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Adopted Technology Applications Instructional Materials for All K-8 students and Technology Applications High School Courses...

• Technology Applications instructional materials, called for in Proclamation 2001-Volume I were adopted by the State Board of Education in November 2003.
• This is the first time in Texas history that there was a call for subscription-based instructional materials in the area of Technology Applications.
• There are adopted Technology Applications instructional materials for grades K-12 (See pages 45-52)-- materials are for all students at grades K-8 and students in specific Technology Applications high school courses.
• The Technology Applications materials will provide students and teachers at the K-8 level with the resources that they need to gain digital technology knowledge and skills while improving learning in English language arts/reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. The materials in 9-12 Technology Applications courses will provide students with the resources for teaching and learning the specialized Technology Applications courses with the resources needed to gain advanced digital technology knowledge and skills in the context of English language arts and reading, mathematics, science, social studies, fine arts, or other areas.
• Providing materials for schools will help schools meet the technology literacy requirements for students and teachers in the No Child Left Behind Act (Title II, Part D) and the recommendations in the Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology 1996-2010. In addition, it will give students and teachers the instructional materials that they need to integrate technology in the classroom and improve learning.

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http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/technology/ta/insres.html

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http://www.tea.state.tx.us/textbooks/publishers/index.html