Changes

We saw in the previous chapter about how ICT are part of many things we do; and how they have changed the way we are working, learning and even playing.<br>

We saw in the previous chapter about how ICT are part of many things we do; and how they have changed the way we are working, learning and even playing.<br>

To understand how these things happen, let us consider two short stories below:

To understand how these things happen, let us consider two short stories below:

{|class="wikitable"

{| class="wikitable"

|-

|-

|Ramulu was a farmer in a small village in a southern state.  Agriculture was the main source of income from his 2 acre plot and he was growing vegetables and groundnuts.  A few years ago he purchased a cell phone and enrolled his number in a [http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/success_stories/pdf/dmi/2014/dmi_ss1_2014.pdf market update service].  He started receiving daily price information on various agricultural commodities.  This helped him manage how much he harvested, how much he took to the market and what prices he sold at.

|Ramulu was a farmer in a small village in a southern state.  Agriculture was the main source of income from his 2 acre plot and he was growing vegetables and groundnuts.  A few years ago he purchased a cell phone and enrolled his number in a [http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/success_stories/pdf/dmi/2014/dmi_ss1_2014.pdf market update service].  He started receiving daily price information on various agricultural commodities.  This helped him manage how much he harvested, how much he took to the market and what prices he sold at.

|

|{{YouTube}}{{Youtube|IwSDilLCHCc}}

|}

|}

[[File:Telangana_ICT_textbook_Chapter_2_what_is_ICT.mm|flash]]

[[File:Telangana_ICT_textbook_Chapter_2_what_is_ICT.mm|flash]]