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Technology Applications.8.12.H

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The student is expected to select and use productivity tools found in spread sheet, word processing, and publication applications to create digital artifacts, including reports, graphs, and charts, with increasing complexity.

A student expectation is directly related to the knowledge and skills statement, is more specific about how students demonstrate their learning, and always begins with a verb. Student expectations are further broken down into their component parts, often referred to as “breakouts.”

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TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS.8.12.H — Vertical Alignment

Vertical alignment shows student expectations in the same subject area at different grade levels that are related to or build upon one another.

TA.6.12.H
use productivity tools found in spread sheet, word processing, and publication applications to create digital artifacts such as reports, graphs, and charts.
TA.7.12.H
select and use productivity tools found in spread sheet, word processing, and publication applications to create digital artifacts such as reports, graphs, and charts with increasing complexity.
TA.8.12.H
select and use productivity tools found in spread sheet, word processing, and publication applications to create digital artifacts, including reports, graphs, and charts, with increasing complexity.

TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS.8.12.H — Breakout of skills

Breakouts are the component parts that make up a student expectation. A breakout shows a distinct concept a student should know or a distinct skill that a student should be able to demonstrate.

The student is expected to
select productivity tools
found in spread sheet [applications] to create digital artifacts,
including reports, with increasing complexity
including graphs, with increasing complexity
including charts, with increasing complexity
found in word processing [applications] to create digital artifacts,
including reports, with increasing complexity
including graphs, with increasing complexity
including charts, with increasing complexity
found in publication [applications] to create digital artifacts,
including reports, with increasing complexity
including graphs, with increasing complexity
including charts, with increasing complexity
use productivity tools
found in spread sheet applications to create digital artifacts,
including reports, with increasing complexity
including graphs, with increasing complexity
including charts, with increasing complexity
found in word processing [applications] to create digital artifacts,
including reports, with increasing complexity
including graphs, with increasing complexity
including charts, with increasing complexity
found in publication applications to create digital artifacts,
including reports, with increasing complexity
including graphs, with increasing complexity
including charts, with increasing complexity

Cross-curricular Connections

The cross-curricular connections are designed to help educators make content connections between the technology applications TEKS and other subject areas. The standards below illustrate alignment between grade level content areas which may help educators develop cross-curricular lessons. These connections do not represent all possible connections that might be made.
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Science

Science.8.3.B communicate explanations and solutions individually and collaboratively in a variety of settings and formats

Math

Math.8.1.D  communicate mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their implications using multiple representations, including symbols, diagrams, graphs, and language as appropriate

Social Studies

SS.8.30.C create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information

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