Raman Media Network Storybooks Teach Technology to Children
All books in the Raman’s Tech Tale Series are equally useful for children in all parts of the world.
Raman Media Network (RMN) Company – which is working in diversified content creation, management, and distribution businesses on a global scale – has published unique storybooks to provide technology awareness to school children and young adults. A brief description of the books is given below.
Raman’s Tech Tale Series – Knowledge Stories for Children
These books have been released under different titles. “Raman’s Tech Tale Series – Knowledge Stories for Children,” is a book series aimed to spread technology awareness among children through short stories.
This work has also found a mention in Bookbird, a journal of international children’s literature, produced by IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People.
In order to help the Hindi-speaking Indian children read these stories, all the 10 stories in the book have been translated in Hindi language and these are available on the RMN Kids education site being run by the Raman Media Network (RMN) Company for the past 12 years.
The book covers technology applications such as satellite communications, electronic mail, computer-based surveillance, video conferencing, computer simulation, digital walk-through, video-on-demand, Internet chat, robotics, and e-learning.
Rattrap and the Jinni: Mysteries of the Future World
Another storybook: “Rattrap and the Jinni: Mysteries of the Future World” is available as a novella. It is an educational story that will help children understand many current realities of the world in which we all live. It will also empower them to take the right steps to make the world a better place to live.
Children – mainly tweens and teens – in all parts of the world will enjoy the Rattrap and the Jinni story, which is highly entertaining – full of thrill, adventure, excitement, and humor.
The story revolves around two children – Terry and his younger sister Sarah. The kids live with their parents in a village named Garwall. All is well with all of them except for the mounting menace from an unexpected enemy – the army of rats. These rats are even bigger than some cats and they are hell-bent on making life miserable for the village folk.
But before they go on any further rampage, Terry and Sarah decide to take the matter in their own hands. After discussing a series of options to get rid of the unruly rodents, they plan to use a toughly built rattrap. What happens then?
The story takes a strange turn. Instead of catching rats, the rattrap traps a Jinni who flies down from the sky right into the strong walls of Terry’s trap. Now, it is really difficult for the Jinni to get out of it unless Terry allows it.
Here’s the deal – the deal that not only aims to drive out the mischievous rats from the village territory but it also takes Terry to a future world full of mysteries that Terry could never even imagine.
Robojit and the Sand Planet
The superhero story “Robojit and the Sand Planet” explains the application of artificial-intelligence (AI)-based robotics technology with the creation of a unique ROBOJIT character. The story is presented as a full-length novel.
The highlight of the epic thriller “Robojit and the Sand Planet” is its ability to effectively blend technology, spiritualism, and humanism with a captivating fantasy in the backdrop.
With a setting in the future, the story runs in three parts: affairs of a kingdom that is presented as an imaginary planet, its conflicts with wicked forces, and a final mission that takes some of the characters to another remote planet.
It is a work of fiction in the genre of technology adventure for young people – children and young adults in all parts of the world. The story is highly entertaining, as it is full of thrill, adventure, excitement, and timely use of humor.
The story revolves around the central character, ROBOJIT – a humanoid. It has a very hilarious lingo used by some of the characters and covers multiple terrains and locales such as surface, air, water, forests, temples, etc., besides a unique planet with peculiar inhabitants.
The story involves captivating fight sequences and different types of weapons used by characters who have innovative names. It also presents curious and imaginative creatures.
Knowledge Stories for Children: Ghost and the Magic Eye
Under the Knowledge Stories for Children series, “Ghost and the Magic Eye” story in the book will engage and encourage children to quickly learn the application of a new technology in day-to-day life. The tech application discussed in the story is “Digital Surveillance.”
Not a soul knew what was happening in the village. But word was spreading fast about the presence of John in his big house, which now stands ruined on the outskirts of the village Nori.
Everyone was stunned. How could it be? John had, in fact, died in a road accident a year ago, and the villagers had buried his body with their own hands. Had he come back undead? Who knows!
But you can know all that in the storybook, titled: “Ghost and the Magic Eye” which uses simple language to explain the tech application.
