2.3 ICT Tools in Communication

• Meaning of ICT tools in communication
• Importance of ICT tools in communication
• ICT tools: email, mobile phone and computers
• ICT tools: video and web conferencing, social networking and online collaboration
• Using ICT tools: send and receive email, texts and calls
• Using ICT tools: chats, audio, animations and video
• Role of communication in Pre-Technical Studies

• explain the importance of ICT tools in communication
• describe the ICT tools used in communication
• use ICT tools to enhance communication
• acknowledge the role of communication in Pre-Technical Studies

“How are ICT tools used in communication?”

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1. Meaning and importance of ICT tools in communication
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   What ICT tools are, and why they matter for sending meaning farther, faster and in a form you can keep.
2. Email, mobile phone and computers
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Describing three core ICT tools: what message each carries and where Grade 7 already meets them in Kenya.
3. Conferencing, social networking and online collaboration
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Describing video and web conferencing, social networking and online collaboration, with pause, consent and kind talk.
4. Sending and receiving email, texts and calls
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Using ICT tools: compose, send, receive and reply with email, SMS and a voice call, including paper or role-play if devices are few.
5. Chats, audio, animations and video
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Using chats, audio, animations and video to enhance a PTS message, with consent and no unkind clips.
6. The role of communication in Pre-Technical Studies
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Acknowledging that PTS work is communication: drawings, prices, files and ICT tools across Business, Computer and Technical domains.