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==What is ICT==

==What is ICT==

Have you ever withdrawn money from an ATM or seen someone get money from an ATM?  You may perhaps have booked a train ticket or Tirumala darshan online. You may have seen a movie on your computer or chatted with a friend or recorded a video with your phone.  Have you ever wondered how these things are done?  There is one thing common that is common across all these things - the use of Information Communication Technologies, ICT.

Have you ever seen anyone in your school or community or home use a phone?  Have you ever withdrawn money from an ATM or seen someone get money from an ATM?  You may perhaps have booked a train ticket or Tirumala darshan online. You may have seen a movie on your computer or chatted with a friend or recorded a video with your phone.  Have you ever wondered how these things are done?  There is one thing common that is common across all these things - the use of Information Communication Technologies, ICT.

Before we understand what are ICT, look at the list below and identify all the words that you have heard of:

Before we understand what are ICT, look at the list below and identify all the words that you have heard of:

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Today's society is called the information society.  It is so called because we are now able to do many things based on information.  How we collect information, how we analyze it, how we communicate the information and how we use the information to make decisions are all very important. Many devices - mobile phones, television, computers, tablets, cameras, scanners, collectively called ICT, have made this possible.  ICT and broadly digital technologies are changing the way we talk, we learn and we work.  ICT can help us create, draw, compose music,communicate and do so much more.  You may be familiar with the computer but now ICT have moved far beyond the mere computer. As students you have to learn ICT to build your skills for functioning in the society.  

Today's society is called the information society. To see why, let us do a small activity. 

 

Let us say you are withdrawing money from a nearby ATM.  Can you make a list of all the information requirements for doing that activity? That is correct, you need your account number, your PIN and you need to enter the amount of money.  When you put your card in the machine, it collects information about your bank account, the bank and the balance amount.  The ATM machine verfies your PIN with the bank and allows you to withdraw the money. 

 

So many things we do now are based on information.  How we collect information, how we analyze it, how we communicate the information and how we use the information to make decisions are all very important. Many devices - mobile phones, television, computers, tablets, cameras, scanners, collectively called ICT, have made this possible.  ICT and broadly digital technologies are changing the way we talk, we learn and we work.  ICT can help us create, draw, compose music,communicate and do so much more.  You may be familiar with the computer but now ICT have moved far beyond the mere computer. As students you have to learn ICT to build your skills for functioning in the society.  

==What can you expect to learn==

==What can you expect to learn==