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At the Lab
       

Ma am  :  Hello eyeryone  ! Let s begin with a question .  Can anyone tell me the name of this lab ?



Aness :  TCT lab ma am.

Ma am : What is the full from of ICT ?  Anyone?

Apurba  : Sorry ma am , i don t know .

Ma am   :  Ict stands for infromation and communication Tecnology .  Will you remember it ?

Hari      :   Yes , Ma am , infromation and communicition technology.

Ma am  :  Now let s look at the projection  scrren . What do you see on the scrren  ?

Sapna  :    There are computers , a laptop a mobile phone and a radio .

Majoni  :   There is a tall tower and a satellite.

Ma am  :    Very good ! Besides these, there is a server in the picture .

Ma am  :     Can anyone tell mew some of the uses of a computer ?


Anees  :      WE use a computer to draw , calculate and play online games.

Apurba  :     Sometimes we watch movies  too.

Ma am  :      Very good ! A computer can  perform many other tasks.   you can design . compose , edit , download and save images and audio-video materials. 

Sapna :  Madam, can we do similer things on our mobile phones ? I have seen my brother once recite and record a poem on his mobile phone. He sent it to his English teacher for her comments.

 Ma'am : In fact , that is a good example of the use of ICT . Like computers , a smartphone is a digital device that can perform similer functions. For most of these tasks , the computer and the mobile phone requier  internet connectivity .

 Anees  :  Madam , are both the computer and rthe mobile phone ICT?

 Ma' am : They are ICT devices that use technology to create , collect  procees and manage information.

 Mary : Madam , what are the seniors doing in the lab ?

 Ma' am : Here they learn about hardware and software components of a computer . They also learn to use ICT for their studies.
Mary  :  Ma 'am, could you tell us more about ICT?

MA,am   : Of course . It is the use of technology to communicate information at a very fast speed and with accuracy . For example , a computer requires internet connectivity to enable searching for information . There are applications called search engines or browsers like Google or Yahoo that we use to search for information  . These search engines take you to Various websites containing information for your specific question .
Hari  : I have played online games . But how do we use ICT for studies ?
Ma,am  : 


Sapna :  Madam , can we do similer things on our mobile phones ?

I have see my brother once recite and record a poem on his mobile phone.  He  sent it to his English teacher for her comments.

Ma am  :  In  fact , that is a good example of the use of  ICT .  Like computers , a smartphone is a digital device that can perform similer functions . For most of these takes ,  the compyuter and the mobile phone requier internet connectivity.

Aness  :  Madam , are both the computer and the mobile phone ICT?

    
Ma am  :  They are ICT devices that use techology to create , collect ,  process and manage information 

Mary  :  Madam , what are the seniors doing in the lab ?

Ma am : Here they learn  about hardware  and  software components of a computer.  They also learn to use ICT for their studies.





Mary   :  Ma am ,  could you tell us more about ICT ?

MA am  :  Of course .  It is the use of technology to communicate    
information at a very fast speed and with accuracy . For example ,    
a computer requires internet connectivity to enable searching for information.  There are appications called search engines or browsers  like Google or yahoo that we use to search for information .  These search engines take you to various websites 
containing information for your specific questions.


Hari  :  I have played online games .  But how do we use ICT for studies ?


MA am :In many  Ways , actually.  For example , if you are asked to do a project on English  Grammar , you ' ll be able to use your ICT skills to locate ,  access and gather information from websites like . www. cambridgeenglish. org or www.  oxfordonlineenglish . com . Let's visit the ICT lab tomorrow .  I will show you ways in which ICT can help  us learn english grammar.




All the students  : Yes , ma'am ! Thank you ma ' am.


Activeties 



1. Here is some of the information   you just read  about in the lesson . See if you can remember what you read. Work in pairs. Note down the answer from your memory and then read the lesson again to check if they are correct.
(a) What is the full form of ICT ?

 (b) What are the uses of a computer ?


(c)  What do children learn in the computer lab ?

 (d)  Why do people depend on technology?

 (e)   What are some uses of ICT? (You can think of at least five uses.?

 2. work with a friends . Read out statements (a), (b) and (c) , ask him/her to say if they are true or false . Your friend will now read statements (b) , (e) and you will have to say if they are true or false.

 (a) ICT stands for information and computer Technology.

 (b) WE can use a com puter to draw and cvalculate.

 (c) A smartphone is a digital device that can perform similer functions as a computer.

 (d) A mobile phone is not a  device used for ICT. 

 (e) we can use ict to do project on english grammer .