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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. An agreement created by a school or other educational organization that describes the risks involved in Internet use; outlines appropriate - safe student behavior on the Internet; asks students if they agree to use the Internet under these conditions






2. Tools offered through a special Google site that provide users access to online programs for word processing - spreadsheets - and presentations; the site offers storage of documents on a Google server and allows for sharing of documents among multipl






3. Motivation in which the act itself is the reward.






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






5. A computer system that stores and manipulates a database of information about geographic locations; users see data pertaining to a geographic location overlaid on a map of the area






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






7. A set of guidelines used to reliably appraise or judge products or performances.






8. Growing problem of online harassment in social networks






9. A unique vocal distortion technique made possible with vocal-editing software






10. On computer networks - a location for person-to-person real-time (synchronous) interaction by typing messages.






11. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.






12. In a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly






13. Approximately a billion bytes - or 1 -000 megabytes.






14. Also known as information design uses pictures - symbols - colors - and words to communicate ideas - illustrate information - or express relationships visually.






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






16. 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'






17. The purpose of interlacing is to have a partial image initially appear on screen rather than having to wait for the entire image to download. The main advantage of interlacing is that end users know what type of graphic image they are about to view a






18. Programs that allow users to create and manipulate geometric constructions and provide environments in which to make discoveries and conjectures related to geometry concepts and objects






19. 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






20. Similar to distance education - the notion of supporting learners - who may be situated locally or at a distance - with learning resources that may be distributed in space and time.






21. An assessment instrument consisting of a series of statements with which students indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement; created by psychologist Rensis Likert






22. 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






23. A statement that likens something new to something familiar. Analogies are typically used either to make abstract information more concrete or to organize complex information.






24. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating






25. 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






26. 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






27. The preliminary or main web page of a particular website.






28. A single networked delivery system that combines sophisticated computer-assisted instruction (CAI) with computer-managed instruction (CMI). Intellectual skills A type of learning that refers to a variety of thinking skills - including concept learnin






29. An associational information-processing system in the text domain. In a hypertext system - text information is stored in nodes - and nodes are interconnected to other nodes of related information; in 1960 - Ted Nelson coined the term to describe a da






30. In language learning international class-to-class partnerships in which projects and casks are developed by the partner teachers in the collaborating institutions; students work with students of other cultures to provide authentic writing and researc






31. The iris is used to control the opening behind the lens that allows light to enter the camera. When lighting is low the iris may be opened to let in more light. And when the light level is high the iris can be partially closed to let in less light. B






32. Short for metamorphosing; refers to an animation technique in which one image gradually turns into another; also known as tweening






33. Multimedia that allows user interactions so that the user can determine the direction of the program or presentation.






34. A revision of the HTML standard that provides many of the features of a Flash environment without using Flash






35. A computer language that contains instructions that resemble natural language and that does not require knowledge of the inner workings of the computer to use successfully.






36. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.






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






38. The practice of collecting data from all the information available and searching it to see relationships among the data elements






39. An individual's preferred ways for processing and organizing information and for responding to environmental stimuli.






40. A technique that reduces the amount of a graphic that shows or prints.






41. The beta version of instructional software is a full-functioning version of the product with all known problems resolved. Both the client and the design team review the beta version to search for problems that will need to be addressed. Since the bet






42. Bitmaps are graphics stored patterns of colored dots (pixels on the screen). Vector graphics are stored as mathematical descriptions of sets of lines - triangles - squares - circles - etc - with defined line widths - line colors and - for polygons -






43. The application of knowledge to solve problems or complete tasks that are realistic and meaningful.






44. A pointing device used to select and move information on the computer display screen. When the mouse is moved along a flat surface such as a desktop - an arrow moves across the display screen in the same direction. The mouse typically has one to thre






45. In cognitive load theory - the use of working memory that results in productive - engaged learning






46. Combinations of type characters that resemble human faces when turned sideways. Used to indicate emotion or intent on e-mail or in chat rooms.






47. A question typically used at the beginning of a lesson to direct students' attention to particularly important aspects of the new information.






48. In order to display a full-color graphic image on a 256-color monitor - computers simulate the colors it cannot display by way of dithering - which is combining pixels from a 256-color palette into patterns that approximate other colors. At a distanc






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






50. Software designed to help teach information and/or skills related to a topic; also known as instructional software or courseware - computer-based instruction (CBI) - computer-based learning (CBL) - computer-assisted learning (CAL) - or generic terms