Essential Guide: TA-TEKS
JEFFERY SHAUBERGER
Created on February 5, 2024
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Understanding the FIVE Strands of the TA-TEKS
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The technology applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) consist of five strands that preparestudents to be literate in technology applications by Grade 8: computational thinking; creativity and innovation; dataliteracy, management, and representation; digital citizenship; and practical technology concepts. Communication and collaboration skills are embedded across the strands.
Understanding the FIVE Strands of the TA-TEKS
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Description of the Organizing StrandsThe technology applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) consist of five strands that prepare students to be literate in technology applications by Grade 8: computational thinking; creativity and innovation; data literacy, management, and representation; digital citizenship; and practical technology concepts. Communication and collaboration skills are embedded across the strands.
Computational thinking
Data literacy, management, and representation
Creativity and Innovation
Practical technology concepts
Digital citizenship
Students break down the problem-solving process into four steps that includedecomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithms.
Students use innovative design processes to develop solutions to problems. Students will plan a solution, create the solution, test the solution, iterate, and debug the solution as needed, and implement a completely new and innovative product.
Students collect, organize, manage, analyze, and publish various types of data for an audience.
Students practice ethical and effective application of technology and develop an understanding of cybersecurity and the impact of a digital footprint to become safe, productive, and respectful digital citizens.
Students build their knowledge of software applications and hardware focusing on keyboarding and use of the applications and tools. (Grades 3-8 only) Students also build their knowledge and use of technology systems including integrating the use of multiple application