Describing a Series of TEKS

The Pre-K teacher will model and discuss how to obtain information from websites. If the child is unable to understand the concept, the child will learn more in K-2. The K-2 student will be able to use a variety of strategies to acquire information from electronic resources including applying key word searches to acquire information and select appropriate strategies to navigate and access information for research and resource sharing. The Grades 3-5 student will then be able to acquire electronic information in a variety of formats, including acquiring text, audio, video, and graphics. The Grade 6-8 student will then be able to identify, create, and use files in various formats such as text, bitmapped/vector graphics, image, video, and audio files and will demonstrate the ability to access, operate, and manipulate information from secondary storage and remote devices including CD-ROM/laser discs and on-line catalogs. These skills will be strengthened in high school where the high school student will be able to acquire information in and knowledge about electronic formats including text, audio, video, and graphics; 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; and design and document sequential search algorithms for digital information storage and retrieval.Each of these TEKS scaffold on one another and the opportunity to learn the technology concepts occurs in each year after Pre-K; however the level of difficulty and sophistication of technology use increases each year.