Hello world, here's a citation¹.

iMovie - Filming Locations

Please make sure you tell me where you're going to be filming in class. You must do this before any filming is done.

Use this document.

Case Study - Final Task

Okay, this will be the final task related to the Case Study. We'll work on it all week.

Here's the task.

Before we can answer all of the questions, we should be aware of how some real-life taxi companies are dealing with the issues that arise in the Case Study. DUring the exam, you'll be asked to include information that is your own personal experience (primary research) as well as things that you have studied (secondary research). You'll need to list off each of the challenges that Red Dragon faces right now (just like the 'inadequacies of the current situation' in your Project). Come up with solutions and justify why they are the right thing to do.

Then, you'll create a Gantt Chart to show the order and timeline of these implementations.

Finally, evaluate your solutions and outline any potential problems that could arise as the company is changing.

Look at this website for lots of Secondary Research.

Check out this Australian taxi website for some ideas.

Look at this London website that compares different taxi companies. How could something like this benefit Red Dragon?

 

Korean Culture

TOK Presentations

Today, you will be discussing your ethics topics in your groups and attempting to come up with Knowledge Issues. I would like everyone to be working on this document.

We will also take a look at how you'll be assessed for each presentation.

Criteria

Also, look at page 49-50, 57-60 in the TOK Guide.

TOK Dropping Knowledge

http://www.droppingknowledge.org/bin/forums/list.page

Click on the link to be taken to the forums of Dropping Knowledge. This is a great resource for coming up with thought-provoking questions and prompting good discussions.

We will be setting up a schedule in which each of you will be responsible for coming to class with a question that you present. Your job will be to lead the class in a discussion as you explore whatever issues are raised.

 

As we review our Knowledge Issues, please go to this folder and find the document with your name on it (you can edit now!). Paste your KI Table into that document and discuss all of the KIs with your groups. Then we'll discuss the summaries with the entire class.

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lp60dhMjce5pzgusqDZg3kDNG4ghh5knUO0VCq6VSOs/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V68UDAkZvQxpXMJisWZBvH64crsdvpaKLXEImA8E0Hk/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L6GlGm4sVQkws5UCHQ21vTr0Qb-WY3dMq0IH_H1ezbQ/edit?usp=sharing

ITGS Case Study Topics

Behavioural marketing

Business intelligence software

CCTV

Cost benefit analysis

Cost estimation

Customer management software

Data logging

GPRS

GPS

Route planning software / route optimization

Smartphone apps

Smartphone

SMS

Software as a service (SaaS)

ITGS Case Study Mapping

http://www.itgstextbook.com/case-study-2013-red-dragon/Red-Dragon-mapping-task.doc

Complete the activity above and post the completed map to your blog. When you're finished, copy the URL of the post and put it as a comment here.

Map of BSD City

 

Also, check out the Bluebird App for iPhone.

ITGS Case Study Questions

You'll answer the following questions as a comment to this post. Start by just answering them on a separate Word document and then be prepared to paste them in before Monday's class.

1.	Identify three reasons Yao Chu's son may not have completed the task of producing a database to help his father's business (line 28). (This links to the second Higher Level topic, IT Systems in Organisations)	[3 marks]
2.	State three occurences that might cause customers be dissatisfied with the system. (Line 30)	[3 marks]
3.	Explain what is meant by an "integrated IT system" (Line 34)	[4 marks]
4.	Red Dragon want to "identify regular customers". Briefly explain, using technical language, how an IT system might do this. (Line 31)	[4 marks]
5.	Define the term "overbookings" in the context of Line 47.	[2 marks]
6.	Line 58 says "This can be done using taxi location equipment based on GPS and other information sent back to the office using communications and monitoring systems".  Describe two other items of information, apart from the GPS information, that might be sent back to the office.	[4 marks]
7.	Explain the difference between "dispatching" a taxi (line 55) and "optimising a journey" (line 62).	[4 marks]
8.	Identify three variables that might play a role in journey optimisation.	[3 marks]
9.	"As the city is growing, an increasing challenge will be the ability to locate new and changing pickup points and destinations." (Line 67)  (a)   Explain why might this be a challenge for the system Red Dragon decides to implement. (b)  Identify the ITGS social/ethical issue to which this relates.	[4 marks]   [1 mark]
10.	Line 73 says the company may use "vehicle tracking and data logging equipment".  Identify four items of data that might be logged about a taxi in this case study.	[4 marks]
11.	Line 83 days Red Dragon need to "prioritize the implementation of the features."  State the ITGS command term that "Prioritize" closely resembles.	[1 mark]
12.	Explain what is meant by setting up the system "in-house". (Line 92)	[4 marks]
13.	Define the term blacklist in this context. (Line 100)	[2 marks]
14.	Define the term "dedicated system" in this context (Line 112)	[2 marks]
15.	Explain the difference between the GPS system mentioned on line 71 and the GPS system mentioned on line 119.	[4 marks]

ITGS Case Study SMS

http://www.howstuffworks.com/e-mail-messaging/sms.htm

Same plan as yesterday. Post a 4- or 5-step summary of how SMS works (and what does it stand for??)

ITGS Case Study Practice - Meters

http://www.howstuffworks.com/taxi-meter.htm

Read the above link and post a 5-step summary of how you end up paying a taxi driver (in other words, from the moment you get in the car to the moment you pay).

***BONUS***
If you take a taxi in the next few days, try to figure out how much we are charged for distance and time (also note the taxi company if it's not Bluebird (not recommended!).

 

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.

iMovie Project

Alright, my young Spielbergs! The time has come for you to take the Director's chair and create a fully-functioning cinematic masterpiece using iMovie!

Length: 6 weeks (18 hours of class time)

Objectives:

- create a 10-15 minute video using iMovie and Garageband
- create a properly formatted script and storyboard

Some possible ideas for your movies:

- a sitcom (maybe with commercials)
- a documentary
- a horror movie
- a summary of a movie/book/TV show/comic book/videogame
- news reports
- an infomercial (extended commercial for one product)
- an instructional video ("How to...")

Some requirements (all documents will go in your Project Folder on Google Drive):

- formatted script
- Storyboards (at least 12 scenes)
- promotional materials (posters, etc)
- a trailer for your movie
- original audio (dialogue, music, sound effects)
- titles and transitions
- subtitles (not necessarily for the whole movie)
- different camera angles/techniques
- Green Screens

Example script (from The Godfather):



 

iMovie Preproduction

Today, we begin a new unit where we'll be using iMovie to create films that we'll share with the rest of the school. You're all pretty familiar with using the software, but perhaps you haven't thought quite so much about what actually goes into making a movie.

1. What sort of planning needs to happen before filming (pre-production)?


2. What do we need to remember while we're filming (production)?


3. What happens afterwards (post-production)?

Form groups of 3-5 people:

• each gender must be represented


• 3-5 people


• different partners from your presentations


• signup on this sheet


• create a Google Doc and share it with me and the whole group and me (filename: IT 9.1 - Movie Ideas - Group Member Names)


• in today's class, you will begin to brainstorm possible ideas for movie genres, plots, and concepts


• by Thursday, you will 'pitch' your idea to me to see if I approve (think of it like Hollywood writers trying to get their movie or TV show produced)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFuLi8D-qGk&feature=related