Pre-K Technology Applications TEKS: Laying the Groundwork for Technology Literacy - Week 1

The beauty of the Technology Applications TEKS is that it is a dynamic document, spiraling in technology skills at all levels. At the Pre-K level, a great deal of emphasis is placed on exploration, which lends itself to play. This is developmentally appropriate for the Pre-K student. Another significant aspect of the Pre-K TEKS involves skills being modeled by the teacher. This lays the groundwork for the expectations in the later grades. For instance, one Pre-K Technology TEK simply states that the child will recognize that information is available through the use of technology. As soon as K-2, however, the child is expected to actually acquire information through the use of keyword searches. In grades 3-5, the student is expected to expand that to the use of Boolean operators. From there, the expectation increases even more in grades 6-8, when the student is expected to "use strategies to locate and acquire desired information on LANs and WANs, including the Internet, intranet, and collaborative software." This scaffolding then leads to the desired student outcome of being able to select the appropriate search strategy and using the appropriate network for resource sharing.

More information about the Technology Applications TEKS can be found here.