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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment
interactive whiteboard
multiple intelligences theory
Internal memory
Interactive media
2. The products created by a database program; any collection of data stored in a computer or on a computer medium
morphing
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Files
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
3. An object-oriented scripting language that - like Java - is used to create dynamic websites
LCD projector
Attention
Instructional activity
Javascript
4. 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.
Lossy compression
Clip Art
Copyright
Instruction
5. 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
Graphic Document Makers
Fair Use
Instructional materials
Hash Tag
6. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.
learner-centered instruction
Firewall
Advance Organizer
Discovery Learning
7. 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
Charting/Graphing Tool
Drop cap
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
8. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.
Body Composition Analyzer
Electronic Whiteboard
Cognitive Overload
Image Formats
9. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Body Composition Analyzer
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Mailing list
10. A graphical means of illustrating the logical flow of a computer program.
microcomputer
Designing Instruction
Graphic
Flowcharting
11. The third phase in the Plan - Implement - Evaluate model. Focus is on assessment techniques used to determine the level of learning students have achieved and/or the effectiveness of the instructional materials.
Evaluation
Exergaming
Hypertext
Disequilibrium
12. 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
Instructional activity
Antivirus software
FM Amplification System
Instructional appeal
13. An internal state that leads people to choose to work toward certain goals and experiences. Defines what people will do rather than what they can do.
Animation
Motivation
Cursor
Alpha testing
14. Online environments in which users can interact through their graphic representations (i.e. - avatars)
Electronic Publishing
interactive whiteboard
Avatar Spaces
Absolute address or absolute positioning
15. The selection and arrangement of information - activities - methods - and media to help students meet predetermined learning goals.
Digital Storytelling
Logo
Accommodation
Instruction
16. The process of determining which digital tools and which methods for implementing them are the most appropriate responses to given educational needs and problems
Files
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Motor skills
integrating educational technology
17. The incorrect or less appropriate alternative answers for a given multiple-choice question. Also called foils.
malware
Distractors
Inclusion
Bit
18. A mathematical expression that directs an electronic spreadsheet to perform various kinds of calculations on the numbers entered in it; in a spreadsheet - a command inserted in a cell and used to do calculations on data
Distance Education
Formula
Clip Art
Case Study
19. 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.)
Disability
Browser
Hash Tag
Hard Disk
20. A magnification system in which a video camera is mounted on a frame with a television monitor. Users place materials on the desktop below the camera - set the desired magnification level - move the materials around as necessary - and information app
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Mailing list
CRT
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
21. 'Image map' allows graphics to respond to mouse clicks to lead to more than one place from a single graphic. Clickable maps can be based on graphical maps such as floor plans - road maps - regional maps - and the like. The imagemapper - or simple ima
Demonstration
Analogy
imagemap
Data Loggers
22. 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
Flash
Adventure Learning (AL)
Geospatial Technologies
microcomputer
23. 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.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Graphics Tablet
e-books (ebooks)
Demonstration
24. Using technology to accommodate difficulties individuals have with performing specific tasks - e.g. - providing speech recognition software to those with physical disabilities that limit their use of a pencil or a keyboard
Compensation
English Language Learners (ELL)
information visualization
Conditional Information
25. A form of evaluation that involves watching students as they work through some part(s) of the lesson.
Direct Observation
Library/media specialist
ASCII format
integrating educational technology
26. A major category of locations on the Internet. Major domains include com (company) - edu (educational institution) - gov (government) - net (network) - and org (organization).
Alpha testing
Designing Instruction
Downloading
Domain
27. Sometimes called paint or raster graphics - in which each pixel directly corresponds to a spot on the display screen. When scaled to larger sizes - this type of graphic looks jagged or aliased; Developed originally for use on Disk Operating System (D
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
multimedia
Monitor
Drill And Practice
28. An instructional method that involves small heterogeneous groups of students working toward a common academic goal or task. Its use promotes positive interdependence - individual accountability - collaborative/social skills - and group processing ski
Discussion
Grammar Checker
Cooperative Learning
Audiographics
29. The systematic process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and activities.
Instructional design
Constructivist Learning
Antecedent
Digital Storytelling
30. 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
instructional software
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
English Language Learners (ELL)
instant messaging (IM)
31. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.
Highlighting
Instructional activity
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
logic bomb
32. Information provided to students regarding how well they are doing during practice.
instant messaging (IM)
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Feedback
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
33. A type of instructional activity designed to help students understand - remember - and apply new information.
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Feedback
Highlighting
Information activity
34. Software tools that create documents and web pages with 'fillable' forms
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Forms Makers
Likert scale
Direct Observation
35. A procedure of instruction selected to help learners achieve objectives or understand the content or message of instruction (e.g. - presentation - simulation - drill and practice - cooperative learning).
Assistive Technology
Google Docs
Instructional method
HTML 5
36. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.
Criteria
Directed Instruction
CLI
Foreign Language (FL)
37. Digitally encoded information permanently recorded on a compact disc; Also known as compact disc - read-only memory. It is a compact disc used to store computer data. CD-ROMs have a maximum capacity of 650MB.
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Hypermedia
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
File Server
38. According to learning theorist B. E Skinner - experiences (positive reinforcement - negative reinforcement - punishment) that shape desired behavioral responses
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
FAQ
e-books (ebooks)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
39. The software capability to copy images from web pages or computer applications and store them on your own computer.
Image Capture
Frame
Hands-On/Minds-On Science
long-term memory (LTM)
40. Growing problem of online harassment in social networks
Knowledge
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Cyberbullying
Constructivism
41. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; a standard way of representing text - which allows different computer brands to 'talk' to one another. It is sometimes referred to as plain text or unformatted text.
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Interactive multimedia
language translators (machine translation)
ASCII format
42. Multimedia that allows user interactions so that the user can determine the direction of the program or presentation.
Foreign Language (FL)
Interactive multimedia
Crowdsourcing
Applications
43. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform
Circular reference
Backbone
Domain Name
ActionScript
44. 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.
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Learning style
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Advance Organizer
45. Software tools that automatically draw and print desired charts or graphs from data entered by users
Electronic Whiteboard
Charting/Graphing Tool
instructional software
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
46. A camera that stores pictures in computer compatible digital format rather than on film.
Likert scale
MUD
Digital Camera
Internet
47. 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
malware
Criteria
Absolute address or absolute positioning
48. Stories that can be read from a computer screen - on mobile devices - or as print books with interactive buttons; also known as interactive storybooks
Electronic Storybooks
Logo
App
Consequence
49. The use of the computer as a device for mediating communication between teacher and students and among students - often over distances. Electronic mail and computer conferencing are two types of application software commonly used in CMC.
Evaluation
Mailing list
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
Avatar Spaces
50. A single silicon chip that contains all of the CPU circuits for a computer system.
Automaticity
Interactive media
Multimedia authoring programs
Microprocessor