Pre-K Technology Applications TEKS

In pre-kindergarten they expand their ability to acquire information, solve problems, and communicate with others. Regular access and exposure to computers and related technology can enhance this learning. These students use a variety of input devices and begin learning the technical terminology. Many times students have a hard time determining what words go to what on the computer, so it is great that they are starting so young now. In pre-kindergarten they can follow basic oral or pictorial cues for operating programs and uses varieties of software packages with audio, video, and graphics to enhance learning experience. This is enhancing their vocabulary for when they get in higher grades. By starting at this level they come into school in elementary by learning all the basics and are able to build on that just like any other subject in school. When they get to high school they should be excelling on technology applications. These technologies serve as an important learning tool and are integrated throughout the instructional program.

One of the foundations TEKS that students learn in is to compare and contrast. They can appropriately use the various input, processing, output, and primary/secondary storage devices. by the time they graduate they will have been taught how to process and output information in and out of storage devices. Students start early in pre-kindergarten and by the time they graduate they will have mastered it. Another TEKS that is taught throughout the school levels is to plan, create, and edit databases by defining fields, entering data, and designing layouts appropriate for reporting. Later in high school they use that knowledge to develop and solve more complex problems. Schools must start with basic layouts and then have them set up codes for the programs is a good way of spiraling their knowledge.