Explore BICT
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Explore BICT AY 2016- 2017
AP4302 - Explore ICT
• Assessment Title:
• Explore ICT Moodle Quiz
• Instructions:
– You have six weeks to go through the content of these slides
– You will see tips to the Moodle quiz questions in sticky notes
– Make sure you write down the answers as you go through the presentation.
– Complete the Moodle quiz
• You may attempt to answer questions several times
• Submit the quiz when all your answers are correct
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• Welcome to Explore Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology (BICT)
• This Explore session will give you information about the BICT degree and its high demand in industry.
• It aims to give you – an insight about the purpose, structure, general knowledge, and
specialization areas that can be achieved throughout the degree – and the diverse career opportunities that can arise after the successful
completion of the degree.
• You may be wondering whether it's the right degree; we will help you make this decision by providing an overview of BICT.
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You will see guiding tips to the quiz
questions in a similar sticky note.
• These people, among many more, had small ideas that transformed them into famous icons.
• They utilized their knowledge in technology to change the world.
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What was those people’s ideas?
What solutions have they founded?
Steve Jobs
Gabe Newell
Bill Gates
Where Do We Need ICT? Can you think of an industry that does
not use ICT?
Watch this video “About Polytechnic BICT”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr-
CvPyp1i4#t=11
• The BICT is under the Engineering, Design, and Information and Communication Technology Faculty (EDICT). It aims to develop work-ready, skilled ICT graduates who have exposure to more than one technology. The BICT is one of the largest programmes at Bahrain Polytechnic.
• Tutors come from: Ireland, France, Scotland, England, New Zealand, India, Greece, Turkey, Bahrain, Jordan and Canada
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BICT Faculty (Picture Taken June 2013)
• To join the BICT Program you need to show competence in English and in mathematics used in technology and in the use of personal computer applications.
• You can meet the above requirements by successful completion of:
– AP4203 – English 2
– AP4306 – Information Communication Technology
– AP4102 – Mathematics 2 (Technical)
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What courses do students need to complete to be able to register in the
BICT program?
In order for you to excel in the BICT, you are expected to be open to learning new things. You are also expected to continuously develop your logical, analytical, and critical thinking skills.
You have to be cooperative and ethical.
ICT is all about finding innovative and working solutions to problems
Important
• The BICT is a four year, eight semester (Full-Time) programme • Students must complete 480 credits to meet the degree requirements.
• The first two years concentrate on developing students fundamental technical skills. Because the
courses are delivered in English there is a high level of English support in these first two years. During this phase, students cover a broad selection of core IT subjects, including Networking, Databases, Programming and Computer Architecture.
• At the end of year two, students will have the required knowledge to be able to choose their specialization in one of the offered programmes. The BICT programmes are designed to provide graduates with a choice of specialization within a common framework of IT competency.
• A graduate may complete the BICT degree without any specialization.
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What type of skills do student develop during the first and second year?
When can a students choose their
major in the BICT Program?
• During year three students apply their fundamental knowledge to advanced courses related to their major such as: Database Programming, Mobile- Computing, E-Commerce, Cloud Computing, Networks Security, Mobile Networking …etc.
• BICT students concentrate on applying their technical skills and knowledge to solve real world problems with technology services. The emphasis moves towards hands-on, practical projects.
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What courses do students study
during the third year in BICT?
• During years four students will undertake two types of projects – In-House PROJECT: in this course students develop an IT product
either proposed by the BICT faculty, partners, external clients, or by the students themselves. The project is supported by IT Project Management, Technical Writing and English Communications workshops. Students are assigned an office and a supervisor to simulate a real work placement environment.
– COOPERATIVE LEARNING PROJECT (Internship): in this project students develop an IT product or complete tasks for a work-placement. Students are assigned an academic supervisor and a mentor from the work-placement who guide them through their work placement.
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What projects do students undertake during the fourth year in BICT?
YouTube, Facebook and Moodle are examples of software services that rely on databases to store information. This information takes the form of videos, pictures, sounds, likes, comments and much more. Organizations such as airlines , banks, academic institutions , businesses, ministries and governments also rely on databases to store information.
Database systems are a critical component of modern ICT Infrastructure. The database major in the BICT programme introduces students to a range of database topics and equips them with the skills relevant to the ICT Industry. Students will learn about database systems including Oracle, Microsoft SQL server and MySQL and use these to build desktop, Mobile and internet-aware software applications.
Typical positions for the Database Systems major graduate include:
• Database Designer
• Database Programmer
• Database Administrator
Graduates in this major earn a degree of:
Bachelor of Information and Communications
Technology (Database Systems)
If you have any questions about the
Database Major, do not hesitate to contact me.
Programme Manager – BICT Database
E-mail: [email protected]
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Student Marwan showcasing his Bookstore database
Think of Jobs related to Database Systems
Beginner Skills:
Creating database objects (Tables,
etc…)
Advanced Skills:
Analyzing and designing large
databases.
Activity: Using Structured Query language (SQL) You will do this activity to answer a question in the quiz.
