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===What is ICT===
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[[File:Bangladeshi girls taking Selfie at Pohela Falgun.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Girls taking a selfie]]Have you seen something like this?  Can you tell what the girls are doing?
  
{{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  Have you ever withdrawn money from an ATM or seen someone get money from an ATMYou may perhaps have booked a train ticket or Tirumala darshan online.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 doneThere is one thing common that is common across all these things - the use of Information Communication Technology, ICT.
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They are using a mobile phone to take a photo of themselves. Is there anything different about how they are doing this? Have you ever seen anyone in your school or community or home use a phone?  Can you describe the things you have seen them do with a phone?   
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[[File:49024-SOS-ATM.JPG|left|thumb|200x200px|Any Time Money!]]Look at this machine here - have you have seen something like this anywhere in your neighbourhood? Have you seen anyone use this machineThis is an ATM ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_teller_machine Automated Teller Machine]), a machine from which you can get cash. Another full form for ATM is 'Any time money'. Usually the name of a bank will be mentioned on the ATM, example State Bank of Hyderabad ATM.  
  
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.
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Are you thinking what is common between these two pictures? Let us find out.<br><br>
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===={{font color|purple|Think and write}}====
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Look at the table below and complete it.  In the last column make a list of equipment and facilities you think you will need for doing these things.
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{{font color|purple| ''Look at the list below and underline if you have done or seen or heard of these things''}}
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* You have seen someone booking a gas cylinder refill through a phone.
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* You have, or someone you know has, taken a photo of themselves taken for getting it printed on the ''Tirumala darshan'' ticket
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* You have watched videos on your computer
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* You have listened to songs on a phone.
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* You have seen someone send chat messages on the phone
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* You have seen people using a phone to make payments
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Compare the list you have made with your friends. What did you find? Now you may also be wondering how these things are done. 
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'''There is one common feature, which makes all these different things possible - the use of Information Communication Technologies, in short - ICT.'''
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ICT refer  to those set of technologies that help us create information, access information, analyze information and communicate with one another.
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Human beings have always gathered information and communicated, but what makes these present technologies special is their [[wikipedia:Digital|digital]] nature. In this textbook, we mean digital technologies or digital ICT when we refer to ICT.
  
- 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.
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Before we understand more about ICT, look at the list below and circle all the words that you have heard of:<br>
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''(If you are referring to the printed book, please open the file "Have_you_heard_of_ICT_terms.mm" on your computer using Freeplane).''
  
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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As students, you may 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, [[wikipedia:WhatsApp|Whatsapp]] chats, email, the [[wikipedia:Selfie|selfie]], internet, videos and songs on your computer - all these are examples of a new kind of ICT. These technologies are called [http://www.dictionary.com/browse/digital-technology digital technologies] and they are changing the way we talk to each other, work with each other, and the way we do things.  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 record a video with your phone, you can read your newspaper on the phone, and you can even paint with your computer! The technologies that make these possible are called digital technologies, which is a new kind of ICT.  
  
[[File:A Bonobo at the San Diego Zoo "fishing" for termites.jpg|left|thumb|A Bonobo fishing for termites ]]
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You can read more about how ICT developed, in the chapter on [[ICT_student_textbook/Science_Technology_and_Society|Science, Technology and Society]].
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===We live in an information society===
===Why ICT===
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Look at the pictures below and discuss with your friends and teacher.
  