Knowledge Stories for Children: Katie Catches Blacky in Peace Forest
Titled “Katie Catches Blacky in Peace Forest,” the storybook informs children about ‘Biometric Security,’ a technology application to protect computer systems as well as buildings from intruders.
The tech application is discussed through an engaging forest-based story or a fable in the book. It tells children how a small brown cat, Katie, uses a biometric security device to save her kittens, Pingu and Mingu, from a wild wolf named Blacky.
Readers will not only enjoy the story which is highly engaging, but they will also learn about the application of biometric security explained in a simple language.
Raman’s Tech Tale Concept
Raman’s Tech Tale Series is an innovative storybook concept that aims to educate children in the high-tech area of information and communications technology (ICT) through interesting stories.
Keeping in view today’s need to give technology orientation to children, a little technology element is introduced in the stories. These books not only help children, but they also make it simpler for parents and teachers to impart tech education to the young learners.
These are normal stories originally written for children’s edutainment (education and entertainment). Without confusing the child, the technology element is kept in the background.
The idea is to make the children curious to learn more about the tech aspects of life as they grow. Since the content mainly targets children in the age group of 6 – 12 years, the language used is quite simple to understand.
Also, with a view to make the stories exciting, the environment in each story is presented through colourful illustrations. A couple of books are published for young adults or students who attend colleges or universities.
Each book in the series will also act as a catalyst to achieve the larger objective of ‘bridging the digital divide.’ As efforts are being made all over the world to take the technology benefits to the masses or the underprivileged sections of society, these books will empower people to take a step in that direction. The books will also supplement the conventional technology education in various schools.
At present, the books are being published in the English language. However, depending on the demand, they will be translated into other languages also. (Hindi translation of a book is available for online readers.)
A hallmark of the books in this series is that they can be adapted for stage shows by children, TV programmes for children, and short-format movies.
Teachers and parents are urged to promote this pioneering attempt to produce educational literature for children by introducing these books in schools as an important knowledge resource for children.
All books in the Raman’s Tech Tale Series are equally useful for children in all parts of the world.
Alternative Education Books
Along with the publication of books under Raman’s Tech Tale Series, the Raman Media Network (RMN) Company has also published books to provide modern alternative education to school children under its Constructive Education Framework model.
RMN Company’s “My Companion – My Book” is a Multiple Subject Guide for Primary Learning. It comprises subjects such as Moral and Behavioural Education, English, Arithmetic, Information Technology (IT) / Computers, and General Knowledge.
Similarly, written by Rakesh Raman, the “English Made Simple” is a comprehensive English book which is quite useful for students, teachers, and executives. It covers all aspects of English (such as reading, writing, speaking, listening, and debating), which are essential for students to learn so that they could use professional English in their jobs and careers.
About the Author: Rakesh Raman
Rakesh Raman is a national award-winning journalist and founder of the humanitarian organization RMN Foundation. Besides working at senior editorial positions with leading media companies, he was writing an exclusive edit-page column regularly for The Financial Express, which is a daily business newspaper of The Indian Express Group.
Nowadays, for the past 12 years, he has been running his own global news services on multiple news sites. He runs various environment protection, human rights protection, education awareness, and anti-corruption campaigns, and publishes digital magazines and research reports on different subjects.
He had set up and managed a free school for 5 years during 2015-2019 to impart modern education to deserving children at the J.J. Colony of Dwarka, Sector 3, New Delhi.
Earlier, he had been associated with the United Nations (UN) through the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a digital media expert to help businesses use technology for brand marketing and business development.
At present, Rakesh is associated with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project as a Country Expert for India to provide expert research inputs on multiple topics pertaining to democracy and governance. The V-Dem Project is managed by V-Dem Institute under the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
He has launched a nationwide campaign to introduce social democracy in India in order to build an egalitarian society in which all citizens could enjoy equal rights, opportunities, freedoms, and access to justice. You can click here to read his full profile.
Students, teachers, and parents can contact him for career counselling sessions in schools and public forums.
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