Click on or copy
http://www.w3schools.com/sql/trysql.asp?filename=trysql_select_all
to your browser (Internet Explorer or Google Chrome) address box then press Enter.
On the webpage, click on Run SQL.
What do you see?
This is a simple SQL (Structured Query Language) select statement. It displays results from an existing database based on the information (and criteria) passed through that statement.
Try to accomplish the following:
1. Clear the SQL Statement text box and type (or copy) this code SELECT CustomerName FROM CUSTOMERS click on Run SQL. this code will Display only the customer names.
2. Clear the text box and type (or copy) this code SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE Country = ‘UK’ Click on Run SQL. this code will display all the details of the customers that live in the UK only.
3. Try to display the customer names and addresses only
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Visit http://www.w3schools.com/sql/
To get an idea about SQL.
Working in programming is a fun and challenging career. Programmers combine a mixture of technical and creative skills to deliver their everyday tasks. Although programming is a demanding job, it is also very rewarding in terms of personal achievement satisfaction and earned salary. The majority of the success stories in IT businesses are initiated by people with programming background.
At BICT, you will learn to write code on the most popular and on-demand programming languages and learn the best programming practices. You will create software for different operating systems such as Windows, iOS, Android and for different devices such as PCs, tablets and mobile phones.
Following your studies, you will be able to choose a career from a wide set of different software development related jobs. Examples are
Graduates in this major earn a degree of:
Bachelor of Information and Communications
Technology (Programming)
Programme Manager - BICT Programming
E-mail: [email protected]
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Business Analyst Software Engineer Software Designer
Software Programmer Prototyping Network Programmer
System Programmer Mobile Programmer Web Developer
Games Programmer Simulation Programmer Graphics Programmer
Student Maryam showcasing her game
Think of Jobs related to
Programming
Robot Motion Tracker Project by Zainab Ali
Beginner Skills:
Learning a new language
Advanced Skills:
Analyzing and designing software
solutions
Activity: Using JavaScript You will do this activity to
answer a question in the quiz.
Click on or copy
http://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_default
to your browser (Internet Explorer or Google Chrome) address box and press Enter.
1. On the webpage, Click on Run, then click on Click Me!
What do you see?
Try to the following: 2. On the left side of the webpage, edit the code so that the text becomes blue instead of red when the button is clicked. Change the line x.style.color = “red”; to x.style.color = “blue”;. Click on Run, then click on Click Me! 3. To change the text on the button from “Click Me!” to “GO!”. Change the line <button onclick=“myFunction()”>Click Me!</button> to <button onclick=“myFunction()”>GO!</button>. Click on Run. 4. Change the main text to “Welcome to the Bahrain Polytechnic”. Change the line under <body> to <p id=“demo”>Welcome to the Bahrain Polytechnic</p>. Click on Run.
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Visit http://www.w3schools.com/js/
To get an idea about Coding with JavaScript.
This is the JavaScript language being used with HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). It is a very popular language used in the development of a lot of the websites you visit everyday.
While studying MIS, you will learn how to analyze ,design , install, configure, and administer technology solutions: software operating systems, services, utilities, applications and hardware that suits organizations' needs and help manage their information assets to run their business and make better decisions.
To be successful in an information-centric environment, companies make investments in systems and technology that maximize the value of their information assets.
This major broadens your career perspectives and helps you provide solutions as services as it is applicable to any industry.
Typical positions for the MIS major graduate
include:
• System Architect
• Business Analyst and Systems Analyst
• IT Manager and IT Project Manager
• Infrastructure Engineer
Graduates in this major earn a degree of:
Bachelor of Information and Communications
Technology
(Management Information Systems)
If you have any questions about the MIS Major, do not hesitate to contact me.
Program Manager - BICT MIS
E-mail: [email protected] 15
BICT Students visiting Batelco Ideas
Think of Jobs related to MIS
BICT Students working at Investate Co.
Beginner Skills:
Plan, Analyse , design and deploy a
infrastructure for small and medium
Businesses
Advanced Skills:
Deploy Enterprise Hybrid
Infrastructures
Activity: Using Microsoft Azure You will do this activity to answer a question in the quiz.
Click on or copy
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/ to your browser (Internet Explorer or Google Chrome) address box and press Enter.
On the new webpage, Click on Databases, then click on SQL Database to add a new item. Then, click on “View Estimates” or close the items menu.
In the SQL Database item:
- Change the region to West Europe.
- Change the type to Elastic Database.
- Change the pricing tier to Premium.
Try to answer the following:
1. How much would it cost per month?
2. How much would it cost if you change the region to Japan West?
3. How much would it cost if you change the type to Single Database in Japan West?
At the highest level of the MIS degree you will learn about using Cloud Computing as a
platform and infrastructure to run ICT services
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Visit https://azure.microsoft.com/en-
us/overview/what-is-azure/ Or
https://new-
console.ng.bluemix.net/catalog/
To start learning about the Cloud
The 2009 Bahrain Economic Quarterly shows that the number of Internet users in Bahrain is growing exponentially, doubling every 2 years. Additionally, the Bahrain “Economic Vision 2030” states that “Bahrain will be fully linked to the global trade and information highways by 2030.” This growth is being supported by an expanding telecommunications network and the Networking Major positions students to benefit from this expanding infrastructure.
Students who choose a career in the field of Networking are guaranteed an exciting career path. Students learn and implement in the areas of
• Networking Fundamentals
• Routing
• Switching
• Wireless Networks
• Wide Area Networks (WAN)
• Network Security
• GSM, 3G and 4G communications
Typical positions for the networking major graduate include:
• Network Administrator
• Network Applications Developer
• Network Security Analyst
• Telecommunications engineer (3G/4G)
If you have any questions about the Networking Major, do not hesitate to contact me.
Graduates in this major earn a degree of:
Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology (Networking)
Program Manager - BICT Networking
E-mail: [email protected]
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BICT Student Ali Talahi working on his
networking project
Bahrain Polytechnic Students Compete in
CCNA NetRiders
Think of Jobs related to Networking
Beginner Skills: Apply basic configuration to networking
equipment Advanced Skills:
Justify and enhance network performance based on the analysis of
appropriate statistics
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Do a test on your phone
or at home and compare the
results
Activity: Internet Connection Details You will do this activity to answer a question in the quiz.
Click on or copy this link http://www.speedtest.net to your browser (Internet Explorer or Google Chrome) address box and press Enter.
Once the new page loads, click on BEGIN TEST and wait for the process to end. What kind of information can you see?
Speedtest.com shows you your internet connection details, such as speeds and latency.
Try to answer the following:
1. In what unit is the Ping measured?
2. Who is your Internet Service Provider (ISP)?
3. What is the IP address shown on the test?
4. What are your download and upload speeds?
• Server Room
• Project Area
• Innovation Lab
• Specialized Labs : Mac, Programming, Database, Networking.
What facilities are available for the
BICT students?
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Students can borrow devices such as Raspberry Pi, iPad, iPhone, Samsung Galaxy Note, Barcode readers , Sim-card Reader, hard disc drives, Kinect – Xbox, iHealth Activity tracker, iHealth Blood Pressure, iHealth Weight Scale, Oculus Rift.
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• The Kingdom of Bahrain has identified that deploying ICT in major projects and services is a key success factor. A sample list of projects introduce the vision towards future Bahrain with the help of technology:
• The E-Government Project http://www.ega.gov.bh
• Central Informatics Organization http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_eng/default.aspx
• Electronic Health Care Systems: http://www.moh.gov.bh/EN/aboutMOH/ISEHA.aspx
• The Information Communication Technology Specific Council for Vocational Training: http://ictsc.bh/en/
• Bahrain Economic Vision: http://www.bahrainedb.com
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BICT Students Participate in the Chamber of Commerce Event
How many listed projects in Bahrain
are benefiting from the ICT services?
Companies that placed ICT students for Industry projects
Think how good this would be on your resume !
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What type of companies do the BICT
students have their placement ?
• BICT students are encouraged to seek professional
certifications . The certification validates students’ academic knowledge and help them stand out
• Bahrain Polytechnic has strong relationships with:
– SAP Academy
– Cisco Academy
– Microsoft IT Academy
– VMware Academy
– Oracle Academy
– EMC2
– The Sun Academic Initiative (SAI) Programme
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Name professional certification you
can earn while you study at BICT?
Watch this video “The benefit of certification”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGwsh2e
cQ9o
• In ICT we ensure that students’ work is viewed by the industry.
• Participation in local and regional ICT competitions, events and career expos are also encouraged
• This exposure will help students build their portfolios and mark their achievements
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How does the BICT help student gain
market exposure?
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Student Abdulrahman works at a Ithmar Bank
Student Husain works at Ericsson
Student Noor works at Cisco
Student Aysha works at Cisco
Student Ahmed works at Bahrain Flour Mills
Why students choose ICT
watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C5qG
qnQlfA
• The ICT job market is very rewarding
• As a fresh graduate your could start with a minimum salary but soon you can aim for senior positions
• The graph below compares the ICT jobs income comparing to other jobs:
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The Job Market will always need ICT, due to the broad range of industries benefiting from ICT every living business will require techie skilled employees , vacancies in Bahrain and the region are continually posted by recruitment agencies such as:
• http://www.monstergulf.com/index.html
• http://www.bayt.com/en/bahrain/
• http://www.gulftalent.com/home/index.php
The career center at Bahrain Polytechnic helps you reach out with our industry partners and maximize your chances in getting the job you aim for.
• Many successful people chosen ICT as a career, established successful IT companies and marked differences in history. Read more about the:
• The Top Jobs in 2013 : Note jobs in IT or directly related to it.
• World's Most Admired Companies : Note top IT companies
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According to the Forbes, what is the top
job for year 2013?
Watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2KlTd
B1Xvg
Thank you for taking the time to learn about ICT
Don’t forget to do the Moodle Quiz
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