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Inception

Posted by Brian Duffy in TOK 11 on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 at 13:11 - (4 Comments)

Answer the following questions as a comment to this post:

Class 1

1) Give a summary of the film so far. Who are the central characters? Look up the names ‘Ariadne’ and ‘Mal’ and explain how they are significant.

2) How would you describe Cobb’s profession? What are the dangers associated with this profession?

3) What scenes stand out to you so far? Why?

Class 2

1) Throughout the film, Cobb and his team attempt to control the perceptions of individuals so as manipulate their reality. Is the saying “perception is reality” true?

2) Make a prediction about the remainder of the film.

Class 3

1) Cobb and his team specialize in manipulating someone’s thoughts or dreams to extract, or in this case plant, ideas or information. Discuss the different ways you see information manipulated in the world around you. How does the control of information impact perception/reality?

2) In the film, dreaming is an escape from reality for many of the characters. what do we use to help us escape reality in our society? Do you sometimes feel the need to escape your reality? How do you do so?

3) Do you think the top stops spinning? Is Cobb dreaming or is he awake? Does it matter? Justify your answer.

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Posted by Brian Duffy in IT 9 on Monday, May 20th, 2013 at 07:33 - (0 Comments)

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 Video Conversion

Posted by Brian Duffy in IT 9 on Thursday, May 16th, 2013 at 07:34 - (0 Comments)

In order for our videos to work with iMovie, we need to convert them to .mp4 format.

We’ll use Handbrake for this. My advice is to divide the video files up between your group so you can get the conversion done quickly on four different computers. Make sure you are logically naming your files (ie. Scene 1, 2, 3, etc).

You can also start to think about promotional things you are required to make (trailers, movie posters, etc).

We’ll start editing next week.

iMovie – Filming Locations

Posted by Brian Duffy in IT 9 on Monday, April 22nd, 2013 at 07:28 - (0 Comments)

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

Posted by Brian Duffy in ITGS 12 on Monday, April 15th, 2013 at 09:24 - (0 Comments)

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?

 

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TOK Presentations

Posted by Brian Duffy in TOK 11 on Thursday, April 11th, 2013 at 13:41 - (0 Comments)

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.

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TOK Dropping Knowledge

Posted by Brian Duffy in TOK 11 on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 at 08:05 - (0 Comments)

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

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ITGS Case Study Topics

Posted by Brian Duffy in ITGS 12 on Monday, April 8th, 2013 at 15:16 - (0 Comments)

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

Posted by Brian Duffy in ITGS 12 on Monday, April 8th, 2013 at 07:38 - (1 Comments)

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.

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ITGS Case Study Questions

Posted by Brian Duffy in ITGS 12 on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 at 13:45 - (6 Comments)

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]

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