Changes

=Overview=

=Overview=

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.  What is it about ICT that allow such changes to happen is what we will look at in this unit.<br>

To understand how these things happen, let us consider the following pictures:

Let us consider the following pictures:

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|[[File:Bangalore Woman on Cellphone top November 2011 -23.jpg|thumb|Woman with a Cellphone]]

|[[File:Bangalore Woman on Cellphone top November 2011 -23.jpg|thumb|Woman with a Cellphone]]

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<small>Sources from the Kerala IT@Schools project and a government high school science class</small><br>

<small>Image credits:  Kerala IT@Schools project, Government high school science class, Mysuru, IT for Change, Wikimedia Commons.</small> <br>

Look at these pictures and make a list of words that come into your mind when you see the pictures. Also describe what you see in the setting. What did you come up with?  Discuss these with your friends and teachers.<nowiki><br></nowiki>

Look at these pictures and make a list of words that come into your mind when you see the pictures. Also describe what you see in the setting. What did you come up with?  Discuss these with your friends and teachers.<nowiki><br></nowiki>

That is correct! ICT can help you  

That is correct! ICT can help you:

# Create and learn

# Create your own drawings

# Connect and communicate

Like all technologies, ICT has

# Is there any more you can think of?

To do these things, you use many devices including a mobile phone, a computer, camera and many more. 

 

Ask your teacher or parent or other older members in your neighbourhood when was the first time they saw a computer or a phone or TV.  People may tell you about how they communicated or did things in the days before the phone.  It may be very had for you to imagine but ICT (and all other technologies) were not always there - they get developed over time. 

 

In this unit, you will learn about what is the nature of ICT, how ICT developed and how we need to work with ICT for all of us to benefit.  You can read more about how ICT developed in the chapter on [[ICT student textbook/Science Technology and Society|Science, Technology and Society]].

=Objectives=

=Objectives=