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==What is ICT==

===What is 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  Have you ever withdrawn money from an ATM or seen someone get money from an ATM?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 have seen or helped someone book a gas cylinder refill through a phone. 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  Have you ever withdrawn money from an ATM or seen someone get money from an ATM?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 have seen or helped someone book a gas cylinder refill through a phone. 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.

The technologies that make all these possible are collectively called ICT.  ICT refers  to those set of technologies that help us create information, access information, analyze information and communicate with each other. Human beings have always accessed information and communicated, but what makes these present technologies special is their digital nature.  You can read more about how ICT developed in the chapter on [[ICT_student_textbook/Science_Technology_and_Society|Science, Technology and Society]].

The technologies that make all these possible are collectively called ICT.  ICT refers  to those set of technologies that help us create information, access information, analyze information and communicate with each other. Human beings have always accessed information and communicated, but what makes these present technologies special is their digital nature.  You can read more about how ICT developed in the chapter on [[ICT_student_textbook/Science_Technology_and_Society|Science, Technology and Society]].

==We live in information society==

===We live in an information society===

Look at the pictures below and discuss with your friends and teacher.

Look at the pictures below and discuss with your friends and teacher.

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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.  

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===

In this new subject called ICT, we can expect to learn the following:

In this new subject called ICT, we can expect to learn about the nature of ICT and how to work with ICT.  The subject has a knowledge component and a skill component.

#What is ICT

#What is ICT

#How did ICT develop

#How did ICT develop

#Effect ICT has on family, neighbourhood, school and village  

#Effect ICT has on family, neighbourhood, school and village  

#Use of ICT ethically, safely and responsibly

#Use of ICT ethically, safely and responsibly

#Use ICT to express your ideas, using available resources (using images, audio, text, videos)

#Use ICT to express your ideas, using available resources (using images, audio, text, videos)

#Use ICT to learn school subjects and general knowledge

#Use ICT to learn school subjects and general knowledge

#Use ICT to help in the development of the local community, socio cultural activities and development.

#Use ICT to help in the development of the local community, socio cultural activities and development.

This textbook will introduce you to the various possibilities of learning and doing and communicating that are possible now with ICT. As students, you are encouraged to explore this new area and make connections to your own daily life, the impact these ICT have on your life, how you would like to interact with this technology and how you can equip yourself to understand this new way of thinking, learning and communicating.

This textbook will introduce you to the various possibilities of learning and doing and communicating that are possible now with ICT. As students, you are encouraged to explore this new area and make connections to your own daily life, the impact these ICT have on your life, how you would like to work with this technology and how you can equip yourself to understand this new way of thinking, learning and communicating.

==How is this book organized==

===How is this book organized===

This book will present ideas and activities at three different levels to address the classes 6-8 and your teacher will determine the appropriate level of activity. We will be required to work on projects, individually or in groups, to explore a particular idea or a problem. We will use appropriate digital methods, tools and processes in this.

This book will present ideas and activities at three different levels to address the classes 6-8 and your teacher will determine the appropriate level of activity. We will be required to work on projects, individually or in groups, to explore a particular idea or a problem. We will use appropriate digital methods, tools and processes in this.