| Technology
Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
The Technology
Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
found in 19 TAC Chapter 126 describe what students should know and
be able to do using technology. The goal of the Technology Applications
TEKS is for students to gain technology-based knowledge and skills
and
to apply them to all curriculum areas at all grade levels. There are
benchmark years at Grades 2, 5, and 8 with courses specified at the
high school level. The
TEKS are organized with four common strands for Grades K-12:
Foundations
Information Acquisition
Solving Problems
Communication The TEKS standards follow: Grade
PreK Guidelines
Prekindergarten guidelines for Technology Applications were made available to
schools in December 1999. They articulate what three- and four-year old students
should know and be able to do using technology. Grades K-2
Students gain basic skills such as inputting information, beginning
touch keyboarding and becoming familiar with the computer. Using
technology,
students access information that can include text, audio, video,
and graphics. They use computers and related technology to make
presentations
and prepare projects for foundation curriculum areas. Grades 3-5
Students use proper keyboarding techniques and acquire information
by selecting the most appropriate search strategies. Students use
word processing,
graphics, databases, spreadsheets, simulations, multimedia, and
telecommunications. They solve problems and communicate information
in various formats
and to a variety of audiences and evaluate their results. Grades 6-8
Students become fluent in using multiple software applications
and applying them across the curriculum. They build on the Grades
3-5 knowledge
and
skills. The students continue to demonstrate keyboarding proficiency
in technique and posture while building speed. The TEKS can be
taught integrated into other areas (such as English Language
Arts and Reading,
Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science), as a separate class,
or both. Grades 9-12
Students have a variety of options from the adopted courses which
allow for growth, specialization, integration into other curriculum
areas,
and preparation for the technological world. The high school
courses in Technology Applications, Chapter 126 include:
Computer Science I, Computer Science II, Desktop Publishing,
Digital Graphics/Animation, Multimedia, Video Technology, Web
Mastering,
and Independent Study in Technology Applications. top
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