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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Sometimes referred to as the ADDIE model - the current version of systems approach of instructional design is a process comprised of a series of phases: analysis - design - development - implementation - and evaluation. Currently - almost all ISD mod
Intelligent tutoring system
long-term memory (LTM)
Electronic reference software
ADDIE model
2. The systematic process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and activities.
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Instructional design
Macro
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
3. A file format for storing and sending video sequences on a network
Ethnicity
Digital Divide
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Digital Camera
4. Software tools that create documents and web pages with 'fillable' forms
Conditions
Attention
Forms Makers
Motivation
5. 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
Cooperative Learning
Lighting
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Content expert
6. A series of steps needed to solve a particular problem or perform a particular task; a methodical - logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier -- but also more error-prone -- use of heu
Hash Tag
Intrinsic motivation
Geospatial Technologies
Algorithm
7. Growing problem of online harassment in social networks
Enactive Learning
Cyberbullying
information literacy
Cooperative Learning
8. 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
Listserv
Assessment Rubric
Learning environment
9. 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
Mosaic
Modem
Attention
Flash
10. The products created by a database program; any collection of data stored in a computer or on a computer medium
malware
Files
Instructional effectiveness
Ergonomics
11. 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)
Mosaic
Disequilibrium
Handicap
12. In printing - halftone refers to the technique of simulating shades of gray or color by varying the size of dots in a grid - or the number of pixels in a given area.
Hypermedia
Memory
Halftone
Geographic Information System (GIS)
13. 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
Formula
Macro
Mug shots
Electronic Storybooks
14. 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
Directed Instruction
Assistive Technology
instructional software
information literacy
15. General category of portable computer devices such as smart phones and tablets (e.g. - iPads)
Instructional efficiency
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
mobile device
Digitizer
16. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.
CMYK graphics
Declarative Information
Impairment
Bit
17. Input device - used primarily with games - that moves on-screen figures or a cursor with a handle that moves in all directions
Digital Divide
Hard Disk
joystick
Electronic Slide Shows
18. 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.
Ethnicity
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
App
Compensation
19. Channels of communication that carry messages with an instructional purpose; the different ways and means by which information can be delivered to or experienced by a learner.
Information activity
Computer Program
Educational Media
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
20. 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.
Input/Output Device
ADDIE model
malware
Event Driven
21. 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
Distance Education
Classical Conditioning
Digital Literacy
multimedia
22. Combines detailed information about a subject area and common student mistakes with a model of student performance to diagnose a given student's level of understanding. Also provides instruction designed to meet that student's individual needs. Somet
link
Intelligent tutoring system
Grammar Checker
Computer Gradebook
23. A single silicon chip that contains all of the CPU circuits for a computer system.
Copyright
Geocaching
Hash Tag
Microprocessor
24. The most common input device; resembles the key layout of a typewriter.
information and communication technology (ICT)
information visualization
Keyboard
Blood Pressure Devices
25. An image format that allows transfer of artwork between any software packages that use PostScript printing files; a vector graphics file format.
Algorithm
learning communities
Essential Processing
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
26. 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.
Blood Pressure Devices
Heuristic
Drop cap
Educational Technology
27. Short for metamorphosing; refers to an animation technique in which one image gradually turns into another; also known as tweening
morphing
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
Digital Camera
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
28. A blueprint for instructional lessons based on analyses of the learners - the context - and the task to be learned. Planning involves the process of deciding what methods of instruction are best for bringing about desired changes in student knowledge
Instructional plan
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
malware
Database
29. A type of mnemonic in which mental pictures are used to represent new information.
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Imagery
Datafile
Educational Media
30. 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 -
Hypermedia
Exergaming
Computer System
instant messaging (IM)
31. The manner in which individuals identify themselves based on their (or their ancestors') country of origin.
Database Management System (DBMS)
Frame
Ethnicity
interactive whiteboard activity software
32. Classroom surfaces used for writing and displaying information - including chalkboards - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards - magnetic boards - and flip charts.
Display Boards
Formula
Frame
Hard Disk
33. Software tools that automatically draw and print desired charts or graphs from data entered by users
Digital Camera
Charting/Graphing Tool
Motivation activity
Icon
34. '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
information and communication technology (ICT)
Motor skills
Attachments
imagemap
35. Software tools used to enhance and format photos that are then imported into desktop publishing systems or webpage products
MP3
Image Editing Programs
Data Loggers
Email Address
36. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems
Heart Rate Monitor
interactive whiteboard activity software
Bulletin Board (BB)
Behavior
37. 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
interactive whiteboard
music sequencer
Generative Processing
Distributed Education
38. An abnormality or loss of function in a physical - anatomical - or psychological structure; may be congenital (present at birth) or acquired through accident or disease
Body Composition Analyzer
Avatar Spaces
Impairment
Classroom Observation
39. A network created in 1969 by the U.S. government-funded Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to enable communications among important defense sites in the event of a worldwide catastrophe such as a nuclear attack; later became the Internet
ARPAnet
Lighting
Flowcharting
Bandwidth
40. Online sites that function like other dictionaries in that they give definitions for words and phrases in common usage - but provide the additional capability of looking up the word or phrase in one language (e.g. - French or German) and get the defi
Ergonomics
Adventure Learning (AL)
Foreign Language Dictionaries
laptop computer
41. Also known as information design uses pictures - symbols - colors - and words to communicate ideas - illustrate information - or express relationships visually.
information visualization
Electronic Storybooks
Handheld Technologies
link
42. Piagetian view of how children change their views of the world by incorporating new experiences
Beta version
Display Boards
Constructivist Learning
Accommodation
43. 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 -
Emoticons
interactive whiteboard
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
44. A device that allows analog audio or video to be captured in a form that the computer can use.
mastery learning
Digitizer
CMYK graphics
Drop cap
45. Designates a type of learning of English that occurs after a student achieves some level of proficiency in another - native language; more commonly-used term is now English Language Learning or ELL
Mug shots
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Classroom Observation
Auto-tuning
46. 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
Highlighting
Handheld Technologies
Learning Theory
Digitizer
47. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
Avatar Spaces
Modem
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
microcomputer
48. Instructional format that combines elements of face-to-face teaching and learning with elements of distance education. Also known as blended learning.
Hybrid Learning
CLI
Learning in context
Lossy compression
49. Music-making equipment controlled by a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) device
Hypertext
music synthesizer
Beta version
Avatar Spaces
50. Types of computer systems identified by their operating systems - e.g. - PCs with Windows operating systems or Macintoshes with Mac-OS operating systems
Computer Platforms
Feedback
Image Formats
Concept Map
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