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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Motivation in which the act itself is the reward.






2. 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.






3. A shortcut to encoding a series of actions in a computer program. Provides the means to perform a number of separate steps through a single command.






4. A liquid crystal display device used with a computer or VCR for large-group display.






5. Software that is given away free of charge - but whose author still retains all rights.






6. An associational information-processing system in the text domain. In a hypertext system - text information is stored in nodes - and nodes are interconnected to other nodes of related information; in 1960 - Ted Nelson coined the term to describe a da






7. Ways of storing digitized images for use in webpages and multimedia products - e.g. - GIF - JPEG






8. A committee composed of the parent - administrator - assessment personnel - regular education teacher - special education teacher - and other pertinent representatives who meet on a regular basis to make decisions in regard to admission - services -






9. A set of related principles explaining changes in human performance or performance potential in terms of the causes of those changes.






10. System in which a camera or sensor reads body movements and communicates them to a computer - which processes the gestures as commands and uses them to control devices or displays






11. An instructional arrangement whereby students with disabilities receive instruction and services in a general education setting with regular education peers.






12. A term introduced by Whitehead in 1929 to mean skills that students learn in isolation but do not know how to transfer later to problems that require them






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






14. The use of graphical symbols instead of text commands to control common computer functions such as copying programs and disks; a GUI is where the user clicks on a visual screen that has icons - windows and menus - by using a pointing device - such as






15. Liquid crystal display screen - commonly used in computers and also in conjunction with display panels and projectors as large-group display devices.






16. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.






17. A high-level programming language originally designed as an artificial intelligence (AI) language but later popularized by Seymour Papert (based on the learning theories of Jean Piaget) as an environment to allow children to learn problem-solving beh






18. Pre-developed applications created with the Java programming language; make possible web page features such as animations and special effects - graphics and buttons - interactive displays -web data collection forms - and chatrooms






19. A type of computer virus that is set to 'go off' (i.e. - carry out its program) at a certain time






20. 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






21. Can be either software that supports the on-screen creation of music scores with several parts or tracks - or a hardware component of a music synthesizer workstation






22. A target language - or language of study - when the language being studied is spoken mainly in other countries






23. The process of selectively receiving information from the environment.






24. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by counting calories






25. A type of instructional activity designed to determine how well students have mastered lesson objectives.






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






27. Coined by a Boeing researcher in 1990 - it refers to a computer-generated environment in which a real-life scene is overlaid with information that enhances our understanding and uses of it






28. A type of information that describes the potential usefulness of facts - concepts - and principles.






29. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.






30. A computer system that stores and manipulates a database of information about geographic locations; users see data pertaining to a geographic location overlaid on a map of the area






31. A computer network covering a limited geographical area - such as a single building or even a single room within a building; in a typical local area network (or LAN) configuration - one computer is designated as the file server which stores all of th






32. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.






33. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.






34. A type of instructional activity that leads students to want to learn and to put in the effort required for learning.






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






36. 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






37. Customized keyboards created for users with special needs (e.g. - enlarging the keys to provide more space for the student to press a key; removing keys that are not relevant for a given software; programming multi-step functions like save - print -






38. 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






39. According to information-processing learning theorists - one of the three kinds of memory or 'stores' the brain uses to process information - much like a computer; LTM can hold information indefinitely after it is linked to prior knowledge already in






40. An individual who gains access to computer systems without authorization.






41. The specific items used in a lesson and delivered through various media formats - such as video - audio - print - and so on.






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






43. 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






44. Ancillary feature of word processors that identifies a range of grammatical and format errors such as improper capitalization - lack of subject-verb agreement - split infinitives - and so on.






45. Short for malicious software - any software specifically designed to damage - destroy - disrupt operations - or spy on the operation of computers






46. A type of instructional software tool consisting of hardware devices (probes) and software (probeware) to allow scientific data to be gathered and processed by a computer






47. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic






48. An activity in which students with disabilities participate in one or more selected classes in general education






49. The legal rights to an original work produced in any tangible medium of expression - including written works - works of art - music - photographs - and computer software.






50. Subject matter expert who volunteers to work closely with students online







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