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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Software products (e.g. - Microsoft Works and AppleWorks) that have several applications in a single package (e.g. - word processing - spreadsheet - presentation functions -database programs)
Automaticity
Animation - path
Cloud Computing
integrated packages
2. A form of evaluation that involves watching students as they work through some part(s) of the lesson.
Direct Observation
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Constructivist Learning
Interlacing
3. Category of visuals that are generally exhibited on display boards - (e.g. - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards) and are not projected.
Classroom Observation
Digital Storytelling
Displayed Visuals
Fair Use
4. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment
Computer Program
multiple intelligences theory
Hits
Instructional activity
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
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
Instructional technology
integrating educational technology
Modem
6. In a full immersion virtual reality (VR) system - a headset that provides the sensory channel through which the wearer 'sees' a computer-generated environment
Image Editing Programs
Display Boards
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
7. Stands for 'Joint Photographic Experts Group -' an image format used for photographs; it is a format for encoding photographs that uses fewer bytes than the pixel-by-pixel approaches of GIF. It supports many colors and it is possible to obtain good q
inert knowledge
CMYK graphics
Inkjet printer
JPEG (also JPG)
8. A set of related principles explaining changes in human performance or performance potential in terms of the causes of those changes.
Local-area network (LAN)
Logo
Learning Theory
link
9. A question typically used at the beginning of a lesson to direct students' attention to particularly important aspects of the new information.
Cookie
Focusing Question
Interlacing
Educational Technology
10. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget - learning depends on this process so it is important for teachers to confront students with new experiences or data to advance their cognitive de
Equilibration
App
Learning
Hypermedia
11. The adaptive use of previously acquired knowledge to analyze and understand new situations.
Intelligence
Image Capture
Cell
Applications
12. According to the American Library Association (ALA) - it is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate - evaluate - and use effectively the needed information
Generative Processing
information literacy
LCD screen
Motivation activity
13. A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink.
Integrated learning system (IIS)
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Inkjet printer
Enactive Learning
14. 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.
Digital Camera
inquiry-based learning
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
Groupware
15. Pages or items listed as results of an Internet or database search
Model
Hits
Keyboard
Imagery
16. 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
Instructional game
multimedia
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
Microprocessor
17. A printed copy of computer output.
Hard Copy
Computer Program
Assessment
Intrinsic motivation
18. An electronic go-between by which the computer communicates with a peripheral device.
Laser printer
Culture
Keyboard
Interface
19. Actively collaborating with learners to determine what learning means and how it can be enhanced within each individual learner. An emphasis is placed on drawing on the learner's own unique talents - capacities - and experiences.
Corrective Feedback
Home Page
learner-centered instruction
Database Management System (DBMS)
20. The term describes the data-carrying capacity of a transmission line. In other words - how much data flows on a given transmission path. It can apply to network connections - system buses - or any 'pipe' through which data pours. High-bandwidth conne
Computer System
Database Management System (DBMS)
Bandwidth
interactive whiteboard activity software
21. 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
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Electronic Publishing
Consequence
22. An image format used for drawn images - illustrations - clip art - or animations; It is universally acceptable on the Web. Images in the this format are restricted to 256 colors (best - actually 216 'web-safe' colors). The format is suited to images
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
meta-analysis
Case Study
23. A form of evaluation that involves having a knowledgeable person come into the classroom to watch a lesson in process - to comment on how well the materials and activities work - and to make suggestions for improvements.
Asynchronous
Bit
Classroom Observation
Digital Storytelling
24. Instructional format that combines elements of face-to-face teaching and learning with elements of distance education. Also known as blended learning.
Case Study
Hybrid Learning
DVD
Gesture-Recognition System
25. Software that enables the user to enter - edit - store - retrieve - sort - and search through computer databases.
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Database Management System (DBMS)
Digital Storytelling
ASCII format
26. Software tools that simplify the activity of making highly graphic materials such as awards certificates and greeting cards by offering sets of clip art and pre-designed templates to which people add their own content
Distributed Education
Graphic Document Makers
Evaluation Activity
Image Editing Programs
27. 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.
Cell
Blog
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Learning environment
28. Teaching/learning model based on cognitive learning theory; holds that learners should generate their own knowledge through experience-based activities rather than being taught it by teachers
Multimedia authoring programs
Assimilation
Accelerometer
Constructivist Learning
29. Comprehension exercises with certain words removed to require students to fill in the blanks
Avatar Spaces
Cloze Exercises
Auto-tuning
Hits
30. A condition that arises when an individual is unable to fulfill a role due to an impairment or disability
Encoding
Handicap
Automaticity
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
31. In cognitive load theory - the use of working memory that results in productive - engaged learning
Generative Processing
Backbone
Library/media specialist
Instruction
32. A type of mnemonic in which an unfamiliar new word is linked to a similar-sounding familiar word - which is used to create a visual image that incorporates the meaning of the new word.
Computer Platforms
Key word
Event Driven
Displayed Visuals
33. Any practical device used to make information easier to remember - including rhymes - acronyms - and acrostics.
Mnemonic
LCD projector
Integrated learning system (IIS)
Bulletin Board (BB)
34. A collection of information systematized by computer software to allow storage and easy retrieval through keyword searching; the program designed to accomplish these tasks
Ergonomics
Database
Instructional materials
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
35. Type of virtual reality (VR) system in which i a user places a headset (e.g. - goggles or a helmet) over the eyes to provide a channel through which the wearer 'sees' (i.e. - is immersed in) a computer-generated environment
Geocaching
Full Immersion Systems
Educational Media
Hands-On/Minds-On Science
36. A compression standard that produces compressed - high-quality audio files. To create an MP3 file - you need a program that copies a song from a CD or download from the Internet to your hard drive - and an encoder to convert the file to the MP3 forma
Hacker
Attitudes
Extraneous Processing
MP3
37. Use of online systems to access personal data in order to accomplish identity theft and do other malicious acts
Hacking
FAQ
Datafile
Graphic Document Makers
38. Literally 'multiple media' or 'a combination of media -' a software product or system that incorporates sequential or simultaneous use of a variety of media formats in a single presentation or program. Today - this term conveys the notion of a system
Graphing Calculator
Instructional activity
multimedia
Computer Platforms
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.
Internal memory
Firewall
imagemap
Full Immersion Systems
40. 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
Graphic Document Makers
Assessment
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
Asynchronous
41. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.
Highlighting
Audiographics
High-Level Language
Data Loggers
42. An activity in which students with disabilities participate in one or more selected classes in general education
Clip Art
English as a Second Language (ESL)
interactive or dynamic geometry software
mainstreaming
43. Subject matter expert who volunteers to work closely with students online
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Adventure Learning (AL)
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Electronic Mentor
44. 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
Absolute address or absolute positioning
Lighting
Modem
45. Originally called OAK - a high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. An object-oriented language similar to C++ - it has become popular for its ability to do interactive graphic and animation activities on web pages; a computer la
Microprocessor
Mnemonic
Hard Disk
Java
46. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform
ActionScript
Cognitive Load
Computer-Managed Instruction
Favorites File
47. 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
Advance Organizer
Local-area network (LAN)
Cropping
interactive whiteboard
48. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.
intranet
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Bit
49. 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
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
Applications
Downloading
Animation
50. Also called a mail server - this is the computer or software that operates an e-mail discussion list on the Internet. Interested individuals subscribe to the list and subsequently receive all e-mail that is sent to the listserv; on the Internet - a p
Demonstration
Listserv
Browser
Attachments
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