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Inside the Series


                The key features of the series have been designed to ensure better  learning,
                assessment and evaluation.



                           Learning Resources





                      My Selfie Page                         Comic Story                         #Chapter Profile
                 # This section prepares the            # Each chapter starts with a           # This section describes the objective
                  students to introduce and express      conversational style story to make     of the chapter.
                  themselves.                            learning fun and engaging.
                                                             #Domains of AI                    #Chapter Profile
                                                          Chapter 10
                                                           Are you taking a   Yes, and I am   Do you know this   No, I did not know.    Computer Hardware     Computer Software
                        #My Selfie Page                     selfie?   adding a filter too.  Filter app uses AI?
                       Donate your old toy to a needy/poor child. Paste a selfie here.
                            Selfie
                                                                                                   #Job Prospects
                                                           The Computer Vision, one of
                                                          the domains of AI, helps these
                                                           filter apps edit our photos.
                                                                                               # This section indicates the possible
                       How did you feel making someone smile? Write 3-4 lines about your experience.   career aspects on pursuing similar
                       #
                                                                                                topics.
                                                                       That sounds interesting! Tell me more.
                                                                                                #Job Prospects
                                                          #Chapter Profile
                                                            Natural Language Processing (NLP)     Big Data    Online Tutor     Social Media Management
                                                            Computer Vision (CV)
                                                          #Job Prospects                           Content Writer     Blogger
                                                            AI Engineer     Big Data Analyst     NLP Analyst
                                           4  The Keyboard and The Mouse
                                                            QR Code
                                             Your Aim
                      Take Off               to learn about:      Mouse  # It provides digital learning in the    Hintbot
                                                  Keyboard
                 # It links back to previous knowledge   You use a pencil to write on paper. In the same way you need a keyboard to write
                                                         form of Chapter Animation.
                  before starting the lesson.  on the computer screen. A keyboard has small buttons on it called keys. You can   # It provides a practical information or
                                          type text on the computer by pressing these keys.
                                           THE KEYBOARD                                         tip to the students.
                                          A keyboard consists of 101 to 104 keys. These keys are divided into three categories:
                     Take Off      Century  21 st   #Creativity     1.   Alphabet keys   (A–Z or a–z)
                                   Skills  #Communication     2.   Number keys   (1, 2, 3, ..., 9  and 0 [zero])
                   Your father asks you and your elder brother to create invitation letters for a party.       3.   Special keys  (Enter key, Spacebar, Backspace key, etc.)
                   Fill in the blanks with the details.
                                            Number keys  Backspace key
                           Birthday Invitation                                                           Hintbot
                    Dear friend   , [type your friend’s name]
                    I am celebrating my birthday on   . You are invited to attend the party          To close a document: Alt + F4
                    at    [type the time] on    [type the date] at my residence.
                    There will be lots of games and fun time.
                    Looking forward to seeing you
                    Your friend    [type your name]
                                               Spacebar key  Alphabet keys  Enter keys
                   Can you make an invitation letter on the computer like this? Let us learn about it in this     Timeline
                   chapter.
                                                    The Keyboard and The Mouse  33
                                                        # It presents the summary of the
                  In the previous class you have learnt some basic commands of Word 2019. Let's, recall some
                  new features about Word 2019.          chapter for quick recapitulation.
                  Word is a word processing software. A Word processor is an application software that helps
                  us type, edit and format documents, letters, poems and reports.                  Factbot
                    USES OF WORD 2019
                  Word is used to:                                                             # It provides interesting computer
                    type letters, stories and reports, quickly and easily
                    present your text beautifully and neatly using different colours, styles and effects  facts.
                    add pictures to your documents, stories and poems
                      DIY In The Lab
                    remove all the errors from the document using spelling and grammar features
                    make changes in the text when you are typing and after typing also
                    copy or move the text from anywhere in a document or a new document
                 # It is a lab activity to develop practical                                       Factbot
                    save the text for later use
                  skills for Subject Enrichment.                                                When  purchasing  items, you  notice  a  label  with
                    print the complete document or a part of it
                                                                                                thin, black lines across it. This is called a barcode.
                   42  Touchpad PLUS (Version 4.0)-III                                          A device that is used to scan a barcode known as
                     DIY In The Lab  Century  Skills 21 st   #Information Literacy              act bot Barcode scanner.
                                 #Technology Literacy
                  To
                  Subject  Formatting
                   Create a bulleted and numbered list as shown.
                   1.  Adding Bullets and Numbering         C T & AI
                      a.  Open Word and type the text given below.
                      b.  Select the text and click on Home tab.
                      c.  Click on the Numbering option.  # The book includes special chapters
                      d.  Now, click on drop-down arrow of Bullets option in Paragraph group and select Tick mark
                    bullets.                             on Computational Thinking and
                   2.  Type the following sentences as shown below:
                                                         Artificial Intelligence (I-VIII).
                                                        Step 2:  Decide the time and place for the party.
                                                        Step 3:  Inform family members and friends  about the party place through  phone  calls or   Double Tap  Century  21 st  Skills  #Information Literacy
                                                                          #Critical Thinking
                                                         e-mail.
                                                        Step 4:  Greet the guest with love and warmth.  Do as directed.  L L   Lol at Tech
                   Now, underline all the prepositions and make all the nouns bold.  Step 5:  Start and enjoy the party.  If (boy eating ice cream)  If (boy's shirt green)
                                                                          then
                                                                    then
                                                        If you miss one step or do not write the steps in the correct order, the output will not be what   Colour the diamond
                   a. Click on the Home tab. Click on the Numbering option.  you want it to be.  otherwise  Colour the star as red   otherwise  as blue
                                                                       Yellow
                   b. Select 'in' and 'on' from the paragraph and click on Underline option.  Factbot     Pink  # It provides technological learning
                                                           The step-by-step procedure is also called algorithm.
                   b. Select 'pen, bag, table, room' and click on Bold option.   LOOPS
                                                                   The act of repeating an action again and again is called looping.
                                                         Art Integration Learning  Let us understand loops with the help of an example.  with fun.
                                                         #Baking   You can observe that first Harry goes up towards the sky.
                  For The Teacher                       Ask your mother or father to bake a cake. Analyse the steps to be followed. Now write the steps  Century  21 st  #Information Literacy  Interdisciplinary Learning
                                                        in correct order to bake a cake in your notebook.
                                                            Take Off
                                                                       #General Knowledge
                     Do an entire walk-through of the chapter.   Write 'R' for real and 'A' for artificial.  #Activity Skills  Ask your father or mother to say “Hey Siri” or “Ok Google” on their mobile phone for you.
                                                                      In the second round, Harry and Jerry are both at the same level.
                      Demonstrate all formatting features to the students in detail.   DECISION MAKING  Now ask for the following from the voice assistant and write your answer here.
                                                        Rohan is getting ready for school. He looks outside the window. It was raining.  1.  Who invented the computer mouse?
                                                                      2.  What is the date tomorrow?
                                                                   In the third round, Jerry is at a higher level. Thus, the cycle goes on.
                                                                      3.  When is Diwali this year?
                                                            Oh! It's   If (it’s raining)  Repeating a set of steps is a loop.  L L at TECH
                                                            raining.   then  4.  Who is the Indian cricket team's captain?
                                                            What to do?  Carry an umbrella and go to   #Activity using a voice assistant
                                                               school.
                                                           Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a computer or a machine to think, learn and
                                                           act like human brain.  otherwise
                                                                    #Stepwise Instructions  ROBOTS
                                                                 Don’t carry an umbrella.  Experiential Learning
                                                                      Robots are automatically operated machines that work in place of humans. It is not
                                                                   Divide the class into groups of four students each. In each group, one member acts as a robot and
                                                                      necessary that they look like humans by appearance nor they may perform exactly like
                                                        This explains that when a condition like 'if' is given, there are two choices:  the other members give the instructions to the robot to do the activity. The activities can be like
                                                        1.  When the ‘If’ condition is a ‘Yes’, then we follow ‘then’ statement.  humans. Some robots use AI too.  NASA’s reusable space  shuttle in  the 1970s had  less
                                                                      They  serve  food,  teach,  help
                                                        2.  When the ‘If’ condition is a ‘No’, then we follow ‘otherwise’ statement.  clean the board, get a glass of water, collect notebooks, etc. in  surgeries, lift  and  pack  objects.  They  also  help  in
                                                        Decision making is a process of arriving at a conclusion by making a choice.  household work like cooking and cleaning.  #Group Activity  code than our phones today.

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                                                            ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT MACHINES
                                                           For a machine to be artificially intelligent, it must
                                                           be able to:
                                                           1.   solve tasks and take decisions
                                                                       Robot serving food  Robot preparing for a surgery
                                                           2.   understand and express human language
                                                           3.  recognise images
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                                                            Factbot
                                                           SHRDLU was one of the first AI programs to understand natural language.
                                                                       Robot in a factory  Robot cleaning the floor
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