology to influence society and economy
alike. It has, in this sense, shaped societies and adapted itself to people's
needs.
History
If you
want a brief history of Information Technology, here is one. Humans were the
first "computers". Then, machines were invented to carry out the
computational tasks. Now these machines have given way to new form of
information technology. Information has become disembodied accessible from
anywhere through cloud technology. Recent advances in IT is the consequence of
the development in computing systems.
Humans
have been storing, retrieving, manipulating, and communicating information
since the Sumerians in Mesopotamia developed writing in about 3000 BC, but
the term information technology in its modern sense first appeared in
a 1958 article published in the Harvard Business Review; authors
Harold J. Leavitt and Thomas L. Whisler commented that "the new technology
does not yet have a single established name. We shall call it information
technology (IT)." Their definition consists of three
categories: techniques for processing, the application of statistical and
mathematical methods to decision-making, and the simulation of higher-order
thinking through computer programs.
Week 2 - Database basics
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/questions
https://preply.com/en/blog/types-of-questions-in-english/
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/questions-different-types/
Week 3 - Data processing
https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar/word-order.html
https://www.businessenglishresources.com/word-order-exercises/
Week 4 - Data storage and back-up
Week 5 - Database systems benefits
Week 6 - Types of network
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/grammar/using_articles.html
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a1/a-an-the-no-article/
Week 7 - Networking hardware
Week 8 - Fault diagnosis
https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-grammar/countable-and-uncountable-nouns/
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a1/a-some-any-countable-uncountable/
https://agendaweb.org/grammar/countable_uncountable-exercises.html
Week 9 - Software and hardware repair
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/b1-phrasal-verbs-1-exercises-explanation/
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/b1-phrasal-verbs-1-exercises-explanation/2/
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/b1-phrasal-verbs-1-exercises-explanation/3/
Week 10 - Customer service
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/business-english/english-for-customer-service/
https://www.wixanswers.com/post/customer-service-phrases
https://www.lawlessenglish.com/learn-english/grammar/negative-prefixes/