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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Guidelines limiting the rights of copyright holders and allowing portions of copyrighted materials to be used for educational purposes; guidelines for portion - time - amount - and distribution of copyrighted materials for educational purposes.






2. A single silicon chip that contains all of the CPU circuits for a computer system.






3. Abbreviation for application - software that normally has an extension of .app and refers to any Internet application specifically designed to run on mobile devices such as smartphones






4. Online sites that allow users to input sentences and paragraphs of text in one language and get a translation into another language






5. The process of determining which digital tools and which methods for implementing them are the most appropriate responses to given educational needs and problems






6. In cognitive load theory - mental activity uses cognitive capacity but does not help the learner learn






7. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.






8. An object-oriented scripting language that - like Java - is used to create dynamic websites






9. Devices that record data over time with sensors






10. Term coined in 1984 by the president of the Aldus Corporation to refer to the activity of using software to produce documents that gives users a high degree of control over the composition and layout of material on a printed page - including both tex






11. The interest - or value - that instructional materials or activities have for the learner.






12. Program stored on individual computers or on the school or district network in order to prevent access to Internet sites with inappropriate materials






13. The iris is used to control the opening behind the lens that allows light to enter the camera. When lighting is low the iris may be opened to let in more light. And when the light level is high the iris can be partially closed to let in less light. B






14. Within a computer - this is an area that stores instructions (programs) and information that can be readily accessed by the processor.






15. The physical components of the computer system; the mechanical - magnetic - electronic - and electrical components making up a computer system






16. A distance education technology that uses a speakerphone to extend a basic telephone call and permits instruction and interaction between individuals or groups at two or more locations.






17. A major category of locations on the Internet. Major domains include com (company) - edu (educational institution) - gov (government) - net (network) - and org (organization).






18. Software programs designed to perform a specific function for the user - such as processing text - performing calculations - and presenting content lessons.






19. A blueprint for instructional lessons based on analyses of the learners - the context - and the task to be learned. Planning involves the process of deciding what methods of instruction are best for bringing about desired changes in student knowledge






20. A device that includes a display screen connected to a computer and digital projector; allows information projected on the screen to be manipulated with special pens or one's hands and also allows drawings or notes from a given session to be saved an






21. Applying scientific knowledge about human learning to the practical tasks of teaching and learning; the subset of educational technology that deals directly with teaching and learning applications (as opposed to educational administrative application






22. Groups of people who 'meet -' usually via email - webpages - or other electronic means - to support each other's learning; in distance education - strategic - ongoing efforts by the instructor to encourage student-to-student interaction - as well as






23. Antidote utilities to detect - eliminate and protect from viruses - worms and Trojans. It typically contains an engine - a resident virus shield - virus databases or DAT files - a task scheduler - an e-mail scanner - and an update manager. It guards






24. The systematic process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and activities.






25. Activity when students submit their written or artistic products to a website






26. The use of the computer as a device for mediating communication between teacher and students and among students - often over distances. Electronic mail and computer conferencing are two types of application software commonly used in CMC.






27. 'Image map' allows graphics to respond to mouse clicks to lead to more than one place from a single graphic. Clickable maps can be based on graphical maps such as floor plans - road maps - regional maps - and the like. The imagemapper - or simple ima






28. (short for Command Line Interface) the interface is where the user types a text command and the computer responds according to that command.






29. A machine that processes information according to a set of instructions.






30. High definition DVD format






31. Resource for students with hearing impairments in which the teacher wears a wireless microphone and students with auditory processing learning disabilities wear receivers that amplify the teacher's voice and serve to focus attention






32. The process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and activities.






33. The third phase in the Plan - Implement - Evaluate model. Focus is on assessment techniques used to determine the level of learning students have achieved and/or the effectiveness of the instructional materials.






34. Music-making equipment controlled by a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) device






35. A built-in feature of word-processing software that automatically detects and corrects misspelled words and incorrect capitalization






36. Each individual category of information recorded in a database; the smallest unit of information in a database






37. An instructional plan for an individual student (usually one with special needs) that describes the student's current level of proficiency and also establishes short- and long-term goals for future focus. An IEP is typically developed through a confe






38. Category of visuals that are generally exhibited on display boards - (e.g. - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards) and are not projected.






39. Storage inside the computer. The CPU in a personal computer retrieves and deposits information in the computer's internal memory. Also called main memory.






40. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.






41. Approximately a billion bytes - or 1 -000 megabytes.






42. Computer software that continuously analyzes a student's test responses and presents more or less difficult questions based on the student's performance






43. A computer language that contains instructions that resemble natural language and that does not require knowledge of the inner workings of the computer to use successfully.






44. In language learning international class-to-class partnerships in which projects and casks are developed by the partner teachers in the collaborating institutions; students work with students of other cultures to provide authentic writing and researc






45. A dynamic instructional method in which individuals talk together - share information - and work cooperatively toward a solution or consensus. This method encourages classroom rapport and actively involves students in learning.






46. A printer that combines laser and photocopying technology to produce very high-quality output - comparable to that produced in typesetting. Laser printers can produce text as well as high-quality graphics and can achieve print densities of up to 1 -2






47. The primary authoring language used to develop webpages; Its codes are document formatting codes that tell Web browsers how to display the page on the screen. Its files contain the text to be displayed on the Web page embedded in its unique 'tag' lan






48. Calculator with probes or sensors connected to it to allow gathering of numerical data






49. An event - object - or circumstance that prompts a behavior.






50. On the Internet - a way of transferring files from one computer to another using common settings and transmission procedures; also - to transfer files; computer users can use a File Transport Protocol (or FTP) client to transfer files to and from com







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