SBEC Standard #3

Task Appropriate Tools in Problem-Solving

Use task-appropriate tools to synthesize knowledge, create and modify solutions, and evaluate results in a way that supports the work of individuals and groups in problem-solving situations.

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Indicators: TA TEKS: 7.7s, 7.8s, 7.9s, 7.11s, 7.12s,8.5s, 8.8s, 8.10s, 8.15s, 8.17s, 8.21s, 8.27s, 8.30s, 8.31s, 8.32s, 8.36s, 8.37s, 8.41s, 8.42, 8.45s, 9.2s, 9.3s, 9.4s, 9.6s, 9.7s, 9.8s, 9.9s, 9.12s, 9.15s, 9.17s, 9.22s, 9.23s, 9.25s, 9.29s, 9.30s, 9.31s, 9.32s, 9.34s, 9.38s, 9.42s, 10.5s, 10.6s, 11.33s

Artifact #3

Descriptors: Everyday teachers, administrators, and technology coordinators are looking for ways to evaluate integrated technology used in the curriculum. Everyone needs to use task-appropriate tools to synthesize knowledge, create and modify solutions, and evaluate results in a way that supports the work of individuals and groups in problem-solving situations. This process is time consuming and often frustrating. How do you know the tools you chose will fit into the district, school, or classroom instructional model needed?

Title: The Rubric

Course: Foundation 100

Date Created: September 21, 2002

Source: Software Publishers Association

Media: Word Converted to PDF 

Description: . Rubric Charts are tools that easily fit into specific instructional models. Each Rubric will specifically identify the outcomes and expectation that will meet each curriculum integration need. Often, tools for education are hard to fit into specific instructional models. When you compare instructional models and technology software, educational programs, or Internet sites using a Rubrics Chart, it will specifically identify and and allow you to compare the standards or requirements that will meet your curriculum integration needs.

Rationale: Each goal has an objective and each objective is set to a standard that allows students to facilitate their own learning. For Project-based learning, the Rubric is the best tool to use in order students to measure and see the goals and expectations.

Implications for future: Schools are using portfolios and rubrics to establish the expectations for most technology courses. But the Rubric is not only for technology and seems to hold the future for all educational measurements.

Reviewer's Comments: "The rubric article made me re-evaluate the skills requirements for my students. It also forced me to focus on the TA TEKS for all my expectations in my courses"

Reviewer's Name: Casey Lee

Title: Cisco Instructor, Mansfield ISD

Date Reviewed: October 3, 2002