1. START and the Technology Applications TEKS for Texas Teachers
Presented by the
Texas Center for Educational Technology (TCET)

2. Technology Applications Definition
Curriculum that includes the teaching and learning of technology skills and the use of computers and other related electronic tools.

3. Texas Center for
Educational Technology

4. Sharing Technology Applications Resources with Teachers
START
Sharing Technology Applications Resources with Teachers

5. Technology Applications TEKS
Essential Knowledge and Skills
•Technology Use
•Curricular Integration
Goal: Teach the Technology Applications TEKS and integrate them across curriculum.

6. Technology Applications Focus
Creating, accessing, manipulating, utilizing, communicating, and publishing information
Integrating throughout subject areas

7. Strands throughout TEKS
Foundations
Information Acquisition
Work in Solving Problems
Communication

8. Foundations Technology-related terms Technology-related concepts
Data input strategies
Impact on society

9. Information Acquisition
Identify task requirements
Plan for using search strategies
Use of technology to access, analyze, and evaluate the acquired information

10. Work in Solving Problems
Select task-appropriate technology
Synthesize knowledge
Create a solution
Evaluate the results

11. Communication
Analyze audience requirements and available delivery mechanisms
Match delivery and distribution to audience
Evaluate the results

12. Snapshot of a 2nd grader Uses keyboard to increase motor skills
Learns alphabet and numbers
Uses paint and draw programs
Uses multimedia

13. Snapshot of a 5th grader Uses accurate keyboarding
Increases writing skills with the word processor
Uses telecommunications, CD-ROMs, etc, to find information
Publishes charts, multimedia, word processed documents

14. Snapshot of an 8th grader
Demonstrates mastery in:
Desktop publishing
Data disaggregation with sorts and Boolean searches
Forecasts and predictions
Telecommunications projects
Multimedia production

15. Technology Applications: High School Level
Courses of study
Integration of Technology Applications TEKS throughout the curriculum
Technology Applications Credit -
Computer Science I or II, Business Computer Applications I or II, Business Computer Programming I or II, Computer Applications, Microcomputer Applications, Business Information Processing, Computer Mathematics, or Industrial Technology Computer Applications.

16. Technology Applications: High School Level
8 courses in Technology Applications
Computer Science I
Computer Science II
Desktop Publishing
Digital Graphics/Animation
Multimedia
Video Technology
Web Mastering
Technology Applications Independent Study
Technology Applications Credit -
Computer Science I or II, Business Computer Applications I or II, Business Computer Programming I or II, Computer Applications, Microcomputer Applications, Business Information Processing, Computer Mathematics, or Industrial Technology Computer Applications.

17. What is START? Provides awareness information Provides resources
Provides a mechanism to share
Texas Center for
Educational Technology

18. START’s Components Images: Educational Acceptable Use Policies
The PARTNERS Project
Lower Valley CPDT
Educational
Acceptable Use
Policies
Web Spinning
START Web Site
Texas Center for
Educational Technology

19. For more TA TEKS Information:
Your Education Service Center Curriculum or Technology Contact
TCET Web Site:
TEA Web Site: