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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Classroom display that allow teachers or students to interact with the computer through a touch sensitive board on which the computer screen is projected.
Automaticity
Electronic reference software
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Electronic Whiteboard
2. A highlighted position indicator used on the computer screen.
Cursor
Audio Teleconferencing
Corrective Feedback
Hard Copy
3. An internal state that leads people to choose to work toward certain goals and experiences. Defines what people will do rather than what they can do.
Avatar
Hybrid Learning
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Motivation
4. Texts in digital form that may be read on a computer or e-book readers; becoming a popular alternative to printed texts
Field
e-books (ebooks)
Evaluation Activity
Hybrid Learning
5. 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
Files
microcomputer
Intrinsic motivation
Highlighting
6. The adaptive use of previously acquired knowledge to analyze and understand new situations.
Intelligence
Frame
Animation - path
CRT
7. Software tools that create documents and web pages with 'fillable' forms
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Forms Makers
Fair Use Guidelines
Interlacing
8. A type of learning that refers to the ability to recall specific information.
Knowledge
Interface
Intelligent tutoring system
Cookie
9. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.
Ergonomics
Adventure Learning (AL)
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Advance Organizer
10. Multimedia that allows user interactions so that the user can determine the direction of the program or presentation.
link
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Blood Pressure Devices
Interactive multimedia
11. Advanced calculators that can graph equations - as well as perform calculation functions involved in higher-level math and science problems; allows users to enter equations and shows graphs that result from those equations
Graphing Calculator
Essential Processing
Attachments
Criteria
12. A special education law that requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Harmony
Intelligence
Demonstration
13. Subject matter expert who volunteers to work closely with students online
Applications
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Electronic Mentor
Favorites File
14. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
microcomputer
CLI
Graphic
integrating educational technology
15. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment
Internal memory
Intrinsic motivation
multiple intelligences theory
Multimedia authoring programs
16. Also known as information design uses pictures - symbols - colors - and words to communicate ideas - illustrate information - or express relationships visually.
information visualization
Electronic Publishing
Auto-tuning
Cognitive Load
17. A collection of information systematized by computer software to allow storage and easy retrieval through keyword searching; the program designed to accomplish these tasks
e-books (ebooks)
Mass storage
Database
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
18. An input accessory lets the computer user input data into the computer - whereas an output device allows the computer to communicate its results to the world outside. Input/output devices are also called I/O devices. The computer keyboard - display a
instructional software
Classical Conditioning
Lossless and lossy compressions
Input/Output Device
19. An individual's preferred ways for processing and organizing information and for responding to environmental stimuli.
Graphics Tablet
Halftone
Cybercheating
Learning style
20. Liquid crystal display screen - commonly used in computers and also in conjunction with display panels and projectors as large-group display devices.
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Instructional appeal
LCD screen
21. Use of the computer to orchestrate text - images - audio - and video to support a storytelling narrative with multimedia.
Digital Storytelling
Digital Camera
Gigabyte
Logo
22. A term introduced by Whitehead in 1929 to mean skills that students learn in isolation but do not know how to transfer later to problems that require them
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Enactive Learning
inert knowledge
23. 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
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Digitizer
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
mastery learning
24. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.
Intelligence
Distributed Education
Bit
ADDIE model
25. 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
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Distributed Education
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Constructivism
26. Pages or items listed as results of an Internet or database search
Hits
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Extraneous Processing
27. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.
Graphics Tablet
Label
Criteria
Digital Literacy
28. 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
Electronic Whiteboard
Hacker
meta-analysis
Case Study
29. 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.
Model
Auto-tuning
Dithering
Distributed Education
30. 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.
Groupware
meta-analysis
Filtering Software
Blog
31. 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
Modem
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Cloud Computing
Integrated learning system (IIS)
32. Media formats that allow or require some level of physical activity from the user - which in some way alters the sequence of presentation.
Intrinsic motivation
Interactive media
multiple intelligences theory
Field
33. Ways of storing digitized images for use in webpages and multimedia products - e.g. - GIF - JPEG
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Lossless and lossy compressions
Library/media specialist
Image Formats
34. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.
Email Address
Cognitive Overload
Fair Use
JPEG (also JPG)
35. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades
Compression and extraction tools
Electronic Gradebook
Ergonomics
Learning environment
36. A type of learning that refers to the ability to perform complex physical actions in a smooth - coordinated manner.
Ergonomics
Audiographics
Motor skills
Graphing Calculator
37. 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.
Byte
Audio Teleconferencing
Instructional effectiveness
imagemap
38. A graphical means of illustrating the logical flow of a computer program.
Lossy compression
malware
Flowcharting
Data Mining
39. 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
Image Capture
DVD
Haptic Interface
Instructional designer
40. A built-in feature of word-processing software that automatically detects and corrects misspelled words and incorrect capitalization
Auto-correct
Hard Disk
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Digital Divide
41. Software available in both CD and the Web formats. Electronic encyclopedia - including not only pictures - but sound and video as well. They also have powerful key word searching capabilities. In addition to electronic encyclopedias - research journa
Beta version
Filtering Software
Electronic reference software
Image Capture
42. For learners of English and foreign languages - activities in which they use computers in language testing - teaching - and learning in and out of class
Authoring Software
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Downloading
Focusing Question
43. The specific items used in a lesson and delivered through various media formats - such as video - audio - print - and so on.
Heart Rate Monitor
Distractors
Instructional materials
File Server
44. 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 (
Full Immersion Systems
Freeware
CMYK graphics
Direct Observation
45. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems
interactive whiteboard activity software
ActionScript
Browser
Cursor
46. 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
Bitmap and vector graphics
Cognitive Overload
Impairment
Algorithm
47. 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 plan
Bitmap and vector graphics
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
48. The products created by a database program; any collection of data stored in a computer or on a computer medium
Icon
Ergonomics
Files
Hacking
49. A mathematical expression that directs an electronic spreadsheet to perform various kinds of calculations on the numbers entered in it; in a spreadsheet - a command inserted in a cell and used to do calculations on data
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Formula
Hash Tag
Cooperative Learning
50. A set of guidelines used to reliably appraise or judge products or performances.
Assessment Rubric
Consequence
Educational Media
Interactive multimedia