This is the tenth book in a series of ten electronic books designed to educate young children and school-age students about information technologies and the digital world they live in.

Who will benefit from this book?

This book is most suitable for students in their senior grade levels at school.

For students with little or no prior knowledge of ICT and computing, it is effective when used in conjunction with Books Six-Nine.

It may also be helpful for teachers introducing ICT or integrating it into the curriculum.

Contents:

Book Ten comprises three modules:

Module 1: Operating Systems

Unit One: UNIX Basics

Unit Two: The UNIX File System

Unit Three: Practical Applications of UNIX

Unit Four: Current Operating Systems

Unit Five: Linux: The Operating System

Part 1: Linux Basics

Part 2: Ubuntu

Module 2: Appreciating Movies

This module provides the student with the opportunity to examine some of the world's finest cinematography and to learn how skillful film makers work with artists and writers to use information and communication technologies to create films that are considered to be great works of art and social commentary.

Unit One: Raise the Red Lantern

Unit Two: El Espiritu De La Colmena

Unit Three: Citizen Kane

Unit Four: Rashomon

Unit Five: E.T. The Extra-terrestrial

Unit Six: Creating A Film

Module 3: The Future Of Information Technology

This module introduces the student to the current cutting edge of information technology development, enabling exploration of nanotechnologies, future computers, both virtual and quantum and robotics technologies.

Unit One: Nanotechnology

Unit Two: Future Personal Computers: Virtual and Quantum

Unit Three: Robotics

The book is colorful, creative and contains many challenges and activities designed to help young students understand how digital technologies work and how they may efficiently use them to learn and communicate.

The book also contains an integrated Continuous Assessment process which may be of value in some educational environments.

Modules at each level are divided into skills and knowledge-focused units.

At the end of each unit students may assess their skills and knowledge and grade themselves.

There are no tests or examinations in this program.

What are the intended uses of this book?

1.This book is designed to support both teachers and students in existing ICT curricula and may be useful in areas such as Science, Language Arts, Mathematics and the Arts.

2.The book supports public and private education systems' instruction and skills training programs to ensure that young people possess the knowledge and skills to function in a digital society, and ultimately to prepare them for entry into higher education and an increasingly digital and computer-based workforce.

3. Students and parents may use the book for home schooling use in support of study projects and personal skills development.