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These skill sets are selected to meet the requirements of the Technology Applications TEKS for Grades 6-8. A suggested project lesson plan is included, but any project that addresses those skills may be substituted

6th Grade                                                                          To 6th Integrated Lessons

Recommended Skills and Lessons to address Technology Apps TEKS

Skill Set Details
Proj. 1: Basic Skills
Graphic Tools-Paint
  • Acceptable Use, Technology terminology, Internet safety, File Management, Secondary Storage, Network Printers, use of MS Document Image writer to save output.
  • Use tools in MS Paint to create a poster illustrating one of the AUA rules.
Proj. 2: Information Acquisition and Evaluation
  • Search Strategies/Citing Sources
  • Library Databases
  • Copyright Issues
  • Resolve Information Conflicts
  • Terminology: LAN, WAN, Internet and Intranet

 

 

7th Grade                                                                             To 7th Integrated Lessons

Recommended Skills and Lessons to address Technology Apps TEKS

Skill Set Details
Proj. 1: Basic Skills Acceptable Use, Internet safety, File Management
Proj. 2: Distance Learning Participate in distance learning event

Proj. 3: Integrate two or more applications

Spreadsheet

Desktop Publishing

Internet Research

Use Publisher and Excel together to create a product.

  • Graphing, Formatting Highlighting, Chart Wizard, Appropriate graphs, X & Y axis labels, Data labels, Scale
  • Moving and resizing text boxes, Footer, Print Preview, Format option
  • Paste a graph from Excel into a Publisher document
  • Text Boxes, Using the Internet for research, Correctly citing sources, Switching between applications, Plagiarism!, Layout and design

Proj. 4:
Foundations

Multimedia Presentation

Information Acquisition

  • Terminology: linear presentation, non-linear presentation, hyperlink
  • Using Powerpoint: create new slides,insert multimedia audio and video files,use slide transitions, insert interactive buttons (add questions)

  • Citing Sources, Simple Searches, Obtaining multimedia files
(Optional) Multimedia Use Moviemaker to create and edit Oral Histories

 

 

8th Grade                                                                         To 8th Integrated Lessons

Recommended Skills and Lessons to address Technology Apps TEKS

Skill Set Details
Proj. 1: Basic Skills Acceptable Use, Internet safety, File Management, Website evaluation
Proj. 2: Desktop Publishing Choose an appropriate software to create a multi-column multi-page brochure or newsletter with text-wrapped graphics, a variety of appropriate fonts, and linked text columns. Use styles to create heading and sub-headings.

 

 

 

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