The Technology Applications TEKS as defined in Chapter 126 of the Texas Education Code are part of the enrichment curriculum. However, Chapter 74 of the Texas Education Code (§28.001) explains that Technology Applications is part of the required curriculum and must be taught in kindergarten through eighth grades (§74.1 and §74.2). High Schools must offer four of the seven Technology Applications courses: Computer Science I, Computer Science II, Desktop Publishing, Digital Graphics and Animation, Multimedia Productions, Video Technology, and Web Mastering (Chapter 74 Subchapter A Update.)

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Technology Applications TEKS:

1. Texas Education Agency - Chapter 126
2. Three Column Format of Technology Applications TEKS formatted by TCET
3. Technology Applications Framework
4. Technology Applications Inventory (Excel format)
   
5. Technology Applications Inventory/Survey (PDF format)
6. Technology Applications Inventory Online
   
7. Individual Technology Plan sample

1. Scope and Sequence as developed by Patsy Lanclos
2. Houston ISD Scope & Sequence
3. Scope & Sequence version (work in progress) - collaboration with several school districts including Ysleta ISD.
   
4. San Antonio ISD: grades K-8 benchmarks, grade 6-8 curriculum
   

1. Pasadena ISD SAIL-On Initiative - http://www.pasadenaisd.org/sailon
2. Teacher Toolbag from Texas Education Agency - http://lucas.tea.state.tx.us/PAI/TTB/TEKS/select_lesson_plan/1,3500,26,00.html
   

1. Professor AWHFE, revised by Pasadena ISD Part I and Part II
   For more information on the similar resources, do a Google search for "Professor AWHFE".
   Research on keyboarding using Professor AWHFE
   
2. Pasadena ISD Keyboarding Awareness for K-2
3. Online free keyboarding programs
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
• http://www.typing-lessons.org/preliminaries_1.html
  
4. Lesson Plans for developing keyboarding skills for K-4 from North Carolina.
5. NorthEast ISD (San Antonio, TX) solution for teaching keyboarding.
   
6. Keyboarding Scope and Sequence from Plano ISD
   
7. Keyboarding Timed Tests
1. Free Online Typing Tests
2. Test for Windows machines- http://www.teleprint.com/keyboard/testing/index.html
3. Keyboarding timed tests (Macintosh) - http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/edu/yng/keys.hqx
4. Letter Drop (Macintosh) - http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/mac/letterdrop.html
5. Many, many keyboarding programs - http://www.programfiles.com/index.asp?menu2=74
6. Keyboarding Rap
8. Keyboarding Resources - Albemarie County Public Schools, Virginia

1. Statewide Curriculum Centers
2. TEKS Resource Links
3. Dr. Keith Mitchell's Bookmarks for Technology Applications
4. Resources for Acquiring Information
5. Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
6. One Space or Two Spaces?
   

FREE is the one-stop website designed to help teachers, parents, & students find teaching & learning resources from more than 40 federal organizations & agencies.

Support Issues:

1. Students as teachers/mentors
• Generation Y - Created in 1995 by Dennis Harper, Olympia, WA, as a result of a federal Challenge Grant. Books, videos, and CDs on this method can be purchased from ISTE.

High School Courses:

1. Computer Science - TCET - http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/hs/cs.htm
2. Destop Publishing
Humble ISD - http://www.humble.k12.tx.us/InstTech/Tcea-dtp/index.htm
TCET - http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/hs/dtp.htm


3. Digital Graphics and Animation
TCET - http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/hs/dga.htm
Learning Pathways (Katy ISD)


4. Multimedia
Spring Branch ISD - http://it.spring-branch.isd.tenet.edu/multimedia/Default.htm
Humble ISD - http://www.humble.k12.tx.us/InstTech/mmedia/index.htm
TCET - http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/hs/mm.htm


5. Video Technology
TCET - http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/hs/vt.htm


6. WebMastering
Spring Branch ISD - http://it.spring-branch.isd.tenet.edu/webmastery/Default.htm
Humble ISD - http://www.humble.k12.tx.us/InstTech/tceaweb/index.htm
TCET - http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/hs/wm.htm

Study Booklets for the Texas TAKS Test

1. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/taks/booklets/index.html

Assessment Professional Development

1. George Lucas Educational Foundation Assessment Module
   

Assessment Articles

1. From Now On - http://www.fno.org/#Assessment

Rubric Resources

1. Multimedia Rubric Resource - http://www.learningspace.org/instruct/lessons/pst4.html
2. Website Evaluation Rubric - http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/eval.htm
3. Electronic Portfoliio Rubrics - http://owl.webster.edu/eportfolio/resources.html
4. Technology-Supported Portfolio Assessment - http://transition.alaska.edu/www/Portfolios/ElectronicPortfolios.html
5. Evaluation of Information Resources - http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm