ITGS Project Mark Band (2012)

ITGS Case Study

Here are links that we'll be using for the rest of the year:

http://itgsopedia.wikispaces.com/Case+Study+2013+-+Paper+3

http://www.itgstextbook.com/case-study-2013-red-dragon.html

http://itgsonline.wetpaint.com/page/Case+Study+-+Red+Dragon+Taxi+Company+%28May+2013%29

 

And here's the Case Study itself: Go through it and list any words that you think you'll need to define. Write them as a comment to this post.

Dragon City has approximately 200,000 people in East Asia. One main taxi company is called Red Dragon Taxi Company. The owner's name is Yao Chu who's grandfather started the taxi company. The family run company has grown over the years and is now the leading taxi company in the city. There's only ten people working in the company. They manage the increasing number of po taxi drivers.

The demand for taxis in Dragon City is rising and the Red Dragon taxi company is expanding because of the increased economic growth in the area. The owner believe that an increased use of IT will make easier the expansion of po Red Dragon Taxi Company.

Current IT System
The company currently controls about 150 taxis from a small office in the center of the po city. The company has a set of networked computers in the office as well as landlines and mobile phone communications. Customers who ring for a taxi have their request answered by one of the controllers in the office. Then a taxi driver is contacted on their mobile phone from a list of free taxis. The driver calls in to be recorded as booked. This has caused many problems.

Taxi requests are recorded in a shared spreadsheet on the office network with one worksheets for each driver. It is po and cumbersome to use.

Drivers return at the end of the day to reconcile the jobs and money taken and it is entered into the spreadsheet.
Keeping track of expenses is becoming an issue.

Processing the data in the spreadsheet to analyze taxi performance has been an issue. Yao Chu's po son has been experimenting with a prototype database application to import the data on the spreadsheet and produce weekly taxi/driver performance reports and more accurate wage slips. Task has not been completed.

Increased business is causing problems with the current system not being able to handle the load. It is bringing dissatisfaction to the customers with longer response times.
The problems are creating difficulties for administration and threaten to undermine the expansion of the company, jeopardizing their market position.

 

 

ITGS Article

http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/crowdsourcing-icelands-constitution/

Answer Criterion A-D as if it were Paper 2. Please respond as a COMMENT to this post.

Cyberbu//y Questions

Please answer these as a COMMENT to this post:

1. During the first scene, Taylor’s mother says “What you do online isn’t exactly private.” What do you think she meant by that? How true do you think that statement is? Explain your answer.

2. Lindsay leaves a mean comment (Lardo and Dogface) on a picture. There is a chat room where people from the school talk trash. Why do you think it’s easier to say things through internet conversation rather than face-to-face conversation?

3. How do bullies get punished? Do you think cyberbullies should be punished like regular bullies? Why can’t cyberbullies be punished like regular bullies?

4.  Lindsay’s dad defended her cyberbullying by saying it was Lindsay’s right of freedom of speech. Do you think he handled the situation correctly? Why or why not?

5.  Why do you think Samantha finally admitted to Taylor that she was “James”?

6. The counselor says that bullying back “adds fuel to the fire”. What do you think that means? Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer.

7. Do you think schools should get more involved in helping to prevent cyberbullying? What has your SWA done about this issue? What else SHOULD we do?

Cybercrime

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10235083-83.html

ITGS Article

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=not-tonight-dear-i-have-to-reboot

Respond as a comment.

ITGS Project Screencasts

We'll need to create screencasts that show your completed projects at work. Check this link for more info:

http://www.itgsnews.com/2013/01/creating-the-itgs-project-screencast.html

Here's an example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Q_f-uTZgo

ITGS Article

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread860156/pg1

Okay, we're going to change the format here. Since it's difficult to rely on other blogs to approve your comments, I want you to do your Exam Preparation here on my blog. Post all of your responses as comments and I will read and approve them as they come in.

Cookies (not the delicious kind)

Article of the Day

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57570968-93/firefox-patch-to-block-third-party-advertising-cookies/

What are Cookies?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13897472/how-do-third-party-tracking-cookies-work

Nadia's Post

http://blogs.swa-jkt.com/swa/11153/2013/02/27/firefox-patch-to-block-third-party-advertising-cookies/

Infographics

As an alternative to making a paper poster, you can experiment with some of these methods for creating Infographics:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-of-the-best-tools-for-creating-infographics/

Make sure you can screen shot it or save it so you can submit it to me.