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Line 1: − + + + + + + + + + − − Today's society is called the information society. Ability to gather information, methods of gathering information, processing it, analyzing it, communicating and making decisions to act on it are very important skills. Computers, cell phones, tablets - these are all words that are being used everywhere. As students, you have been introduced to some of these terms in your school, in your family or in your neighbourhood. The cell phone tower, your nearest ATM, your mother's mobile phone, games, whatsapp chats, email, the selfie, internet, videos and songs on your computer - all these are examples of a new kind of technology - a technology that has changed the way we are accessing information, the methods we are communicating and the ways we are working. The computer is becoming like a television, the phone is becoming like a computer, you can use the computer to make voice calls, you can speak to your phone- these and many such innovations are taking place rapidly. All these technologies - mobile, television, computers, tablets - are together called Information Communication Technologies (ICT). ICT refers to those set of technologies that help us create information, access information, analyze information and communicate with each other. This current set of technologies are also called Digital Technologies.
ICT student textbook/Introduction (view source)
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{{Navigate|Prev=Preface|Curr=Introduction|Next=What is the nature of 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 Have you ever withdrawn money from an ATM or seen someone get money from an ATM? Or perhaps you have booked a train ticket or Tirumala darshan online. You may be wondering how all these things are one. There is one thing common that is common across all these things - the use of Information Communication Technology, ICT.
{{Navigate|Prev=Preface|Curr=Introduction|Next=What is the nature of 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 Have you ever withdrawn money from an ATM or seen someone get money from an ATM?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 Technology, ICT.
Computers, cell phones, tablets - these are all words that are being used everywhere. As students, you have been introduced to some of these terms in your school, in your family or in your neighbourhood. The cell phone tower, your nearest ATM, your mother's mobile phone, games, whatsapp chats, email, the selfie, internet, videos and songs on your computer - all these are examples of a new kind of technology. These technologies are called digital technologies and they are changing the way we talk to each other, work with each other, and even the way we live.
- a technology that has changed the way we are accessing information, the methods we are communicating and the ways we are working. The computer is becoming like a television, the phone is becoming like a computer, you can use the computer to make voice calls, you can speak to your phone- these and many such innovations are taking place rapidly.
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 analyze it, how we pAbility to gather information, methods of gathering information, processing it, analyzing it, communicating and making decisions to act on it are very important skills. All these technologies - mobile, television, computers, tablets - are together called Information Communication Technologies (ICT). ICT refers to those set of technologies that help us create information, access information, analyze information and communicate with each other. This current set of technologies are also called Digital Technologies.
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===Why ICT===
===Why ICT===
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