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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A collection of components that includes the computer and all of the devices used with it.
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Computer System
Logo
Blood Pressure Devices
2. Software that enables the user to enter - edit - store - retrieve - sort - and search through computer databases.
Automaticity
Icon
Database Management System (DBMS)
Hacker
3. Designates a type of learning of English that occurs after a student achieves some level of proficiency in another - native language; more commonly-used term is now English Language Learning or ELL
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Cyberbullying
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Instructional appeal
4. A communications service that allows users to create a private chat room which only members of a mutually agreed upon list may enter; the system alerts a user when someone from the IM list is online; IM also designates the act of instant messaging -
App
instant messaging (IM)
Memory
Learning environment
5. 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
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Drop cap
Generative Processing
malware
6. Feedback that tells students specifically what they can do to correct their performance.
Backbone
Corrective Feedback
interactive whiteboard
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
7. Systems that allow individuals to view and examine the world through multiple layering of geographic data within a spatial environment; use of technology for visualization - analysis - and measurement of features and phenomena
Modem
ActionScript
Geospatial Technologies
Hypermedia
8. A worldwide radio-navigation system made possible by a bank of orbiting satellites and their ground stations to pinpoint exact geographic locations on earth; a device that cross-references a GPS signal with mapping software and shows the location to
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Application Activity
instant messaging (IM)
Hard Copy
9. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform
Geospatial Technologies
ActionScript
Lossy compression
Hypertext
10. A form of evaluation that involves watching students as they work through some part(s) of the lesson.
Direct Observation
LCD screen
Mass storage
MP3
11. A computer system set up to allow notices to be posted and viewed by anyone who has access to the network
Animation - path
Bulletin Board (BB)
Individualized education program (IEP)
Instructional game
12. Piagetian view of condition children experience when they confront new and unfamiliar features of their environment that do not fit with their current views of the world
Discovery Learning
Image Editing Programs
Instructional appeal
Disequilibrium
13. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.
Grammar Checker
Audiographics
Intrinsic motivation
Highlighting
14. A three-dimensional representation of a real object; it may be larger - smaller - or the same size as the object represented.
Model
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Event Driven
Intelligent tutoring system
15. A small pictorial or graphical representation of a computer hardware function or component - or a computer software program - commonly associated with a graphical user interface.
FAQ
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Icon
FM Amplification System
16. A series of steps needed to solve a particular problem or perform a particular task; a methodical - logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier -- but also more error-prone -- use of heu
Harmony
Algorithm
Compensation
Motivation activity
17. Category of visuals that are generally exhibited on display boards - (e.g. - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards) and are not projected.
Learning environment
Displayed Visuals
Auto-correct
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
18. Multiuser dungeon (or dimension or domain); a location on the Internet where several users at a time can interact with each other's avatars (graphic representations of each other); also known as a MUD Object Oriented or MOO
Mass storage
logic bomb
MUD
inquiry-based learning
19. A response made by an individual.
Behavior
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Handheld Technologies
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
20. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.
Asynchronous
Accelerometer
Bit
Model
21. A device that allows analog audio or video to be captured in a form that the computer can use.
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Instructional efficiency
Digitizer
Discovery Learning
22. Short for metamorphosing; refers to an animation technique in which one image gradually turns into another; also known as tweening
Instructional efficiency
Classical Conditioning
Image Capture
morphing
23. Condition that occurs when an impairment limits an individual from performing an activity in a manner normally expected for human beings (communicating with others - hearing - movement - manipulating objects - etc.)
Learning style
Corrective Feedback
Auto-tuning
Disability
24. An activity in which students with disabilities participate in one or more selected classes in general education
Heuristic
Distributed Education
mainstreaming
Blu-Ray Disc
25. An authoring specification on the Internet for how data will be collected at a website - CGI programs are written in a language such as PERL
Directed Instruction
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Integrated learning system (IIS)
Interactive multimedia
26. A student-centered and teacher-guided instructional approach that engages students in investigating real world questions that they choose within a broad thematic framework. This instruction complements traditional instruction by providing a vehicle f
Chat Room
inquiry-based learning
inert knowledge
Mailing list
27. Music-making equipment controlled by a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) device
Dithering
Ethnicity
music synthesizer
Blog
28. A unique vocal distortion technique made possible with vocal-editing software
Auto-tuning
Displayed Visuals
FM Amplification System
CRT
29. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by determining the percent of body fat
Graphic
Body Composition Analyzer
inert knowledge
Freeware
30. Sequences of frames shown in a linear way with presentation software (e.g. - PowerPoint)
Emoticons
learner-centered instruction
Electronic Slide Shows
e-books (ebooks)
31. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure
Attention
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Blood Pressure Devices
32. The application of technological processes and tools which can be used to solve problems of instruction and learning with an emphasis on applying the most current digital and information tools.
Educational Technology
Firewall
Instructional effectiveness
Foreign Language Dictionaries
33. Software designed for groups of students or teachers alike. The computer is viewed by a cooperative group of students or can be projected to the entire class to stimulate discussions and debates.
Geocaching
Interface
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Groupware
34. Activity when students submit their written or artistic products to a website
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
Automaticity
Electronic Publishing
learner-centered instruction
35. Professional organization for music educators
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Constructivist Learning
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Mosaic
36. In order to display a full-color graphic image on a 256-color monitor - computers simulate the colors it cannot display by way of dithering - which is combining pixels from a 256-color palette into patterns that approximate other colors. At a distanc
Copyright
Dithering
Lossy compression
Iris
37. 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
Learning Theory
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Harmony
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
38. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software
Hypertext
Bookmark
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
Learning environment
39. Programs that allow users to create and manipulate geometric constructions and provide environments in which to make discoveries and conjectures related to geometry concepts and objects
Graphic
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
Designing Instruction
40. Applications software that is designed specifically to deliver or assist with student instruction on a topic; software that can be used to enhance teaching and learning in many ways. Drill and practice - educational games - tutorials - simulation - a
inert knowledge
Library/media specialist
Artificial intelligence (AI)
instructional software
41. An object-oriented scripting language that - like Java - is used to create dynamic websites
Javascript
Instructional technology
learner-centered instruction
FAQ
42. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.
Logo
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Heuristic
43. An input accessory lets the computer user input data into the computer - whereas an output device allows the computer to communicate its results to the world outside. Input/output devices are also called I/O devices. The computer keyboard - display a
LCD screen
Input/Output Device
Educational Technology
Likert scale
44. A field of study focusing on the design of technology systems that align with human characteristics - needs - and capabilities.
Heart Rate Monitor
Dithering
Ergonomics
Hacker
45. Software that protects a school's or company's entire computer system from attempts by others to gain unauthorized access to it and also prevents access by users to certain sites; or set up to prevent someone from going to certain locations on the In
Hacker
learning communities
Graphics Tablet
Firewall
46. Input/output devices that provide for storage and retrieval of programs and other types of data that must be stored over a long period of time. Also referred to as external or auxiliary memory.
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
Mass storage
Grammar Checker
47. A type of information that includes facts - concepts - principles - and the relationships among them.
Input device
Declarative Information
Impairment
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
48. 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
Criteria
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Evaluation Activity
Icon
49. The preliminary or main web page of a particular website.
Keyboard
CLI
Compression and extraction tools
Home Page
50. A unique electronic address for an individual or organization - analogous to a postal address.
Extraneous Processing
laptop computer
Learning
Email Address