 
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| style="width: 25%;" |https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Chimpanzee_and_stick.jpg/250px-Chimpanzee_and_stick.jpg Chimpanzee using a stick to gather food
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| style="width: 60%;" |[[File:A Bonobo at the San Diego Zoo "fishing" for termites.jpg|left|thumb|600px|A Bonobo with a stick ]]
| style="width: 25%;" |https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Google_driverless_car_at_intersection.gk.jpg/220px-Google_driverless_car_at_intersection.gk.jpg <br>Driver less car
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| style="width: 40%;" |What is the [[wikipedia:Bonobo|bonobo]] doing in this picture - can you guess?  You are correct! It is "fishing" for termites from an ant hill. (Bonobo belongs to the same family as the chimpanzee and used to be called the pygmy chimpanzee).   
| style="width: 50%;" |When it was first discovered that chimpanzees can make tools, which had been considered an activity restricted to the human species, Dr Louis Leakey, a noted primatologist said " We have to define what is a tool, or we have to define what is a human being or we have to accept that chimpanzees are human beings!".  <br> <small>'''''Do you think such a question can be asked about humans and computersHow will you feel about it?'''''</small>
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<br>Did you think only human beings can fish?  When it was first discovered in the 1920s that [[wikipedia:Chimpanzee|chimpanzees]] can make tools, all over the scientific community, people were amazed.  This was because human beings were defined as the only species which makes tools for use, hence ability to make tools was seen as the essential distinction between human beings and animals. Dr Louis Leakey, a famous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primatology primatologist] said " We have to define what is a tool, or we have to define what is a human being or we have to accept that chimpanzees are human beings!".
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| style="width: 60%;" |[[File:Google self-driving Lexus SUV rear view.jpg|left|thumb|600px|Google car - can you see what is different? ]]
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| style="width: 40%;" |What is special about this car?  Did you guess?  What is the meaning of self-driving car?  Yes, it has no driver.   
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<br>When you drive, you gather information about the road, other vehicles, people, animals and weather and you operate the controls.  Gathering information, processing, analyzing and acting, has been a defining characteristic of the human species. If a car can now do this, does it make the car a human beingWhat makes a human being special?  
 
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Computers are no longer mere output devices but rather devices that can help us create, draw, compose music,communicate and do so much more; the idea of ICT has moved far beyond the mere computer. ICT and broadly digital technologies are changing the way we talk, we learn and we work. 
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To understand more about digital technologies are affecting how we learn and how we work, let us think of a small activity. 
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Let us say you are withdrawing money from a nearby ATM.  Can you make a list of all the things you need to do for that? You need your account number, your [[wikipedia:Personal_identification_number|Personal Identification Number]] (PIN) and you need to enter the amount of money.  When you put your card in the machine, it verifies your PIN, collects information about your bank account, the bank and the balance amount.  The ATM machine does all of this, communicates with your bank and allows you to withdraw the money.
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In the box below, can you list down three important words that come to your mind when you read about this? Can you draw a flowchart of how you think this activity could happen?
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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.
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So many things we do now are based on collecting information, processing information, representing information and communicating information. Many devices - mobile phones, television, computers, tablets, cameras, scanners - collectively called ICT, have made this possible. How we collect information, how we analyze it, how we communicate the information and how we use the information to decide what to do are all very important.  ICT and broadly digital technologies are changing the way we do things, thus making today's society an [[wikipedia:Information_society|information society]] . You may be familiar with the computer but now ICT have moved far beyond only the computer. As students you have to learn ICT to build your skills for functioning in the information society.
  
=What can you expect to learn=
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===What can you expect to learn===
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ICT can help you create music, write poetry, learn mathematics or make videos.  ICT can also help you in communicating with each other and learning together. This textbook has been developed to introduce you to all these activities.
  
In this new subject called ICT, we can expect to learn the following:
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In this new subject called ICT, we can expect to learn about ICT and how to work with ICT; this will be covered over 3 academic years. 
  
Information
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===== Knowledge  =====
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This subject will introduce you to:
 
#What is ICT
 
#What is ICT
 
#How did ICT develop
 
#How did ICT develop
#Effect ICT has on family, neighbourhood, school and village  
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#Effect of ICT on family, neighbourhood, school and village/city
 
#Use of ICT ethically, safely and responsibly
 
#Use of ICT ethically, safely and responsibly
Performance
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===== Skill  =====
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In this subject, through different hands-on activities and projects you will learn to:
 
#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
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#Use ICT to learn school subjects and improve your general knowledge
 
#Use ICT to talk to your friends, to work together and to play together
 
#Use ICT to talk to your friends, to work together and to play together
#Use ICT to help in the development of the local community, socio cultural activities and development.
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#Use ICT in cultural activities and in the development of the local community.
 
 
=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.
 
 
 
There will be hands-on projects for working with different applications and this will be combined with classroom discussion as well as individual readings for students.  Different groups in the class will work on different examples for a given theme and share their analysis, findings and creations.  It is expected that students will learn together and teach the other, as they explore the different possibilities with digital technologies.
 
