Tech Apps Standards Homepage

This website shows some of the State Board of Education (Texas) Technology Application Standards as they relate to me as a Graduate student and as an elementary school teacher.  The site will begin with Standard XI - Web Mastering.  Since this standard is for teachers of students in grades eight through twelve, I will provide narrative regarding knowledge that I have gained and skills that I have applied in ETEC 525, which is a course for graduate students at Texas A & M - Commerce.  I am currently working on a Master's degree in Elementary Education and am applying ETEC 525 toward one of my electives.  The other standards which I will share with the viewer and discuss in brief narrative are Standards I, II, and III.  Of Standards I - X, these three Standards are most relevant to me.

Each of the Technology Application Standards are divided into items identified as either "Teacher Knowledge:   What Teachers of (name of standard, i.e. Web Mastering) Know" and items identified as "Application:  What Teachers of (name of standard) Can Do."  This format is similar to the TEKS, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, required of Texas public school students.  Each of the Technology Application Standards has from three to twelve knowledge statements and from eight to forty-nine skill application statements.  The format of the statements are as follows, using Standard XI as an example:  11.7k is the seventh knowledge statement in Standard XI and 11.25s is the twenty-fifth skill application statement in Standard XI.  Throughout the Technology Application Standards on-line are one- or two-digit numbers left-aligned above either "Teacher Knowledge..." or "Application.."  headings.  These numbers indicate the page numbers of the Standards as seen in the actual document.

To see an official listing of the Standards on The State Board of Education WebSite, go to www.sbec.state.tx.us/SBECOnline/standtest/standards/8-12techapp.pdf.