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Courses
Participants will cover a wide range of topics for the courses, including TA foundations and portfolio concepts, digital graphics/animation, multimedia, desktop publishing, web authoring, video technology, and a variety of uses of technology tools. The courses will incorporate project-based outcomes.
The courses are a study of the practices, theories, and protocols of each of the Technology Application courses. The courses will not be a "how to" set of courses for any one piece of software but will focus on the concepts necessary to teach the TA courses and apply the TA TEKS in preparation for the certification exam.
Listed are materials that are needed for the Video Technology course:
- Camcorder
- Video Capture device
Demo, Trial or Freeware software resources will be provided to work with. Scope and sequence, rubrics, product descriptors, curriculum outlines, project ideas and training sites along with other resources will be available during the progression of the courses.
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Course Descriptions
Technology Applications Foundations Course and Certification Preparation
- This six-week online course of study will confidently and accurately prepare educators for the design related aspects of the EC-12/8-12 Technology Applications certification exam. Course content will prime educators to design, implement, and teach the TA curriculum.
- After successfully completing the Foundations course you will be able to identify and evaluate the elements and principles of design and apply them effectively for communication across the medias. Through analysis of the impact of the media arts on society you will be able to show others how the media arts has and will continue to benefit them. Activities, projects, and participation in discussions will also enable you to demonstrate your knowledge of technology terminology and evaluating products based on a set of criteria. The exploration of the portfolio process will confidently and accurately prepare you for the TExET.
- This course may be taken as one of the six courses comprising the TATC preparation program or as an individual course.
Technology Applications Digital Graphics/Animation Course and Certification Preparation
- This six-week online course of study will prepare educators for the Digital Graphics/Animation aspects of the EC-12/8-12 Technology Applications certification exam. Course content will prime educators to design, implement, and teach the TA curriculum.
- Upon completion, you will be able to create images, text and graphics. You will also be able to distinguish between the image formats and edit the images as necessary. We will manipulate graphics and text using design and color theories. We will also draw a path to animation by understanding terms, using animation techniques, and color theories to build a foundation for creating animated scenes. We will work with sound and other scripting languages to create an animation or movie.
- We will work with various digital input devices. One of our main focuses throughout this course will be to produce "quality" products using several principles of design. We will employ our knowledge to create an animation while understanding our delivery, purpose and audience. We will work to explore the attributes needed to create a variety of products, such as posters, brochures, magazines, and business cards.
- This course may be taken as one of the six courses comprising the TATC preparation program or as an individual course.
Technology Applications Web Authoring Course and Certification Preparation
- This six-week online course of study will prepare educators for the Web Authoring aspects of the EC-12/8-12 Technology Applications certification exam. Course content will prime educators to design, implement, and teach the TA curriculum.
- In this course, you will learn to gather information from a variety of electronic resources, organize that information effectively into a web-based presentation, and publish that presentation on the World Wide Web. You will learn a variety of techniques to design web pages that communicate effectively to a variety of audiences, platforms, and purposes.
- Explore ways to make your web site operate more efficiently and communicate your message as effectively as possible. We will be working with advanced web design techniques, CSS, image optimization, and web site evaluation, as well as learning Javascript to help make our sites interactive.
- This course may be taken as one of the six courses comprising the TATC preparation program or as an individual course.
Technology Applications Multimedia Course and Certification Preparation
- This six-week online course of study will prepare educators for the Multimedia aspects of the EC-12/8-12 Technology Applications certification exam. Course content will prime educators to design, implement, and teach the TA curriculum.
- Upon completion of this course, you will better understand all of the concepts and skills that go into making a multimedia presentation and a multimedia course. We will integrate sound and other images into a multimedia presentation.
- We are going to develop a "class" webpage with all of the information you will need to start the school year. We are going to incorporate sound, video, animation, etc. in our final project.
- This course may be taken as one of the six courses comprising the TATC preparation program or as an individual course.
Technology Applications Desktop Publishing Course and Certification Preparation
- This six-week online course of study will prepare educators for the Desktop Publishing aspects of the EC-12/8-12 Technology Applications certification exam. Course content will prime educators to design, implement, and teach the TA curriculum.
- Upon successful completion, you will be able to plan, organize and deliver instruction for all students in desktop publishing and evaluate for the effective use of the terminology and concepts in accepted industry use. Successful students will be able to apply digital keyboard standards in word processing, demonstrate the ability to import and export elements, identify tasks in a project, solve common productivity issues and apply basic elements of design.
- Students will also demonstrate design requirements to suit the desktop publishing requirements for a broad spectrum of design needs.
- Communication skills through the medium of desktop publishing will be applied to all works.
- In this course we are going to journey into how we can use it in class settings. We are going to develop your "class" publication with all of the information you will need to start the school year.
- This course may be taken as one of the six courses comprising the TATC preparation program or as an individual course.
Technology Applications Video Technology Course and Certification Preparation
- This six-week online course of study will prepare educators for the Video Technology aspects of the EC-12/8-12 Technology Applications certification exam. Course content will prime educators to design, implement, and teach the TA curriculum.
- An introduction to digital video production. We will cover video production terminology, lighting, camera techniques, non-linear editing, pre-production, production and post-production.
- You will become more proficient in your use of editing software, camera techniques, sound, and production planning.
- This course may be taken as one of the six courses comprising the TATC preparation program or as an individual course.
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For more information contact:
- Connie Swiderski
- TATC Program Administrator
- ESC Region XI
- 817/740-7611
- cswiderski@esc11.net
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