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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A distance education technology that uses a speakerphone to extend a basic telephone call and permits instruction and interaction between individuals or groups at two or more locations.
Audio Teleconferencing
Conditions
Classical Conditioning
Frame
2. Software tools that create documents and web pages with 'fillable' forms
Forms Makers
Gesture-Recognition System
Instructional designer
Iris
3. Ways of storing digitized images for use in webpages and multimedia products - e.g. - GIF - JPEG
information visualization
Extraneous Processing
Image Formats
learning communities
4. The process of determining which digital tools and which methods for implementing them are the most appropriate responses to given educational needs and problems
Focusing Question
Geospatial Technologies
Conditions
integrating educational technology
5. Short for malicious software - any software specifically designed to damage - destroy - disrupt operations - or spy on the operation of computers
MP3
Electronic Mail (email)
malware
Attention
6. Hardware such as a keyboard - mouse - or joystick through which the user sends instructions to the computer.
Assimilation
Authoring Software
Handicap
Input device
7. 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
interactive whiteboard activity software
Handheld Technologies
Conditions
Focusing Question
8. 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
ASP.NET
Intelligent tutoring system
learning communities
Inclusion
9. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure
Blood Pressure Devices
Auto-correct
Digital Divide
Declarative Information
10. Piagetian view of how children change their views of the world by incorporating new experiences
Accommodation
Java applets
learning communities
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
11. 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
mastery learning
Drop cap
Graphics Tablet
Google Docs
12. A field of study focusing on the design of technology systems that align with human characteristics - needs - and capabilities.
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Database Management System (DBMS)
Ergonomics
Graphic
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.
Label
Individualized education program (IEP)
Javascript
Macro
14. Computer software that continuously analyzes a student's test responses and presents more or less difficult questions based on the student's performance
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Mosaic
ARPAnet
15. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.
Instructional appeal
Essential Processing
Microprocessor
Animation - path
16. Television-like display screen that uses a cathode ray tube.
inert knowledge
CRT
Geocaching
Dithering
17. An internal network or a subset of the Internet - usually available only to the members of the organization that set it up; as a provision for security - some technical department set up Intranets which are parts of the Internet used internally withi
Directory File Structure
Google Docs
Internet
intranet
18. Instructional format that combines elements of face-to-face teaching and learning with elements of distance education. Also known as blended learning.
Analogy
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Encoding
Hybrid Learning
19. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating
meta-analysis
Cybercheating
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Hybrid Learning
20. 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
Digital Storytelling
Asynchronous
ADDIE model
Electronic reference software
21. An instructional designer's roles and responsibilities include: researching K-12 educator user requirements for portal development - multi-media tools and video-mediated learning - determining the screen layout - creating the flowcharts - and specify
Instructional designer
Distractors
Mug shots
Backbone
22. 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
Inkjet printer
Geocaching
Listserv
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
23. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.
Label
Computer System
Flowcharting
Interactive multimedia
24. On computer networks - a location for person-to-person real-time (synchronous) interaction by typing messages.
Chat Room
instructional software
Bulletin Board (BB)
Design
25. On the Internet - a way of transferring files from one computer to another using common settings and transmission procedures; also - to transfer files; computer users can use a File Transport Protocol (or FTP) client to transfer files to and from com
Chat Room
CMYK graphics
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Dithering
26. In a full immersion virtual reality (VR) system - a headset that provides the sensory channel through which the wearer 'sees' a computer-generated environment
Graphic
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
Interlacing
App
27. Acronym for 'frequently asked questions.' Used on the Internet to disseminate basic information and to reduce repetitive queries.
FAQ
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Cognitive Load
Lossy compression
28. Individuals who are learning English as their majority language for everyday uses - employment - and educational purposes. ELL also stands for English Language Learning
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
English Language Learners (ELL)
Home Page
Harmony
29. An animation key frame is a single still image defined throughout an animated sequence that occurs at a pivotal point in that sequence.
imagemap
Animation key frame
Algorithm
Mnemonic
30. A type of mnemonic in which mental pictures are used to represent new information.
Avatar Spaces
Handicap
Motivation activity
Imagery
31. 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
Computer Gradebook
Disability
Blog
Enactive Learning
32. A first step in web development that involves planning what the website will look like.
morphing
Design
Disability
Inkjet printer
33. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment
multiple intelligences theory
Full Immersion Systems
Email Address
CLI
34. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
Formative Evaluation
Dithering
microcomputer
inquiry-based learning
35. A graphic representation of a real person in cyberspace; a three dimensional image that a person can choose to represent himself or herself in a virtual reality environment
Font
Domain Name
Hacker
Avatar
36. A worldwide radio-navigation system made possible by a bank of orbiting satellites and their ground stations to pinpoint exact geographic locations on earth; a device that cross-references a GPS signal with mapping software and shows the location to
information visualization
Implementation
Attention
Global Positioning System (GPS)
37. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.
Advance Organizer
Interactive multimedia
High-Level Language
Heuristic
38. A device that includes a display screen connected to a computer and digital projector; allows information projected on the screen to be manipulated with special pens or one's hands and also allows drawings or notes from a given session to be saved an
Electronic Whiteboard
Educational Technology
interactive whiteboard
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
39. Resource for students with hearing impairments in which the teacher wears a wireless microphone and students with auditory processing learning disabilities wear receivers that amplify the teacher's voice and serve to focus attention
FM Amplification System
Demonstration
Animation
Learning environment
40. 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
Enactive Learning
Interlacing
Computer
Hacker
41. A standard adopted by the electronic music industry for controlling devices that play music; also known as musical instrument digital interface. Rather than recording sounds - MIDI instruments/software record finger action -- what note is being playe
Instructional appeal
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Modem
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
42. Either software or devices with software that help carry out complex numeric calculations involved in higher-level math problems (e.g. - Maple)
Cognitive Overload
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Cookie
Blu-Ray Disc
43. A way to store addresses of frequently used websites on your computer; in a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly
Bookmark
Heart Rate Monitor
Dithering
Library/media specialist
44. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by determining the percent of body fat
Instructional effectiveness
Internet
Equilibration
Body Composition Analyzer
45. The setting or physical surroundings in which learning takes place - including the classroom - science or computer laboratory - gymnasium - playground - and so on.
Image Editing Programs
learner-centered instruction
Digitizer
Learning environment
46. Storage inside the computer. The CPU in a personal computer retrieves and deposits information in the computer's internal memory. Also called main memory.
long-term memory (LTM)
Internal memory
Graphic
JPEG (also JPG)
47. 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)
Domain Name
Blu-Ray Disc
Electronic Slide Shows
48. In a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly
imagemap
Avatar
Favorites File
Educational Technology
49. A measurement appraisal process that is ongoing - developmentally appropriate - and dynamic; the process of gathering evidence of learning.
interactive whiteboard
Focusing Question
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Assessment
50. Subject matter expert who volunteers to work closely with students online
Hash Tag
Discovery Learning
Electronic Mentor
Accelerometer