  
There is a printed book which will be accompanied by a digital resource collection. This can be used for further exploration or reading or doing more activities.  The textbook will indicate which resource will be used for which activity, alongwith an accompanying glossary.
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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.
  
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===How is this book organized===
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The textbook has 5 units, for five themes of ICT learning:
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# [[ICT student textbook/Data representation and processing|Data representation and processing]]
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# [[ICT student textbook/Communication with graphics|Communication with graphics]]
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# [[ICT student textbook/Audio visual communication|Audio visual communication]]
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# [[ICT student textbook/Educational applications for learning your subjects|Learn your school subjects]]
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* There is an overview section which has an overall introduction for each of the units.  This overview for each unit is for you to get a complete view of what are the various aspects you will learn in that unit.  These aspects will be then covered level-wise.  Some of these ideas may be unfamiliar in the beginning, you could revise them after you finish the level-wise activities. 
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* Each unit has a brief introduction followed by hands-on (meaning practical work with your computer) activities for each unit / theme. These units will have activities at three different levels, as you move from class 6-8.  Different ICT devices (hardware) and applications (software) will be used for the activities. Your teacher will show you how to use these ICT devices and applications. Instructions for learning applications are available [[Explore an application|here]]. You can visit these pages to learn about these applications, which you will use for some of the activities in this book.
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* Your teacher will determine the appropriate level of activity. She will introduce a new unit or an activity with a demonstration. This will be followed by activities for you. These activities could include some projects and will involve individual or group work.   
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* You can work individually or in groups or read the textbook and discuss in the classroom.  Different groups in the class will work on different examples for a given theme and share your analysis, findings and creations.  You will learn together and also teach one another!

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ICT student textbook
Preface Introduction What is the nature of ICT

What is ICT

 
Girls taking a selfie

Have you seen something like this? Can you tell what the girls are doing?

They are using a mobile phone to take a photo of themselves. Is there anything different about how they are doing this? Have you ever seen anyone in your school or community or home use a phone? Can you describe the things you have seen them do with a phone?

 
Any Time Money!

Look at this machine here - have you have seen something like this anywhere in your neighbourhood? Have you seen anyone use this machine? This is an ATM (Automated Teller Machine), a machine from which you can get cash. Another full form for ATM is 'Any time money'. Usually the name of a bank will be mentioned on the ATM, example State Bank of Hyderabad ATM.

Are you thinking what is common between these two pictures? Let us find out.

Think and write

Look at the table below and complete it. In the last column make a list of equipment and facilities you think you will need for doing these things.

 
Think and write

Look at the list below and underline if you have done or seen or heard of these things

  • You have seen someone booking a gas cylinder refill through a phone.
  • You have, or someone you know has, taken a photo of themselves taken for getting it printed on the Tirumala darshan ticket
  • You have watched videos on your computer
  • You have listened to songs on a phone.
  • You have seen someone send chat messages on the phone
  • You have seen people using a phone to make payments

Compare the list you have made with your friends. What did you find? Now you may also be wondering how these things are done.

There is one common feature, which makes all these different things possible - the use of Information Communication Technologies, in short - ICT. ICT refer to those set of technologies that help us create information, access information, analyze information and communicate with one another.

Is speech ICT? Is writing ICT? Is a book ICT? Is there anything special about ICT now?






Human beings have always gathered information and communicated, but what makes these present technologies special is their digital nature. In this textbook, we mean digital technologies or digital ICT when we refer to ICT.

Before we understand more about ICT, look at the list below and circle all the words that you have heard of:
Have_you_heard_of_ICT_terms.mm File:Have you heard of ICT terms.mm (If you are referring to the printed book, please open the file "Have_you_heard_of_ICT_terms.mm" on your computer using Freeplane).

As students, you may 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 ICT. These technologies are called digital technologies and they are changing the way we talk to each other, work with each other, and the way we do things. 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 record a video with your phone, you can read your newspaper on the phone, and you can even paint with your computer! The technologies that make these possible are called digital technologies, which is a new kind of ICT.

