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-'''ICT
-Standard 8 '''
-'''RESOURCE BOOK'''
-<br>
-<br>
-<br>
-<br>
-<br>
-<br>
-<br>
-<br>
-<br>
-<br>
-'''Message '''
-Dear Friends,
-''Department
-of State Educational Research and Training'' (DSERT), Karnataka
-in order to promote the effective use of Information and
-Communication Technologies (ICTs) will be providing high schools
-with ICT facilities under the ICT Phase 3 programme.
-<br>
-To
-facilitate this, we have also developed a resource book for use by
-the teachers and students. This resource book has two parts -
-computer literacy skills and
-computer aided learning. The section on computer literacy introduces
-the learners to various aspects of the computer, the use of internet
-and different methods of creating documents in the form of in text
-documents and mind maps. The section on computer aided learning will
-discuss how e computers can be used to integrate o the learning of
-different subjects, namely, Arts, Language, Mathematics, Science and
-Social Science by using relevant ICT tools and educational software.
-<br>
-We have approached this exercise with two broad objectives of
-integrating the computer lab into the school education process and
-enabling the use of computer as a curricular resource. We have
-attempted to put together this resource book based on the
-recommendations of the National Curriculum Framework (2005).
-Accordingly, the content has been developed based on how students can
-make meaning and develop skills and a functional understanding.
-While accurate information has been provided, the focus is not on
-providing definitions and facts. The textbook has been based on
-inputs from the high school teachers who participated in the Subject
-Teacher Forum programme of DSERT and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha
-Abhiyan (RMSA).
-<br>
-The
-objective of the high school textbooks is to enable the children to
-acquire a positive mindset about the use of computers for their
-learning and daily life and also develop a working knowledge of
-computers and the ways of using them to represent information. It
-is my hope that every teacher will be able to start using the
-computer lab in the schools effectively for their own growth and for
-the classroom teaching – learning processes. Please do share your
-experiences in using this book. Your feedback is welcome.
-<br>
-DSERT
-would like to thank Public Software Centre, IT for Change, for
-preparing this resource book and the ICT Curriculum Committee for
-reviewing it.
-<br>
-'''Director,
-DSERT, Karnataka'''
-'''Note
-from Public Software Centre, IT for Change'''
-<br>
-Public Software Centre, IT for Change participated in the creation of
-DSERT ICT resource book for high school students.
-The resource books are being
-developed for 8<sup>th</sup>,
-<sup>th</sup>
-and 10<sup>th</sup>
-standards. This current book for 8<sup>th</sup>
-standard covers MS Office on the Windows platform and Open Office
-and many education software applications available on the GNU/Linux
-platform Ubuntu.
-<br>
-There are two sections in the textbook. The first section (Chapters 1
-to 7) helps students understand the basics of a computer and how to
-use a computer and the internet. They will also learn about creating
-digital documents in the form of text documents and mindmaps. Besides
-an introduction to hardware, this section will include Windows, MS
-Office, Ubuntu and Open Office applications. The second section of
-the book explores some lessons from the school subjects that can be
-taught using the computer, thus integrating the computer as a
-learning and pedagogical tool. This has been done by exploring the
-use of different audio visual resources as well as the educational
-software that are freely available
-on the GNU/Linux platform Ubuntu including KolourPaint, GeoGebra,
-KAnagram, Marble, PhET and TuxPaint.
-<br>
-{| border="1"
-|-
-|
-Mr Rama Rao
-Director, DSERT
-|
-Ms Bindu Thirumalai
-IT for Change
-|}
-<br>
-<br>
-'''Acknowledgement
-&lt;DRAFT for review&gt; '''
-<br>
-DSERT, Karnataka
-would like to acknowledge the following individuals and groups for
-their contribution towards the creation of this book.
-<br>
-# Resource Book 	creating &amp; editing team.
-# The following 	individuals and organisations for their contribution towards the 	creation and review process.
-## DIET Faculty: 		Mr. Gopinath Kalbhag and Mr. Ashwin K.B.
-## DSERT E-Vidya 		Resource Group
-## Policy 		Planning Unit, Azim Premji Foundation
-## C-LAMPS
-## Intel 		Learning Links,
-## American India 		Foundation
-## Subject 		Teacher Forum – State Resource Persons :
-### Radha N A,
-### Rajesh Y N,
-### Shailaja H L,
-### Tharanath Achar,
-### Vishwanatha K V
-##
-#
-# ICT Curriculum 	Committee for providing the framework and guidelines as well as 	reviewing the book.
-# We have used as 	references section from America India Foundation Textbook, Computer 	Masti Books First Edition -2008.
-# Regional 	Institute of English for developing modules on teaching of English 	language
-# Keonics for 	printing and publishing
-# Kannada 	translators
-<br>
-'''ICT Curriculum committee members'''
-&lt;Please add names and designations here &gt;
-'''Resource Book Creation and Editing team members'''
-'''Creation and
-Editing'''
-<br>
-Anupama
-Joshi							Bindu Thirumalai
-Technical Project
-Associate,						Programme Associate,
-Public Software
-Centre,						Public Software Centre,
-IT for
-Change								IT for Change
-<br>
-Krittika
-Vishwanath							Sriranjani Ranganathan
-Research
-Associate,							Programme Associate,
-Public Software
-Centre,						Public Software Centre,
-IT for
-Change								IT for Change
-<br>
-'''Formatting &amp;
-Copy Editing'''
-<br>
-Himadri Banerjee
-							Srinidhi Raghavan
-Intern,									Research
-Assistant,
-Public Software
-Centre,						Public Software Centre,
-IT for
-Change								IT for Change
-<br>
-<br>
-'''How to use this book'''
-<br>
-Welcome
-to this resource book on Information and Communication Technologies
-(ICTs)!
