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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?   

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?   

[[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 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.  

[[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 a machine like this?  This is an ATM ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_teller_machine Automated Teller Machine]]) machine from which you can get cash. Another full form for ATM is 'Any time money'. Usually it will have the name of some bank written on the sign, example State Bank of Hyderabad ATM.  

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

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

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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 - the use of Information Communication Technologies, ICT.

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 - the use of Information Communication Technologies, in short - ICT.

Before we understand what are ICT, look at the list below and circle 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:<br>

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''(If you are using the printed book, please open the file "Have_you_heard_of_ICT_terms.mm" using Freeplane).''

''(If you are using the printed book, please open the file "Have_you_heard_of_ICT_terms.mm" using Freeplane).''

As students, you may have been introduced to some or many 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 [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 all these possible are collectively called ICT.   

As students, you may have been introduced to some or many 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 [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 all these possible are collectively called digital technologies, which is a new kind of 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]].

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]].

| style="width: 60%;" |[[File:A Bonobo at the San Diego Zoo "fishing" for termites.jpg|left|thumb|600px|A Bonobo fishing for termites ]]

| style="width: 60%;" |[[File:A Bonobo at the San Diego Zoo "fishing" for termites.jpg|left|thumb|600px|A Bonobo fishing for termites ]]

| style="width: 40%;" |What is this bonobo doing - can you guess?  You are correct! It is "fishing" for termites from an ant hill.   

| style="width: 40%;" |What is this bonobo doing - can you guess?  You are correct! It is "fishing" for termites from an ant hill.   

<br>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 species which makes tools for use.   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!".  

<br>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 [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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