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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades
Extraneous Processing
Drop cap
Electronic Gradebook
Assimilation
2. According to learning theorist Robert Gagné - a sequenced set of building block skills a student must learn in order to learn a higher-order skill
Lossy compression
learning hierarchies
interactive whiteboard
Logo
3. A small pictorial or graphical representation of a computer hardware function or component - or a computer software program - commonly associated with a graphical user interface.
Inkjet printer
Clip Art
Individualized education program (IEP)
Icon
4. A device that allows analog audio or video to be captured in a form that the computer can use.
Digitizer
Computer System
Body Composition Analyzer
Focusing Question
5. Software that assists teachers in preparing individual educational plans (IEPs) required by law for students with special needs; automates the process by providing on-screen prompts that remind teachers of the required components in the plan
meta-analysis
Foreign Language (FL)
IEP Generator
Graphing Calculator
6. Customized keyboards created for users with special needs (e.g. - enlarging the keys to provide more space for the student to press a key; removing keys that are not relevant for a given software; programming multi-step functions like save - print -
FAQ
Alternative Keyboard
morphing
Digital Divide
7. 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
logic bomb
Formula
Fair Use
Hypertext
8. An event - object - or circumstance that comes after a behavior and is attributable to the behavior.
Geocaching
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
Consequence
Instructional appeal
9. The amount of working memory that is available to a learner to process new information and that is taken up at a given time by a learning task
Cognitive Load
Classical Conditioning
Animation
Instructional effectiveness
10. Software that provides on-screen blank musical bars on which the user enters the musical key - time - and individual notes that constitute a piece of sheet music
Auto-correct
Constructivist Learning
music editor
Drill And Practice
11. Instructional format that combines elements of face-to-face teaching and learning with elements of distance education. Also known as blended learning.
integrating educational technology
Distractors
Hybrid Learning
Accommodation
12. 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
Gigabyte
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Advance Organizer
Content expert
13. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Lighting
Educational Technology
IEP Generator
14. Software designed for groups of students or teachers alike. The computer is viewed by a cooperative group of students or can be projected to the entire class to stimulate discussions and debates.
Evaluation
Groupware
Bit
Graphics Tablet
15. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.
CPU
Instructional design
music sequencer
ActionScript
16. Refers to the attitudes - values - customs - and behavior patterns that characterize a social group.
ADDIE model
Monitor
Culture
Computer System
17. The incorrect or less appropriate alternative answers for a given multiple-choice question. Also called foils.
Cloze Exercises
Distractors
Animation key frame
Assessment
18. 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 (
CMYK graphics
FM Amplification System
Evaluation
mobile device
19. 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
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Flash
Classroom Observation
Constructivism
20. 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)
Mass storage
Instructional efficiency
Files
21. Fundamental to most operating systems is the concept of files and directories (or folders). A file system in most operating resembles an inverted tree with the roots at the top and branches at the bottom. This tree structure uses directories or folde
Directory File Structure
Computer System
Applications
Geographic Information System (GIS)
22. A type of learning that refers to the ability to recall specific information.
Knowledge
Cookie
Hypertext
Motivation
23. 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
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Microprocessor
Downloading
Animation
24. Online environments in which users can interact through their graphic representations (i.e. - avatars)
Avatar Spaces
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
malware
integrated packages
25. Storage inside the computer. The CPU in a personal computer retrieves and deposits information in the computer's internal memory. Also called main memory.
Internal memory
mainstreaming
Declarative Information
Drill And Practice
26. 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
Impairment
Evaluation Activity
Hard Copy
interactive whiteboard activity software
27. Various techniques designed to direct attention to certain aspects of information - including the use of bold - underlined - or italicized print; color - labels - and arrows for pictorial information; and speaking more loudly or more slowly to highli
Keyboard
Highlighting
Graphic Document Makers
Bookmark
28. General category of portable computer devices such as smart phones and tablets (e.g. - iPads)
mobile device
Intrinsic motivation
Animation - path
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
29. New term for information technology or educational technology; refers to all technologies used in education and training - as well as strategies for using them; originally in more common use outside the U.S. - but becoming more popular worldwide due
information and communication technology (ICT)
Motor skills
Content expert
Intelligent tutoring system
30. An online system of web course design and delivery tools; Desire-to-Learn and BlackBoard are examples
Course Management System (CMS)
Forms Makers
Graphic Document Makers
Enactive Learning
31. A computer system set up to allow notices to be posted and viewed by anyone who has access to the network
instructional software
Bulletin Board (BB)
Beta version
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
32. 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
Hash Tag
Groupware
Intelligent tutoring system
learning hierarchies
33. The collection of all related records in a database.
Datafile
Enactive Learning
Essential Processing
Blood Pressure Devices
34. A type of information that includes facts - concepts - principles - and the relationships among them.
Declarative Information
Image Capture
Avatar
Animation - path
35. Guidelines limiting the rights of copyright holders and allowing portions of copyrighted materials to be used for educational purposes; guidelines for portion - time - amount - and distribution of copyrighted materials for educational purposes.
CPU
Assessment
Fair Use Guidelines
Focusing Question
36. 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
Cybercheating
Blood Pressure Devices
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Frame
37. 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
instant messaging (IM)
instructional software
Email Address
Internal memory
38. 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
Email Address
Copyright
Hypertext
39. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.
Exergaming
Animation - path
Computer Program
Digital Divide
40. An electronic go-between by which the computer communicates with a peripheral device.
Interface
Instructional plan
Implementation
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
41. Category of visuals that are generally exhibited on display boards - (e.g. - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards) and are not projected.
Intelligent tutoring system
Criteria
Evaluation
Displayed Visuals
42. 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.
Animation
Geospatial Technologies
Constructivist Learning
Evaluation
43. The set of high-speed data lines connecting the major networks that make up the Internet.
Backbone
Declarative Information
Internal memory
Charting/Graphing Tool
44. The second phase of the Plan - Implement - Evaluate model. Focus is on the use of instructional materials and activities designed to help students achieve the outcomes specified in the instructional plan.
Implementation
Advance Organizer
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Instructional method
45. Type of virtual reality (VR) system in which i a user places a headset (e.g. - goggles or a helmet) over the eyes to provide a channel through which the wearer 'sees' (i.e. - is immersed in) a computer-generated environment
Full Immersion Systems
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Cooperative Learning
Auto-correct
46. One of the rights accorded to the owner of copyright is the right to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords. This right is subject to certain limitations found in sections 107 through 118 of the copyright law
Fair Use
Focusing Question
Cooperative Learning
Audio Teleconferencing
47. 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
Distance Education
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Bookmark
Modem
48. Short for 'web log -' a web page that serves as a publicly accessible location for discussing a topic or issue; began as personal journals and expanded to become public discussion forums in which anyone can give opinions on a topic
Distance Education
ARPAnet
Blog
Animation
49. A student-centered and teacher-guided instructional approach that engages students in investigating real world questions that they choose within a broad thematic framework. This instruction complements traditional instruction by providing a vehicle f
integrating educational technology
inquiry-based learning
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Augmented Reality
50. A type of instructional activity designed to determine how well students have mastered lesson objectives.
Charting/Graphing Tool
Image Capture
Flash
Evaluation Activity