You can read more about how ICT developed, in the chapter on Science, Technology and Society.

We live in an information society

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

 
A Bonobo with a stick
What is the bonobo doing in this picture - can you guess? You are correct! It is "fishing" for termites from an ant hill. (Bonobo belongs to the same family as the chimpanzee and used to be called the pygmy chimpanzee).


Did you think only human beings can fish? When it was first discovered in the 1920s that chimpanzees can make tools, all over the scientific community, people were amazed. This was because human beings were defined as the only species which makes tools for use, hence ability to make tools was seen as the essential distinction between human beings and animals. Dr Louis Leakey, a famous primatologist said " We have to define what is a tool, or we have to define what is a human being or we have to accept that chimpanzees are human beings!".

 
Google car - can you see what is different?
What is special about this car? Did you guess? What is the meaning of self-driving car? Yes, it has no driver.


When you drive, you gather information about the road, other vehicles, people, animals and weather and you operate the controls. Gathering information, processing, analyzing and acting, has been a defining characteristic of the human species. If a car can now do this, does it make the car a human being? What makes a human being special?

To understand more about digital technologies are affecting how we learn and how we work, let us think of a small activity.

Think and write

Let us say you are withdrawing money from a nearby ATM. Can you make a list of all the things you need to do for that? You need your account number, your Personal Identification Number (PIN) and you need to enter the amount of money. When you put your card in the machine, it verifies your PIN, collects information about your bank account, the bank and the balance amount. The ATM machine does all of this, communicates with your bank and allows you to withdraw the money.

In the box below, can you list down three important words that come to your mind when you read about this? Can you draw a flowchart of how you think this activity could happen?

 
Think and write






So many things we do now are based on collecting information, processing information, representing information and communicating information. Many devices - mobile phones, television, computers, tablets, cameras, scanners - collectively called ICT, have made this possible. How we collect information, how we analyze it, how we communicate the information and how we use the information to decide what to do are all very important. ICT and broadly digital technologies are changing the way we do things, thus making today's society an information society . You may be familiar with the computer but now ICT have moved far beyond only the computer. As students you have to learn ICT to build your skills for functioning in the information society.

What can you expect to learn

ICT can help you create music, write poetry, learn mathematics or make videos. ICT can also help you in communicating with each other and learning together. This textbook has been developed to introduce you to all these activities.

In this new subject called ICT, we can expect to learn about ICT and how to work with ICT; this will be covered over 3 academic years.

Knowledge

This subject will introduce you to:

  1. What is ICT
  2. How did ICT develop
  3. Effect of ICT on family, neighbourhood, school and village/city
  4. Use of ICT ethically, safely and responsibly
Skill

In this subject, through different hands-on activities and projects you will learn to:

  1. Use ICT to express your ideas, using available resources (using images, audio, text, videos)
  2. Use ICT to learn school subjects and improve your general knowledge
  3. Use ICT to talk to your friends, to work together and to play together
  4. Use ICT in cultural activities and in the development of the local community.

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

The textbook has 5 units, for five themes of ICT learning:

  1. What is the nature of ICT
  2. Data representation and processing
  3. Communication with graphics
  4. Audio visual communication
  5. Learn your school subjects
  • There is an overview section which has an overall introduction for each of the units. This overview for each unit is for you to get a complete view of what are the various aspects you will learn in that unit. These aspects will be then covered level-wise. Some of these ideas may be unfamiliar in the beginning, you could revise them after you finish the level-wise activities.
  • Each unit has a brief introduction followed by hands-on (meaning practical work with your computer) activities for each unit / theme. These units will have activities at three different levels, as you move from class 6-8. Different ICT devices (hardware) and applications (software) will be used for the activities. Your teacher will show you how to use these ICT devices and applications. Instructions for learning applications are available here. You can visit these pages to learn about these applications, which you will use for some of the activities in this book.
  • Your teacher will determine the appropriate level of activity. She will introduce a new unit or an activity with a demonstration. This will be followed by activities for you. These activities could include some projects and will involve individual or group work.
  • You can work individually or in groups or read the textbook and discuss in the classroom. Different groups in the class will work on different examples for a given theme and share your analysis, findings and creations. You will learn together and also teach one another!