This is the seventh 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 fifth, sixth or seventh grade level at school.

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

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

Contents:

Book Seven comprises five modules:

Module 1: Exploring Information Technologies

This module enables the student to explore the nature of information technology in terms of history and human needs, which often lead to the development of new technologies. The module also introduces students to the concept of systematic problem solving processes and their relation to information technologies.

Unit One: What is Technology?

Unit Two: People's Technological Needs

Unit Three: Problem- Solving Technologies

Unit Four: Information Technologies

Module 2: Scratch

Unit One: Programming Animation with Scratch

Module Two:Programming with Alice

Unit One: Methods, Procedures, Functions and Controls

Module 3: Creating Web Pages

Unit One: Creating Web Pages

Module 4: Examining Information Technologies

This module explores several of the most common and popular information technologies: how they evolved, how to use some of them, and what they do. The primary focus of the module is on photography.

Unit One: Amazing Photography

Unit Two: 35mm Photography

Unit Three: Digital Photography

Unit Four: Infrared, Ultraviolet and Kirlian Photography

Unit Five: Radio

Unit Six: The Telephone

Module 5: Supercomputers And The Human Brain

This module explores the relationship between human intelligence and computer-based technologies. Artificial intelligence is examined, and questions raised about the future evolution of technology.

Unit One: The Amazing Human Brain

Unit Two: Artificial Intelligence

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.