TA TEKS- A Spiraling Curriculum

The Technology Applications TEKS were designed as a spiraling curriculum. Therefore it is imperative that each grade level teaches their required curriculum, so that there are no gaps in the students learning. An example of this spiraling curriculum is as follows.
In Pre-K, 4 year olds are expected to know how to move and double‐click the mouse to interact with software programs. They are also expected to use basic terminology to describe work on the computer. In K through 2nd grade, these same students are taught to, in addition to the mouse, use the keyboard, disk drive, modem, voice/sound recorder, scanner, digital video, CD-ROM, or touch screen. They are also expected to know the use of keyboarding techniques, produce documents, proofread, and correct errors in a document. They are expected to use correct grammar such as correct punctuation, capitalization spelling, etc. They must also develop an appropriate speed for short timed assignments. In grades 3-5 students are expected to master all of the skills above mentioned at their grade appropriate level. In grades 6-8 students are expected to be able to use all of the technology devises above, plus microphones, digital cameras, disk/disc, and joysticks. At this level, students are expected to improve their keyboarding techniques while building speed. In 6-8, students are expected to, in addition to use correct grammar as above, use one space after punctuation, the use of em/en dashes, and smart quotation marks and use strategies for capturing digital files while conserving memory and retaining image quality. Finally, by the time they are in 9-12 grade, students are expected to have mastered all of the above, in addition to being able to use the variety of input devices by incorporating them into a product and use digital keyboarding standards to input data.