Technology Applications

The technology applications TEKS for prekindergarten children help children learn how technology can enhance our lives. Children leaving prekindergarten should be able to open and navigate through software programs designed to enhance development of appropriate concepts. Children should also be able use and name a variety of computer input devices, such as a mouse, keyboard, voice/sound recorder, touch screen, and CD-ROM. Students leaving prekindergarten should be able operate voice/sound recorders and touch screens. Students should also be able to use software applications to create and express ideas and recognize that information is accessible through the use of technology.
Technology applications is a dynamic and spiraling curriculum throughout the grades PK-12. In early childhood, students learn to that information is accessible through interaction with technology. In kindergarten through the second grade, students apply keyword searches to acquire information. Students is grades three through five acquire information including text, audio, video, and graphics and use on-line help and documentation. Sixth grade to eighth grade students identify, create, and use files in various formats such as text, bitmapped/vector graphics, image, video, and audio files and demonstrate the ability to access, operate, and manipulate information from secondary storage and remote devices including CD-ROM/laser discs and on-line catalogs. This culminates in high school students being able to acquire information in and knowledge about electronic formats including text, audio, video, and graphics and use a variety of resources, including foundation and enrichment curricula, together with various productivity tools to gather authentic data as a basis for individual and group programming projects. The skills that students acquire in prekindergarten start the foundation for the skills need by high school students.