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ICT student textbook
Data representation and processing	Communication with graphics	Audio visual communication

A digital art creation using Tux Paint

What is this unit about?

A picture tells a thousand stories, they say! Have you ever wondered about how a picture can tell a story? When we hear a story, when we read a story, our mind forms an image of what is being described. They make us connect to the story. Similarly, when we see a picture, our mind tries to build the story from the picture. No wonder that picture story books have been favourite reading books for children and adults.

In this unit, we will learn how we can use pictures as a method of story telling. Story telling is a traditional method of transmitting information from one person to another; one generation to another. Story telling can also be used to create awareness about social issues and challenges - talk to your teacher about how Burra Katha emerged as an art form in Telangana. Drawing pictures is also not new - human beings have been using pictures to tell stories, describe things throughout our history - from cave paintings to Deccani paintings to the comic strip or to the movie poster.

Can you guess what is new about this unit? Yes, it is the use of new, digital methods to create pictures and combining them with text. This field of ICT involves the creation of visual (pictures and text) stories is called graphics and is developing fast as a method of developing communication. In the earlier unit on data processing, you saw how data is represented in multiple formats - through text, numbers, and maps, photos and pictures.

In this unit, we will focus on how we can use digital methods to create such graphic representations. You will be creating with ICT, interacting with various ICT applications and devices and developing messages for communication.

Telling stories with pictures - 1

Picture for discussion - 1	Picture for discussion - 2	Picture for discussion - 3

What ideas come into your mind when you see the pictures? Discuss with your friends what ideas came into their mind. You may have come to the understanding that pictures can tell stories in many ways:

Show how we feel
Describe events
They can sometimes express ideas beyond words
A picture can be a substitute for an experience - you can understand the event even if you have not seen or heard it directly
Combined with words

Telling stories with pictures - 2

Metro Rail Progress Picture 1	Metro Rail Progress Picture 2	Metro Rail Progress 3
Metro Rail Progress Picture 4	Metro Rail Progress Picture 5	Metro Rail Progress Picture 6

Look at these pictures and discuss with your friends:

What do these pictures represent?
Are they in any order? Should they be re-ordered?
If someone were to tell you, tell about Hyderabad Metro Rail in photos, would you use these pictures or would you want to take some more pictures? What would you have to do before you start collecting the pictures?

Objectives

Understanding the power of story telling as a method of communication and that pictures can tell stories
Understanding how to tell a story – developing a story board and determining how/ when to introduce different elements – text, images, designs
Creating digital art
Accessing images and pictures from the internet
Creating a graphic communication - combining images and text

How is the unit organized

In this unit, similar to the previous units, you will work on activities at three levels. Broadly the levels are divided in terms of the following skills:

At level one, you will focus on reading and compiling pictures to tell a story
At the second level, you will create pictures with digital tools and learn to illustrate stories and songs
At the third level, you will develop a story sequence, look for suitable images or create suitable images and combine with text to create your own posters, comic strips and story books

The examples will be drawn from your textbook and will be related to different topics you have studied. You have already learnt to type in Telugu and make a concept map. You also know how to make simple documents with a text processor. All these skills you have learnt in the unit on data representation and processing will help you develop your graphic communication.
You will continue to add to your portfolio. You must look at your portfolio as a library for your learning for various subjects.

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 Can you guess what is new about this unit?  Yes, it is the use of new, digital methods to create pictures and combining them with text.  This field of ICT involves the creation of visual (pictures and text) stories is called graphics and is developing fast as a method of developing communication.  In the earlier unit on data processing, you saw how data is represented in multiple formats - through text, numbers, and maps, photos and pictures.
-In this unit, we will focus on how we can use digital methods to create such graphic representations.
+In this unit, we will focus on how we can use digital methods to create such graphic representations.  You will be creating with ICT, interacting with various ICT applications and devices and developing messages for communication.
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+===={{font color|purple|'''Telling stories with pictures - 1'''}}====
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 ![[File:Animals in action; studies and stories of beasts, birds and reptiles; their habits, their homes and their peculiarities (1901) (14568810978).jpg|thumb|Picture for discussion - 1]]
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 # A picture can be a substitute for an experience - you can understand the event even if you have not seen or heard it directly
 # Combined with words
-font color|purple|'''Telling stories with pictures'''
+===={{font color|purple|'''Telling stories with pictures - 2'''}}====
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 ![[File:Lnt-metrorail-hyderabad-girder.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Metro Rail Progress Picture 1]]
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 |[[File:Hyderabad Metro Rail.png|thumb|Metro Rail Progress Picture 6]]
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+Look at these pictures and discuss with your friends:
+#What do these pictures represent?
+#Are they in any order?  Should they be re-ordered?
+#If someone were to tell you, tell about Hyderabad Metro Rail in photos, would you use these pictures or would you want to take some more pictures?  What would you have to do before you start collecting the pictures?
 ===Objectives===
-In this unit you will be learning the following:
+#Understanding the power of story telling as a method of communication and that pictures can tell stories
-# Power of story telling as a method of communication
+#Understanding how to tell a story – developing a story board and determining how/ when to introduce different elements – text, images, designs
-# Interpretation of picture stories
+#Creating digital art
-# Creating digital art
+#Accessing images and pictures from the internet
-# Developing a storyline with appropriate choice of illustrations and media
+#Creating a graphic communication - combining images and text
-# Creating a graphic communication - combining images and text
 === How is the unit organized ===
 In this unit, similar to the previous units, you will work on activities at three levels.  Broadly the levels are divided in terms of the following skills:
+#At level one, you will focus on reading and compiling pictures to tell a story
+#At the second level, you will create pictures with digital tools and learn to illustrate stories and songs
+#At the third level, you will develop a story sequence, look for suitable images or create suitable images and combine with text to create your own posters, comic strips and story books
-Telling stories with pictures and combining them with text
+*The examples will be drawn from your textbook and will be related to different topics you have studied. You have already learnt to type in Telugu and make a concept map.  You also know how to make simple documents with a text processor. All these skills you have learnt in the unit on data representation and processing will help you develop your graphic communication.
+*You will continue to add to your portfolio.  You must look at your portfolio as a library for your learning for various subjects.
-picture composition to tell stories
-there are three levels of activities, to match roughly to classes 6-8.  The activities will increase in difficulty - based on the ICT skills needed as well as subject knowledge that you will be building.  As you work on the various activities for the different ICT areas in the each level, you will also get experienced with more ICT skills and this would help you with the subsequent level.
-You can imagine this somewhat like a spiral staircase where you learn some topic at a basic level, you move along to the next class and you can come back to discuss the same topic at a more advanced level.
-At each level you will be exploring new things about ICT; you will also be creating your outputs and building what is called a digital portfolio. This portfolio will include your outputs; they will be such that you will know what you have learnt and you will also know the method of learning.  At the end of the year, your teacher will assess your portfolio.
-You can also make your portfolio such that you can keep adding to it.  How is that possible?  When you make a model of clay or thermocoal, you cannot change it after you make it.  One of the special features of ICT is that you can change (edit) your creation. This means that,  in Class 7 you can change what you completed in class 6 or in Class 8 you can change what you completed in class 7.  This means you can keep adding to your knowledge and also improve the quality of your output.  You will have a cumulative portfolio at the end of class 8.