Touchpad Plus Ver. 3.1 Class 8

Computer Science Textbook Designed for Joyful Learning

KEY FEATURES
● National Education Policy 2020
● Tech Funda: This section provides a practical information or tip to the students.
● Clickipedia: This section provides interesting computer facts.
● Lab Session: This is a lab activity to develop practical skills. (Subject Enrichment)
● Explore More: This section contains supplement topics for add-on knowledge.
● QR Code: Scan the QR Code given on the first page of each chapter to start chapter animation.
● Mind Boggler: This section has puzzle or fun based activity to help understand the concepts better.

DESCRIPTION
Touchpad PLUS (Version 3.1) series based on Ubuntu 20 and LibreOffice 7 is designed carefully keeping in mind the overall growth of the child.

The books contain updated topics like 3D Printing and Artificial Intelligence that will definitely give our students an edge above others and hence make programming ideas more innovative and creative.
Learning is done best when it’s fun-filled and activity based. To ensure that the content intrigues the students at all times and keeps them interested throughout the course of the book, we have included interesting key features like Student Corner, Tech Funda, Clickipedia, Comp Caution, Restart, Checkpoint, Mind Boggler, Hands-On, Subject Enrichment—Lab Session, Teacher’s Note, Periodic Assessment, Test Sheet, Project Work, Speech Drill and Glossary.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN
You will learn about:
● Digital World
● Cyber World
● Coding World
● Computational Thinking
● Artificial Intelligence

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
Grade — 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Computer Networking
2. Introduction to LibreOffice Base
3. More on LibreOffice Base
4. More on GIMP
5. Layers and Filters in GIMP
6. Internet Services and Cyber Crime
7. More on HTML
8. Google Apps
9. App Development
10. Conditional and Looping Statements in Python
11. AI and Robotics
12. Project Work
13. Explore More (Cloud Computing)
14. OGO Cyber Sample Questions
15. Glossary