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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A rule of thumb or flexible guideline that can be adapted to fit each instructional situation.
Heuristic
Assistive Technology
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Byte
2. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.
Hypertext
Internal memory
Criteria
Database filters and queries
3. A small text file transferred to a web browser through an Internet server for the purpose of tracking the Internet usage habits of the person using the browser
Cookie
Halftone
Hard Copy
Ethnicity
4. A type of mnemonic in which mental pictures are used to represent new information.
Full Immersion Systems
malware
Imagery
Fair Use
5. A form of education in which some means - electronic or otherwise - is used to connect people with instructors and/or resources that can help them acquire knowledge and skills; structured learning that takes place without the physical presence of the
Hard Disk
Distance Education
Individualized education program (IEP)
Hits
6. A communications service that allows users to create a private chat room which only members of a mutually agreed upon list may enter; the system alerts a user when someone from the IM list is online; IM also designates the act of instant messaging -
instant messaging (IM)
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
Computer Program
Digital Camera
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
Drop cap
Fair Use Guidelines
Cloze Exercises
Home Page
8. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic
Freeware
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Formula
9. An activity in which students with disabilities participate in one or more selected classes in general education
Advance Organizer
mainstreaming
Chat
Bandwidth
10. Combinations of type characters that resemble human faces when turned sideways. Used to indicate emotion or intent on e-mail or in chat rooms.
Field
Emoticons
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Circular reference
11. A response made by an individual.
Behavior
Digitizer
Cell
Hard Copy
12. Also known as information design uses pictures - symbols - colors - and words to communicate ideas - illustrate information - or express relationships visually.
Augmented Reality
Handheld Technologies
instructional software
information visualization
13. 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.
Macro
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Java
ASP.NET
14. 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
Geocaching
mastery learning
music sequencer
Alpha testing
15. The specific items used in a lesson and delivered through various media formats - such as video - audio - print - and so on.
Formula
Motivation
Instructional materials
Application Activity
16. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates under what circumstances students are expected to perform.
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Auto-tuning
Assistive Technology
Conditions
17. A computer input device that permits the development of graphic images by translating drawing on the tablet into onscreen images.
Hash Tag
Asynchronous
Graphics Tablet
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
18. Learning is a persisting change in human performance or performance potential [brought] about as a result of the learner's interaction with the environment. To change (or have the capacity to change) one's level of ability or knowledge.
Attachments
information visualization
Learning
Library/media specialist
19. 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
Instructional game
Alpha testing
CPU
Modem
20. Professional organization for music educators
Instructional designer
Highlighting
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
information and communication technology (ICT)
21. Graphics generally use RGB (Red - Green - and Blue) or CMYK colors. While graphics on the Web or designed for on-screen display are RGB images - both commercial offset printing and inkjet desktop printing utilize CMYK. Dots of cyan (blue) - magenta (
Hard Copy
Animation key frame
Display Boards
CMYK graphics
22. Computer programs used to develop multimedia or Web applications; programs used to create documents utilizing point and click features but require some knowledge of the program; authoring programs such as Adobe Flash can be used to create multimedia
Authoring Software
interactive whiteboard activity software
Intelligent tutoring system
Global Positioning System (GPS)
23. 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
Internet
Library/media specialist
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Hybrid Learning
24. 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
Antivirus software
Intrinsic motivation
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Classroom Observation
25. Stories that can be read from a computer screen - on mobile devices - or as print books with interactive buttons; also known as interactive storybooks
Datafile
Logo
Model
Electronic Storybooks
26. 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.
Bandwidth
Instructional method
Classroom Observation
Ethnicity
27. Liquid crystal display screen - commonly used in computers and also in conjunction with display panels and projectors as large-group display devices.
Instructional design
interactive whiteboard
LCD screen
Asynchronous
28. 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
Content expert
Feedback
File Server
FM Amplification System
29. A printer that combines laser and photocopying technology to produce very high-quality output - comparable to that produced in typesetting. Laser printers can produce text as well as high-quality graphics and can achieve print densities of up to 1 -2
integrated packages
Instructional design
Laser printer
Foreign Language Dictionaries
30. Media formats that allow or require some level of physical activity from the user - which in some way alters the sequence of presentation.
Culture
Interactive media
Java applets
Asynchronous
31. Proposed by learning theorist Albert Bandura as learning that occurs through actions - rather than by observation
Enactive Learning
Instructional game
Adventure Learning (AL)
Interlacing
32. An object-oriented scripting language that - like Java - is used to create dynamic websites
Database Management System (DBMS)
MP3
Javascript
Avatar Spaces
33. 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.
Ethnicity
Avatar
Demonstration
Digital Storytelling
34. 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
Email Address
Intelligence
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Feedback
35. Compression is the process to reduce file size through 'zipping' or 'archiving'. The compressed or zipped file can be from a large file or can contain several files that have been squeezed into a single file. After compression - the extraction proces
Flowcharting
Cloud Computing
MP3
Compression and extraction tools
36. A revision of the HTML standard that provides many of the features of a Flash environment without using Flash
Design
Byte
HTML 5
Bit
37. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.
Bit
High-Level Language
LCD screen
LCD projector
38. A type of learning that refers to the ability to recall specific information.
Educational Media
morphing
Knowledge
Icon
39. Input device - used primarily with games - that moves on-screen figures or a cursor with a handle that moves in all directions
joystick
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Essential Processing
Bit
40. Alpha testing is the early testing phase of the project. The full functionality of the alpha version of the software program may not yet be implemented. This early review allows the client to evaluate the project.
Fair Use
Chat
Alpha testing
Constructivist Learning
41. A type of problem solving that requires students to actively participate in real or hypothetical problem situations that reflect the types of experiences actually encountered in the discipline under study
ASP.NET
Case Study
Directed Instruction
Monitor
42. 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
music editor
Animation key frame
Information activity
Listserv
43. Applying scientific knowledge about human learning to the practical tasks of teaching and learning; the subset of educational technology that deals directly with teaching and learning applications (as opposed to educational administrative application
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Instructional technology
music editor
imagemap
44. Software that protects a school's or company's entire computer system from attempts by others to gain unauthorized access to it and also prevents access by users to certain sites; or set up to prevent someone from going to certain locations on the In
Distance Education
DVD
Intelligence
Firewall
45. 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
Cropping
Logo
Gesture-Recognition System
music sequencer
46. Software tools that automatically draw and print desired charts or graphs from data entered by users
Image Formats
Charting/Graphing Tool
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Hard Copy
47. A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink.
Icon
malware
Inkjet printer
Electronic Mail (email)
48. A type of hypermedia authoring software from Adobe that has become commonly used to create interactive web-based animations
Asynchronous
Avatar
Conditions
Flash
49. The belief system that holds that humans construct all knowledge in their minds by participating in certain experiences; knowledge is the result of constructing both mechanisms for learning and one's own unique version of the knowledge - colored by b
Constructivism
Adventure Learning (AL)
imagemap
Mass storage
50. The selection and arrangement of information - activities - methods - and media to help students meet predetermined learning goals.
Cell
Instructional appeal
Instruction
Javascript