-<br>
-ICTs
-are changing the way we do things, how we communicate and how we
-learn. There are many areas of our society and work where we use
-ICTs in extensive ways. In your school, you now have a new computer
-lab as part of the ICT Phase III programme of providing
-infrastructure facilities to schools.
-<br>
-This
-resource book is meant to introduce you to the ways and methods of
-working with ICTs, including how to use them for exploring various
-subjects. This book is for the student to work along with the
-teachers. Different sections of the textbook will require you to
-work with different teachers.
-<br>
-There
-are two sections in this book, '''Section 1: Computer Literacy'''
-and '''Section 2: Computer Aided Learning'''.
-<br>
-'''Computer
-Literacy '''is learning about what
-ICTs are. This section introduces you to a computer, the use of
-computers and its different parts like the keyboard for typing and
-the mouse. You will also learn how to use the computer to create
-documents in a text format as well in the form of a mind map. This
-section will also include information on how to use the internet and
-email. In this manner, you can start using computers in your daily
-life. In this section, you will work with your computer teacher.
-<br>
-'''Computer
-Aided Learning '''is using the
-computer to learn in different ways about what you have been to
-taught in your subject ( art, english, maths, science and social
-science) classes. There are chapters that will introduce you to
-various lessons in different subjects . You will work with the
-respective subject teachers for each of the chapters.
-<br>
-'''How
-is each chapter organised ?'''
-<br>
-Each chapter has the following sections
-<br>
-* '''Chapter 	Objectives:''' which will tell you what you will know after working 	through the chapter.
-* '''Theory:''' 	This is the explanation of the topic covered in a particular 	chapter. For example, “Introduction to computers”, “Science 	and Technology” and “What is a mind map” are chapter titles. 	There will be further discussion and explanation of this topic in 	the chapter. Your teacher will explain this part for you. You could 	also read this section independently and ask your teacher questions 	when you are not able to understand any of the concepts. There are 	chapter keys/icons that will help you to identify how to work with 	any particular topic within a chapter. These are shown in the table 	below.
-* '''Lab 	Exercises: '''This part of the 	chapter must be done in the computer lab. These could include 	different activities like watching a video, examining the parts of a 	computer or working with different educational software.
-* '''Chapter 	Summary: '''This section 	summarises whatever you have learnt in the chapter. After completing 	the chapter go through the summary. This is meant to be a quick 	guide for the topics you have covered in the chapter. You can also 	use this to check your understanding and go back to your teachers if 	you need help with any of them.
-* '''Exercises: 	'''These are end of chapter 	exercises that you should do in the lab with your teachers help to 	help you use what you have learnt in the chapter.
-* '''Additional 	Resources: '''This is a section 	which will give further extension of some of the ideas discussed in 	the chapter. If you are curious to know more about the topic you 	have studied in a chapter, see this section. It will tell you where 	extra information is available for you to see or read about the 	topic. These resources are a preliminary list – you can add more 	resources to your computer by using the Internet.
-<br>
-You will see boxes with a picture throughout the textbook. These
-pictures are called icons, and the box inside contains information
-for a specific purpose. The following icons have been used in this
-textbook and their purpose is described below:
-<br>
-{| border="1"
-|-
-|
-'''Icon/Picture'''
-|
-'''Purpose'''
-|-
-|
-[[Image:ICT%20STD%208%20Resource%20BOOK-%20PArt%201_html_m1c8b9ecd.jpg]]<br>
-|
-When you see this icon, the information in the
-			box gives you extra hints and tips for using the computer and the
-			different educational software.
-|-
-|
-[[Image:ICT%20STD%208%20Resource%20BOOK-%20PArt%201_html_m419b5a5b.jpg]]<br>
-|
-This icon tells you that the information
-			provided in the box is extra and can be referred to for additional
-			understanding. Going through this box is not essential for the
-			understanding of the rest of the chapter.
-|-
-|
-[[Image:ICT%20STD%208%20Resource%20BOOK-%20PArt%201_html_m1eb9349b.jpg]]<br>
-|
-This icon is asking you to think a little bit
-			more about the question or information provided in the box.
-|-
-|
-[[Image:ICT%20STD%208%20Resource%20BOOK-%20PArt%201_html_3d47a81a.jpg]]<br>
-|
-For many of the sections in this book you will
-			need your teachers' help. Wherever you see this icon please do not
-			hesitate to ask your teacher. Different subject teachers will work
-			with different chapters.
-|}
-<br>
-We hope you enjoy using this resource book. At the end of using the
-book and completing all the exercises, our belief is that you will
-develop a very positive and confident approach towards ICTs as well
-as have built knowledge and skills to work with this very powerful
-tool, called the computer.
-<br>
-<br>
-<br>

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