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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Circular reference of electronic spreadsheet formula happens when you enter a formula that includes functions referring back to the cell in which the formula is contained. When this happens - users receive an error message referring to circular refer






2. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by determining the percent of body fat






3. An online system of web course design and delivery tools; Desire-to-Learn and BlackBoard are examples






4. '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






5. A standard adopted by the electronic music industry for controlling devices that play music; also known as musical instrument digital interface. Rather than recording sounds - MIDI instruments/software record finger action -- what note is being playe






6. Proposed by learning theorist Albert Bandura as learning that occurs through actions - rather than by observation






7. Small - multi-purpose devices such as cellphones - e-books - and 'smart' pens that make it easy to view - communicate - and share information - regardless of location






8. A camera that stores pictures in computer compatible digital format rather than on film.






9. Use of online systems to access personal data in order to accomplish identity theft and do other malicious acts






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






11. The software capability to copy images from web pages or computer applications and store them on your own computer.






12. Content experts are also called subject matter experts (or SMEs). A content expert's roles and responsibilities include: researching the content - helping with storyboard - and writing all of the text. For many multimedia projects in education - SME






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






14. Also referred to as a domain designator - a required part of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) on the Internet that indicates what kind of group owns the server; examples include '.edu -' '.com -' and '.org'






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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.






18. Media formats that allow or require some level of physical activity from the user - which in some way alters the sequence of presentation.






19. 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






20. An instructional approach that provides an appealing environment in which learners invest effort to follow prescribed rules in order to attain a challenging goal; designed to increase motivation by adding game rules to a learning activity






21. A computer database program that can store and manipulate students' grades.






22. A type of learning that refers to the ability to perform complex physical actions in a smooth - coordinated manner.






23. Also known as a web browser - software designed to allow a computer user to go to Internet websites that are connected to each other via the World Wide Web (WWW)






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






25. A highlighted position indicator used on the computer screen.






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






27. A device that allows analog audio or video to be captured in a form that the computer can use.






28. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.






29. A type of instructional activity that provides students with an opportunity to practice using what they are learning.






30. 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






31. 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 -






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






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






34. The amount of working memory that is available to a learner to process new information and that is taken up at a given time by a learning task






35. 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.






36. The most common input device; resembles the key layout of a typewriter.






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.






41. 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






42. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades






43. 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






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






45. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates under what circumstances students are expected to perform.






46. A common term in science education reform - synonymous with immersing students in authentic learning experiences






47. A worldwide collection of computer networks that can exchange information by using a common software standard; sometimes referred to (erroneously) as synonymous with the World Wide Web (WWW) - which is actually a subset of the Internet






48. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment






49. Pictures of people that focus on just the head or from mid-chest and up are called mug shots. Mug shots are often used in newsletters - newspapers - school yearbooks and company directories. Mug shots of feature columnists may appear next to their co






50. 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