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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  Have you ever withdrawn money from an ATM (Automated Teller Machines, also known as 'Any time money'), or seen someone get money from an ATM?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 booked Tirumala darshan on-line. 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 that is common across all these things - the use of Information Communication Technologies, ICT.

 

They are using a mobile phone to take a photo of themselves.  Have you ever seen anyone in your school or community or home use a phone?  Can you describe the things you have seen then do with a phone? 

Look at this machine here - please think whether you have seen something like this anywhere in your neighbourhood?  Have you seen anyone use a machine like this?  This is an ATM machine from which you can get cash.  Usually it will have the name of some bank written on the sign, example State Bank ATM.

 

Now, you may be wondering what is common between these two pictures.  Before we find that out, look at the list below and make a note if you have done or seen or heard of these things.  Also, make a list of all the equipment used in doing 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 and that has been printed on the Tirumala darshan ticket which is printed by a computer

* You have watched videos on your computer

* You have listened to songs on a phone.

Compare the list you have made with your friends. What did you find? You may also now be starting to wonder how these things are done. There is one thing that is common across all these things - which makes these different things possible - is 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 circle all the words that you have heard of:

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