Technology Application Standards

It is hard for me to find one thing in the TEKS that is specifically for my grade that i want to teach. Since i am going for teaching high school most of what they learned from previous grades still applies but needs refinement and guidance. For that reason i was looking into mainly what would i really like to focus on and found one after reading most of what was on the site for high school teaching.

§126.37. Discrete Mathematics, recommended for grades 11 and 12th grade.

(b)

    (1) creativity and innovation; communication and collaboration; research and information fluency; critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making; digital citizenship; and technology operations and concepts.

(c) knowledge and skills

    (1)Creativity and innovation

    (2)Communication and collaboration

    (3)Research and information fluency

    (4)Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making

    (5)Digital citizenship

    (6)Technology operations and concepts

There is alot covered in here but mainly its a refinement of what they have learned, or should have learned from earlier grades these are just expanded to fully encompass and reinforce what they learned. Mainly this focuses on computer science which has its ups and downs but requires a high level of math in the later stage of programming. Since i want to become a high school math teacher what it focuses on is in part one and the same. the concepts they teach and reinforce are transferable to the math room. How i would utilize this TEKS in the classroom is in several ways. I want to encourage the students to think outside the box. Leaning multiple ways to look at a problem. Communication and Collaboration is a big deal as well i want easy communication and collaboration in the class, coming up with different ways to teach the subject is a big help to this. Research and information fluency, i would encourage the students to discover multiple ways to solve their problems. Proper research methods from using the computers to using the calculator to aid them, but not rely too heavily on.  I want them to use what is around them to aid them. using every resource they have to succeed. 

The one TEKS i really want to focus on is §111.32. Algebra I. When i was in high school i had a hard time with algebra is was not until recently i was able to solve them in interesting ways and able to see ways of how the way i was taught in the beginning was not repeated and able to show students how i was able to get through it. Algebra is important later on in life an i want the students to see that. Most think that they will never use it again but we use it without think about it and i want them to see that. Most of all the problem solving used in Algebra is important in other fields that don't use math, but the steps are the same for the most part. There is soo much covered in this part that it is hard to put it all down and how i would integrate it in the class. most of what i talked about did not have technology for the most part, but all the same the concepts it brought to the table is a big deal. The idea brought up are ways to improve the classroom environment. As i stated earlier this part of the school they need to be refining what they learned and improving upon it taking the next step in their lives. Concepts and ideas that change the way a class looks at that is technology in a sense, what they learned in the past is a tool and different ways of using that tool or modifying that tool is technology. Yes its philosophical for the most part but it was hard for me to see different technology applications for the most part that was on the list that seemed right to utilize and peak my interest.