Information technology : class X (as per new syllabus) / Preeti Saxena and Suvigya Saxena.

Includes index.

Part A: Employability skills -- Unit 1. Communication skills-II -- Methods of communication skills -- Verbal communication -- Non-verbal communication -- Communication cycle and importance of feedback -- Barriers to effective communication -- Writing skills-Parts of speech -- Writing skills-sentences -- Unit 2. Self-management skills-II -- Stress management -- Self-awareness-strength and weakness analysis -- Self-motivation -- Self-regulation-goal setting -- Self-regulation-time management -- Unit 3. Information and communication technology skills-II -- Basic computer operation -- Different types of operating system and basic file operations -- Computer care and maintenance -- Computer security and privacy -- Unit 4. Entrepreneurial skills-II -- Entrepreneurship and society -- Qualities and functions of an entrepreneur -- Myths about -- Entrepreneurship as a career option -- Unit 5. Green Skills-II -- Sustainable development -- Our role in sustainable development -- Part B: Subject specific skills -- Unit 1. Digital documentation (advanced) -- Styles in a document -- Insert and use image in the document -- Create and use template -- Create and customize table of content -- Implementing mail merge -- Unit 2. Electronic spreadsheet (Advanced) -- Analyze data using scenarios and goal seek -- Link data and spreadsheet -- Share and review a spreadsheet -- Create and use macros in spreadsheet -- Unit 3. Database Management System -- Introducing databases -- Creating database and tables -- Queries in LibreOffice Base -- Form wizard -- Report wizard -- Unit 4. Web Applications and Security -- Accessibility options on computer -- Networking fundamentals -- Online transaction -- Internet security -- Maintain workplace safety -- Prevent accidents and emergencies -- Protect health and safety at work.

"Information Technology is a vocational skill subject which lays emphasis on computer and its application in practical life. This book is an effort to introduce how computer has become an integral part of today's life. This book also encourages the use of opensource software like LibreOffice and OpenOffice with various kinds of skills that are required for the complete development of a child.
This course is a planned sequence of instructions consisting of units meant for developing employability and vocational competencies of students for Class X opting for vocational subject along with general education subjects. The course is divided into two parts, viz., Part A and Part B. The brief contents of the syllabus are given below:
Part A consists of Employability Skills that deal with the five types of skills, viz., Communication skills, Self-management skills, ICT skills, Entrepreneur skills and Green skill. These skills are given in the form of separate units and each of these skills is discussed in detail in each respective unit.
Part B consists of advanced features of LibreOffice suite and web application &security features. This part has four units. The first and the second units in this part emphasise the importance of Digital Documentation, Electronic Spreadsheet, and their advanced concepts like templates, table of contents in writer and scenarios, macros, goal seek in calc. The third unit is about RDBMS concepts using LibreOffice Base and the fourth unit is about Web application and security." -- Preface in the book