Pre-K Plan

• The Pre-K Technology Applications TEKS seemed to be designed in order to allow children to explore fundamental functions of various computer and other technologies. They also allow the children to engage in various activities dealing with technology as well as becoming more secure about using technological devices. For many students in schools across Texas, this will be their first experience in dealing with a wide array of technology and, more importantly, will be exposed to more and more technology in years to come. Students should come to realize that technology can be a very fun and engaging way to take in information during the learning process.

• The Technology Applications TEKS are designed in a way that they are built upon one another. They scaffolding effect can come to be trusted by educators in a way where one level feels comfortable teaching students something new that builds upon something that was taught in years past. The ability to build upon pre-existing knowledge saves time and energy and keeps the students engaged by not having to re-cover concepts that have been already covered. By allowing the students to start using computers and learning software at an early age such as Pre-K, this allows the elementary teachers more time for instruction. By the time that students have reached the secondary level they should be learning aspects of technology that could help them in their careers. For example,
(5) Information acquisition. The student acquires electronic information in a variety of formats, with appropriate supervision. The student is expected to:
(A) acquire information in and knowledge about electronic formats including text, audio, video, and graphics;
could be helpful or meaningful to students pursuing any number of career fields or in college. This information, though, could not be taught to a student who has no basic understanding of how a computer works or, for that matter, how the technology works that was used in order to record the text, audio, or video.