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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades
Equilibration
Educational Media
Blu-Ray Disc
Electronic Gradebook
2. 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.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Graphing Calculator
Electronic Mail (email)
3. Receiving information over a network from another computer; to bring information (e.g. - text files -images) to a computer from the Internet or other network or from a computer to a disc
music editor
Demonstration
Downloading
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
4. Sequences of frames shown in a linear way with presentation software (e.g. - PowerPoint)
Electronic Slide Shows
Beta version
App
Copyright
5. 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
Emoticons
Modem
Halftone
Design
6. An internal network or a subset of the Internet - usually available only to the members of the organization that set it up; as a provision for security - some technical department set up Intranets which are parts of the Internet used internally withi
Learning in context
intranet
Motivation activity
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
7. 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'
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Heuristic
Domain Name
Instructional effectiveness
8. An event - object - or circumstance that comes after a behavior and is attributable to the behavior.
Mosaic
Digitizer
Consequence
Copyright
9. The interest - or value - that instructional materials or activities have for the learner.
Instructional appeal
inert knowledge
Freeware
Disequilibrium
10. A school specialist who helps students and teachers to become effective users of ideas and information by providing access to materials - providing instruction - and working with teachers to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual
Constructivist Learning
Library/media specialist
Attitudes
Logo
11. A printed copy of computer output.
Direct Observation
Hard Copy
learner-centered instruction
Hard Disk
12. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.
JPEG (also JPG)
Imagery
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Animation - path
13. Short for metamorphosing; refers to an animation technique in which one image gradually turns into another; also known as tweening
Attitudes
morphing
Mailing list
Ergonomics
14. A type of instructional activity that provides students with an opportunity to practice using what they are learning.
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Application Activity
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
multiple intelligences theory
15. 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
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Individualized education program (IEP)
Learning
intranet
16. The physical components of the computer system; the mechanical - magnetic - electronic - and electrical components making up a computer system
Focusing Question
Avatar
mainstreaming
Hardware
17. Piagetian view of how children change their views of the world by incorporating new experiences
Accommodation
Browser
intranet
App
18. 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
ASCII format
Hardware
Local-area network (LAN)
Java applets
19. Subject matter expert who volunteers to work closely with students online
Hits
music sequencer
Mailing list
Electronic Mentor
20. A level of skill that allows a person to respond immediately (i.e. - automatically) with the correct answer to a problem
Monitor
Foreign Language (FL)
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Automaticity
21. An individual's preferred ways for processing and organizing information and for responding to environmental stimuli.
Classical Conditioning
Data Loggers
Mug shots
Learning style
22. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by counting calories
Computer
Flash
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
Accelerometer
23. Software that is given away free of charge - but whose author still retains all rights.
Integrated learning system (IIS)
Freeware
Accommodation
Computer Platforms
24. The preliminary or main web page of a particular website.
App
Iris
Home Page
Blu-Ray Disc
25. A term coined by Lloyd Morrisett - former president of the Markle Foundation - used to describe the gap between those individuals who have access to technology such as computer software - the Internet - and so on and those who do not.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Mailing list
Digital Divide
JPEG (also JPG)
26. '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
Lossless and lossy compressions
Macro
Interlacing
Blog
27. The process of taking a series of individual pictures -- called frames -- and stringing them together in a timed sequence to give the appearance of continuous motion. Animations are motion files - either in 2-D animation or 3-D animation. On the Web
Lossless and lossy compressions
Animation
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
28. 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.
HTML 5
Firewall
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Grammar Checker
29. Texts in digital form that may be read on a computer or e-book readers; becoming a popular alternative to printed texts
Clip Art
e-books (ebooks)
Instructional designer
Feedback
30. Within a computer - this is an area that stores instructions (programs) and information that can be readily accessed by the processor.
Direct Observation
Memory
Electronic Slide Shows
Antecedent
31. An instructional method that involves showing how to do a task as well as describing why - when - and where it is done. Provides a real or lifelike example of the skill or procedure to be learned.
Demonstration
e-books (ebooks)
Audio Teleconferencing
Avatar Spaces
32. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.
Cybercheating
Audiographics
Firewall
learning hierarchies
33. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure
Blood Pressure Devices
microcomputer
Heuristic
Javascript
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
Database
Fair Use Guidelines
Directed Instruction
Impairment
35. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.
Attitudes
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Authoring Software
ASP.NET
36. Types of computer systems identified by their operating systems - e.g. - PCs with Windows operating systems or Macintoshes with Mac-OS operating systems
Conditional Information
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
File Server
Computer Platforms
37. A technique that reduces the amount of a graphic that shows or prints.
Cropping
Groupware
Declarative Information
Graphics Tablet
38. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.
Label
Memory
App
Computer Gradebook
39. Classroom display that allow teachers or students to interact with the computer through a touch sensitive board on which the computer screen is projected.
Electronic Whiteboard
Antecedent
information and communication technology (ICT)
Disequilibrium
40. 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
Event Driven
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Listserv
41. 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
Instructional design
Equilibration
Augmented Reality
42. A type of learning that refers to the ability to recall specific information.
Knowledge
interactive or dynamic geometry software
inert knowledge
ASCII format
43. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic
Freeware
e-books (ebooks)
Cell
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
44. 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
microcomputer
Label
English Language Learners (ELL)
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
45. According to learning theorists Benjamin Bloom and B. F. Skinner - an instructional approach in which students learn a sequence of objectives that define mastery of the subject; students pass tests on each objective to demonstrate they have mastered
Motor skills
mastery learning
Domain
Key word
46. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.
Computer Program
Highlighting
Instructional design
Auto-correct
47. The collection of all related records in a database.
Designing Instruction
Datafile
Computer Program
Favorites File
48. A device that includes a display screen connected to a computer and digital projector; allows information projected on the screen to be manipulated with special pens or one's hands and also allows drawings or notes from a given session to be saved an
malware
interactive whiteboard
Blood Pressure Devices
morphing
49. Software tools that create documents and web pages with 'fillable' forms
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Hacker
Forms Makers
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
50. An asynchronous communication medium in which two or more individuals exchange messages using personal computers connected via a network or telephone lines.
Domain Name
Instructional materials
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Computer Conferencing