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Global Classrooms: Air Curriculum Guide

by Rhonda Christensen, Gray Clayton, Nola Campbell, Gerald Knezek

A curriculum guide for teachers which focuses on a telecommunications project featuring an exchanging data on air from a world perspective. Get your students globally connected and motivated to preserve our natural resources.  (1994)
Cover & Contents Units 1-4 Resources

Global Classrooms: Water Curriculum Guide

by Rhonda Christensen, Gray Clayton, Nola Campbell, Gerald Knezek

A 42 page document guides teachers through a telecommunications project for exchanging data on the uses of water from all over the world. Get your students globally connected and motivated to preserve our natural resources.  (1996)
Cover, Contents, & Units 1-4 Appendices Resources

Water Guide with Curriculum Connections

Infusing Radio-Based Communications Tools into the Curriculum

edited by Greg Jones

Teachers who have learned about various radio communications modes and their applications to education present their unit and lesson plans for incorporating radio communications tools into a variety of curricula.

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START Technology Applications Companion

by Gerald A. Knezek, Rhonda R. Christensen, Beverly A. Rodgers, George U. Hubbard, Kathlyn Y. Canaday, and Karen G. Kahan

The first edition of this informative guide provides guidance. The Technology Applications Companion is intended to assist Texas educators in planning for the implementation of the Technology Applications curriculum and its TEKS. (1998)
Cover Inside Front Cover Contents Executive Summary
1. What Is START? 2. What Is The Technology Applications Curriculum? 3. What Are The Technology Applications TEKS? 4. What Resources Are Available For Planning For The Technology Applications Curriculum?
5. What Can Be Done in Elementary School, Grades K-2? 6. What Can Be Done in Elementary School, Grades 3-5? 7. What Can Be Done in Middle School, Grades 6-8? 8. What Can Be Done in High School, Grades 9-12?
9. What Are Additional Resources for Grades K-12? 10. What Professional Development Resources are Available? 11. What Technical Assistance Resources Are Available?  
A. WWW Sites Correlated to Technology Applications TEKS B. EPIE Institute Courseware Courseware Review Form C. Cross Reference of TA TEKS x Essential Elements D. Glossary of Technology-Related Terms
E. START Feedback forms Bibliography    


Technology Applications Companion (K12) Online Edition

by Gerald Knezek, Rhonda Christensen, Kathlyn Canaday, Beverly Rodgers, Karen Kahan and Kathy Mihalik

A guide for classroom teachers and decision makers to aid in the understanding of the Technology Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and provide resources for their implementation. This edition includes updates on planning for technology and additional resources on high school Technology Applications. It will be updated as new information becomes available. (2000)
Online Edition - Table of Contents

Technology Applications TEKS Posters

by TCET

A set of posters providing a one to two page layout of the Technology Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. These are designed to be placed in a three ring binder or other location for use in planning. (2000)
K-8 K-2 3-5 6-8
Computer Science I Computer Science II Desktop Publishing Digital Graphics/Animation
Multimedia Video Technology Web Mastering Independent Study

Technology-Based Instructional Guide

Edited by Linda Hodges

This new 75 page publication contains a large collection of activities, correlated to the TEKS, for teaching science concepts centered around various scientific equipment and instruments. (1997)

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