�126.29. Independent Study in Technology Applications, Grades 10-12
(b) Introduction.
(1) The technology applications curriculum has four strands: foundations, information acquisition, work in solving problems, and communication.
(2) Through the study of technology applications foundations, including technology-related terms, concepts, and data input strategies, students learn to make informed decisions about technologies and their applications. The efficient acquisition of information includes the identification of task requirements; the plan for using search strategies; and the use of technology to access, analyze, and evaluate the acquired information. By using technology as a tool that supports the work of individuals and groups in solving problems, students will select the technology appropriate for the task, synthesize knowledge, create a solution, and evaluate the results. Students communicate information in different formats and to diverse audiences. A variety of technologies will be used. Students will analyze and evaluate the results.
(c) Knowledge and skills.
(1) Foundations. The student demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of hardware components, software programs, and their connections. The student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate knowledge and appropriate use of operating systems, software applications, and communication and networking components;
(B) make decisions regarding the selection, acquisition, and use of software taking under consideration its quality, appropriateness, effectiveness, and efficiency;
(C) delineate and make necessary adjustments regarding compatibility issues including, but not limited to, digital file formats and cross platform connectivity; and
(D) use appropriate technology terminology in the independent study course.
The above info found at: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/ch126.html#s1263
In the high school level from grades 9-12 in the newly proposed draft of TEKS for this same area there are six strands rather than 4 and they are: creativity and innovation: communication and collaboration: research and information fluency: critical thinking, problem solving and decision making: digital citizenship: and technology operations and concepts. When students finish this exercise in Independent Study in Technology Applications they’ll be able to handle computers and their operating systems, find the correct software and know how to download it when necessary, digital tools will not be a problem for them and setting up for the formats for various files can be their forte. Now lastly, they will be able to set up different tools and cross connect them for a variety of audiences. My focus in teaching a class would be one similar to what my in now with Integrating Emerging Technology into the Classroom. I want them to know how to use all the digital tools available to them, know the legal aspects of copyrights, know how to stop cyber bullying, know what is the most cost efficient yet most appropriate software for them to use for their computers, and know how to teach these things to others.
The most important TEK listed above to me would be to “use technology to solve problems, select technology appropriate for the task, and regurgitate knowledge so as to create solutions then evaluate the results”. I would want this to be at least a six week course so that the first week I could spend time discussing what kind of problems there were to solve and why. The second week would be on the technology that best suites the problem. The third week would cover analyzing the knowledge they just discovered about technology. The fourth week is over creating and coming up with various solutions to the problems and the many ways there may be to solve these problems. The fifth week would consist of an evaluation of the results that we have discovered in the previous four weeks and the sixth week I would put it all together and review everything we’ve discussed and have a quiz over that. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/teks/index.html
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