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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Using technology to accommodate difficulties individuals have with performing specific tasks - e.g. - providing speech recognition software to those with physical disabilities that limit their use of a pencil or a keyboard
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Compensation
Learning environment
Datafile
2. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.
Lighting
Keyboard
Computer System
Cognitive Overload
3. Not occurring at the same time - form of distance communications in which information and messages are left for the receiver to read later; contrasts with synchronous communications - in which information and messages are sent and received immediatel
Bitmap and vector graphics
Feedback
Designing Instruction
Asynchronous
4. In cognitive load theory - cognitive processes that are required for making sense of material a person is trying to learn can overwhelm learner's cognitive capacity unless strategies are in place to handle it by learning theorist Robert Gagné as bein
Essential Processing
Hypertext
Enactive Learning
LCD projector
5. An instructional plan for an individual student (usually one with special needs) that describes the student's current level of proficiency and also establishes short- and long-term goals for future focus. An IEP is typically developed through a confe
Listserv
Disability
Directed Instruction
Individualized education program (IEP)
6. A statistical method designed by Gene V Glass (1976) to summarize results across studies and measure the size of the effect a 'treatment' such as technology-based methods has over and above traditional methods
Domain
Computer Platforms
Knowledge
meta-analysis
7. The collection of all related records in a database.
Datafile
Body Composition Analyzer
Instructional efficiency
Extraneous Processing
8. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software
Augmented Reality
Hypertext
mastery learning
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
9. General category of portable computer devices such as smart phones and tablets (e.g. - iPads)
Cloze Exercises
mobile device
Hacking
Ethnicity
10. A first step in web development that involves planning what the website will look like.
Cloud Computing
Font
interactive whiteboard activity software
Design
11. 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
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
music editor
Learning in context
interactive or dynamic geometry software
12. 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.
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
microcomputer
Design
Font
13. 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
Directory File Structure
Authoring Software
Lossless and lossy compressions
14. Originally called OAK - a high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. An object-oriented language similar to C++ - it has become popular for its ability to do interactive graphic and animation activities on web pages; a computer la
inert knowledge
Java
CPU
Cooperative Learning
15. Compression is the process to reduce file size through 'zipping' or 'archiving'. The compressed or zipped file can be from a large file or can contain several files that have been squeezed into a single file. After compression - the extraction proces
Freeware
Compression and extraction tools
Concept Map
Copyright
16. 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 -
Alternative Keyboard
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Electronic Publishing
Database filters and queries
17. 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 -
Email Address
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Intelligent tutoring system
Ethnicity
18. Media formats that allow or require some level of physical activity from the user - which in some way alters the sequence of presentation.
Electronic Storybooks
link
Interactive media
Hypermedia
19. A compression standard that produces compressed - high-quality audio files. To create an MP3 file - you need a program that copies a song from a CD or download from the Internet to your hard drive - and an encoder to convert the file to the MP3 forma
MP3
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Educational Technology
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
20. 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
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Focusing Question
Case Study
Lossy compression
21. In contrast to lossless compression - lossy compression refers to a technique of shrinking file sizes by giving away some precision of detail. JPEG images are an example of a file that is compressed this way. By reducing the quality of a picture when
mobile device
Lossy compression
information literacy
Hypertext
22. Any pictorial representation of information such as charts - graphs - animated figures - or photographic reproductions.
Graphic
Distributed Education
Intrinsic motivation
Declarative Information
23. Sequences of frames shown in a linear way with presentation software (e.g. - PowerPoint)
Assessment
Bulletin Board (BB)
Google Docs
Electronic Slide Shows
24. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades
Interactive media
Electronic Gradebook
Cloud Computing
Accelerometer
25. A video or computer display device. The most common output device for personal computers.
Electronic Storybooks
Java applets
Monitor
Electronic Gradebook
26. In a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly
Foreign Language (FL)
LCD screen
Internal memory
Favorites File
27. A target language - or language of study - when the language being studied is spoken mainly in other countries
integrating educational technology
Likert scale
Foreign Language (FL)
Discussion
28. Multimedia that allows user interactions so that the user can determine the direction of the program or presentation.
Downloading
Label
Enactive Learning
Interactive multimedia
29. 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.
Analogy
CLI
Automaticity
Accommodation
30. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world
Geocaching
Educational Media
Assimilation
Computer Gradebook
31. Software that protects a school's or company's entire computer system from attempts by others to gain unauthorized access to it and also prevents access by users to certain sites; or set up to prevent someone from going to certain locations on the In
Electronic Storybooks
Attachments
Hacking
Firewall
32. 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
Attention
instant messaging (IM)
Concept Map
33. An asynchronous communication medium in which two or more individuals exchange messages using personal computers connected via a network or telephone lines.
Computer Conferencing
Corrective Feedback
Icon
Evaluation
34. A graphical representation of interrelated concepts that students can use as a learning aid or that teachers can use as an aid in content organization; tools designed to help people think through and explore ideas or topics by developing these visual
microcomputer
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Digital Divide
Concept Map
35. Calculator with probes or sensors connected to it to allow gathering of numerical data
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
learning communities
Cognitive Overload
Classical Conditioning
36. An image format used for drawn images - illustrations - clip art - or animations; It is universally acceptable on the Web. Images in the this format are restricted to 256 colors (best - actually 216 'web-safe' colors). The format is suited to images
Interface
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Handicap
joystick
37. Also known as a web browser - software designed to allow a computer user to go to Internet websites that are connected to each other via the World Wide Web (WWW)
Computer-Managed Instruction
Browser
Mass storage
inquiry-based learning
38. A type of outsourcing in which many people are asked to give their input online to solve a problem that has proven resistant to efforts of single individuals or organizations
Intelligent tutoring system
Crowdsourcing
Content expert
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
39. A dynamic instructional method in which individuals talk together - share information - and work cooperatively toward a solution or consensus. This method encourages classroom rapport and actively involves students in learning.
Bandwidth
Discussion
Lossless and lossy compressions
Evaluation Activity
40. 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
Java applets
Bandwidth
Dithering
Imagery
41. Term coined in 1984 by the president of the Aldus Corporation to refer to the activity of using software to produce documents that gives users a high degree of control over the composition and layout of material on a printed page - including both tex
Grammar Checker
Blu-Ray Disc
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
42. A common term in science education reform - synonymous with immersing students in authentic learning experiences
Electronic Whiteboard
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Event Driven
Hands-On/Minds-On Science
43. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.
Individualized education program (IEP)
Handicap
Dithering
Instructional activity
44. 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
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Content expert
Circular reference
Attachments
45. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.
Avatar Spaces
Antecedent
Mailing list
Geographic Information System (GIS)
46. 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.
Animation key frame
ARPAnet
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
Audio Teleconferencing
47. 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.
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Avatar Spaces
Foreign Language (FL)
Halftone
48. Learning is a persisting change in human performance or performance potential [brought] about as a result of the learner's interaction with the environment. To change (or have the capacity to change) one's level of ability or knowledge.
Harmony
Handicap
Learning
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
49. Groups of people who 'meet -' usually via email - webpages - or other electronic means - to support each other's learning; in distance education - strategic - ongoing efforts by the instructor to encourage student-to-student interaction - as well as
Assessment Rubric
Instructional activity
Home Page
learning communities
50. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
Constructivism
microcomputer
Integrated learning system (IIS)
Alternative Keyboard