technology applications curriculum
Technology Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide students with adequate access to hardware, software, and information technologies in order to maximize their learning opportunities and prepare them to be educationally and vocationally competitive life-long learners
What is Technology Applications?
- Technology Applications is a required enrichment curriculum specified in Texas Education Code (TEC) §28.002 . This curriculum focuses on the teaching, learning, and integration of digital technology knowledge and skills across the curriculum, especially in the foundation areas, to support learning and promote student achievement. The state’s Technology Applications curriculum provides a vertical look at what is expected for students Prekindergarten through Grade 12. It prepares all students with a background for whatever they may choose to do today as well as in their future. The Technology Applications curriculum defines the technology literacy requirement for students and teachers specified in No Child Left Behind, Title II, Part D. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/ta/curric.html
- Texas State Education Agency: Technology Application TEKS, Grade 6-8 The Technology Applications TEKS are not to be taught in isolation. Rather, all middle school teachers are responsible for student acquisition of the Technology Application TEKS, and the Technology Application TEKS are an integral part of every classroom's use of technology.
- Enrichment Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Required
SB 815 was passed during the 78th Legislative Regular Session in 2003 and signed into law by Governor Rick Perry. SB 815 mandates, as a matter of accreditation, that school districts use the TEKS when teaching all of the required curriculum (foundation and enrichment content areas). Prior to the passage of SB 815, the TEKS were required for the foundation content areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; but were simply "guidelines" for the enrichment content areas including technology applications.