CBSE Class 9 Information Technology (402)

1. Part A: Employability Skills – I

Communication Skills-I · Self-Management Skills-I · ICT Skills-I · Entrepreneurial Skills-I · Green Skills-I

• Communication Skills: How to Share Meaning Clearly and Kindly – Communication is sharing meaning between people. A sender encodes an idea into a message, sends it through a channel, and a receiver decodes it and gives feedback. Barriers such as noise, hard words, strong emotions and cultural differences can block or bend the message. We send meaning with words (verbal), with face, eyes, gestures, posture and tone (non-verbal), and with pictures (visual). Active listening — attention, patience, questions and paraphrasing — proves the message arrived. Good communicators adapt to context: formal or informal, spoken or written, and use polite requests, kind refusals, sincere apologies and assertive (not aggressive or passive) language.
• Self-Management: Taking Charge of Your Feelings, Goals and Time – Self-management is the skill of guiding your own feelings, thoughts and actions so you can reach your goals. It starts with self-awareness: noticing what you feel and how strong it is. Then you pause before reacting (Stop, Think, Act) and use calming tools such as slow breathing. Your beliefs and thoughts shape your feelings and actions, so changing an unhelpful thought ('I'm useless') into a helpful one ('I can't do it yet') changes what you do. Good self-managers set SMART goals, plan their time by importance, build healthy habits and bounce back from setbacks (resilience). These skills help in school, friendships and future careers.
• ICT Basics: Using Computers, the Cloud and Learning Platforms Safely – ICT means information and communication technology: the devices, software and networks we use to create, store and share information. Every computer takes input, processes it, gives output and stores data. Storage is measured in bytes, and each bigger unit (KB, MB, GB, TB) is about 1000 times the one before. Good digital learners keep files in clearly named folders, use learning platforms to get and submit work, store files in the cloud and on devices, back up with the 3-2-1 rule and protect accounts with long passphrases and two-step login. ICT also lets you make creative projects such as videos, websites and podcasts.
• From Ideas to Startups: Entrepreneurship – An entrepreneur turns an idea into a business by bringing together land, labour and capital and taking the risk. New ideas replace old ways, which economists call creative destruction. Startups grow with help from investors, banks, incubators, government schemes such as Startup India and Make in India, and small firms called MSMEs. A business plan maps the idea, costs and customers. The profit and loss statement shows Sales − Costs, and the balance sheet shows Assets = Liabilities + Capital.

2. Part B: Introduction to IT–ITeS Industry

Introduction to IT–ITeS Industry

• ICT Basics: Using Computers, the Cloud and Learning Platforms Safely – ICT means information and communication technology: the devices, software and networks we use to create, store and share information. Every computer takes input, processes it, gives output and stores data. Storage is measured in bytes, and each bigger unit (KB, MB, GB, TB) is about 1000 times the one before. Good digital learners keep files in clearly named folders, use learning platforms to get and submit work, store files in the cloud and on devices, back up with the 3-2-1 rule and protect accounts with long passphrases and two-step login. ICT also lets you make creative projects such as videos, websites and podcasts.

3. Part B: Data Entry and Keyboarding Skills

Data Entry and Keyboarding Skills

• Keyboarding Skills: Touch Typing and the Keyboard Layout – Keyboarding means typing correctly and quickly using all ten fingers. Most keyboards use the QWERTY layout, with four rows of keys (number, top, home, bottom) and a space bar. In touch typing your fingers rest on the home row (A S D F and J K L ;); the bumps on F and J let you find home without looking. Each finger presses keys in its own zone and returns home; thumbs press the space bar. Special keys like Shift, Enter, Backspace, Tab and Caps Lock help you edit. Typing speed is measured in words per minute (WPM, where 5 characters = 1 word), and accuracy in percent. Good posture: back straight, feet flat, wrists level, screen at eye level.

4. Part B: Digital Documentation

Digital Documentation

• Word Processing: Making Clear, Well-Formatted Documents – A word processor (like LibreOffice Writer, Microsoft Word or Google Docs) is a program for typing, editing, formatting, saving and printing text documents. You change letters with character formatting (font, size, bold, colour), whole paragraphs with paragraph formatting (alignment, spacing, indents, lists), and the whole document with page setup and styles. Styles let the program build a table of contents automatically. You can add tables, pictures, headers, footers, page numbers, footnotes, citations and a bibliography, and use mail merge to make many personal letters from one template.

5. Part B: Electronic Spreadsheet

Electronic Spreadsheet

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6. Part B: Digital Presentation

Digital Presentation

• Digital Presentations – A digital presentation is a set of slides shown on a screen to support a talk. Good presentations are planned first (purpose, audience, storyboard). Each slide has one idea: a short title, a few key words, and a picture, chart or diagram that helps. Use a consistent design (slide master or theme), strong colour contrast and large fonts. Add graphics, charts, audio, video and hyperlinks only when they help the message, and give credit for images you did not make. Use transitions and animations sparingly. Finally rehearse with speaker notes, run the slide show, and share or print it in the right format (PDF, video, handouts).