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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
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1. An assessment instrument consisting of a series of statements with which students indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement; created by psychologist Rensis Likert






2. A measurement appraisal process that is ongoing - developmentally appropriate - and dynamic; the process of gathering evidence of learning.






3. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating






4. Devices that record data over time with sensors






5. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.






6. Online environments in which users can interact through their graphic representations (i.e. - avatars)






7. The practice of collecting data from all the information available and searching it to see relationships among the data elements






8. A branch of computer science concerned with the design of computers and software that are capable of responding in ways that emulate the decision-making capabilities of the human mind.






9. The products created by a database program; any collection of data stored in a computer or on a computer medium






10. The incorrect or less appropriate alternative answers for a given multiple-choice question. Also called foils.






11. An animation key frame is a single still image defined throughout an animated sequence that occurs at a pivotal point in that sequence.






12. 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.






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






14. An agreement created by a school or other educational organization that describes the risks involved in Internet use; outlines appropriate - safe student behavior on the Internet; asks students if they agree to use the Internet under these conditions






15. A special education law that requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.






16. A first step in web development that involves planning what the website will look like.






17. A unique vocal distortion technique made possible with vocal-editing software






18. A unique electronic address for an individual or organization - analogous to a postal address.






19. 'Lossless' compression such as the GIF format is generally safer for recompression since it utilizes 'lossless' compression. Meaning when the GIF image is compressed - no information is lost from its contents. On the other hand - formats that utilize






20. Use of the computer to orchestrate text - images - audio - and video to support a storytelling narrative with multimedia.






21. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.






22. A type of information that includes facts - concepts - principles - and the relationships among them.






23. Flaming messages are messages which express overly strong feelings. Spam is the term for e-mail junk mail - which should not be for¬warded. Chain letters are letters that have been forwarded from several previous e-mail readers. According to netiquet






24. A combination input and output device that allows a computer to communicate with another computer over telephone or cable TV lines; (short for modulator-demodulator) converts digital computer information into sound (and vice versa) for transmission o






25. Computer actions or programs - such as hypermedia software - that respond to events in the environment; for example - a mouse action event that occurs when the user clicks on a button.






26. 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.






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






28. Various techniques designed to direct attention to certain aspects of information - including the use of bold - underlined - or italicized print; color - labels - and arrows for pictorial information; and speaking more loudly or more slowly to highli






29. One of the first browser programs designed to allow Internet resources to be displayed graphically rather than just in text






30. A statistical method designed by Gene V Glass (1976) to summarize results across studies and measure the size of the effect a 'treatment' such as technology-based methods has over and above traditional methods






31. Combinations of type characters that resemble human faces when turned sideways. Used to indicate emotion or intent on e-mail or in chat rooms.






32. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems






33. The setting or physical surroundings in which learning takes place - including the classroom - science or computer laboratory - gymnasium - playground - and so on.






34. Not occurring at the same time - form of distance communications in which information and messages are left for the receiver to read later; contrasts with synchronous communications - in which information and messages are sent and received immediatel






35. 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






36. Alpha testing is the early testing phase of the project. The full functionality of the alpha version of the software program may not yet be implemented. This early review allows the client to evaluate the project.






37. Software tools that automatically draw and print desired charts or graphs from data entered by users






38. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.






39. A field of study focusing on the design of technology systems that align with human characteristics - needs - and capabilities.






40. In printing - halftone refers to the technique of simulating shades of gray or color by varying the size of dots in a grid - or the number of pixels in a given area.






41. A single block in a spreadsheet grid - formed by the intersection of a row and a column that may contain numerical values - words - or character data - and formulas or calculation commands.






42. A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink.






43. A mathematical expression that directs an electronic spreadsheet to perform various kinds of calculations on the numbers entered in it; in a spreadsheet - a command inserted in a cell and used to do calculations on data






44. A collection of components that includes the computer and all of the devices used with it.






45. In desktop publishing - the first letter of a paragraph that is enlarged to 'drop' down two or more line. Drop caps are often seen at the beginning of newsletter article - where the top of the first letter of the first word lines up with the top of t






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






47. The purpose of interlacing is to have a partial image initially appear on screen rather than having to wait for the entire image to download. The main advantage of interlacing is that end users know what type of graphic image they are about to view a






48. Channels of communication that carry messages with an instructional purpose; the different ways and means by which information can be delivered to or experienced by a learner.






49. Bitmaps are graphics stored patterns of colored dots (pixels on the screen). Vector graphics are stored as mathematical descriptions of sets of lines - triangles - squares - circles - etc - with defined line widths - line colors and - for polygons -






50. Video games that provide physical activity or exercise through interactive play