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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.






2. Short for malicious software - any software specifically designed to damage - destroy - disrupt operations - or spy on the operation of computers






3. 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.






4. General category of portable computer devices such as smart phones and tablets (e.g. - iPads)






5. Liquid crystal display screen - commonly used in computers and also in conjunction with display panels and projectors as large-group display devices.






6. Circular reference of electronic spreadsheet formula happens when you enter a formula that includes functions referring back to the cell in which the formula is contained. When this happens - users receive an error message referring to circular refer






7. 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






8. 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 -






9. Sometimes called paint or raster graphics - in which each pixel directly corresponds to a spot on the display screen. When scaled to larger sizes - this type of graphic looks jagged or aliased; Developed originally for use on Disk Operating System (D






10. Online sites that function like other dictionaries in that they give definitions for words and phrases in common usage - but provide the additional capability of looking up the word or phrase in one language (e.g. - French or German) and get the defi






11. Individuals who are learning English as their majority language for everyday uses - employment - and educational purposes. ELL also stands for English Language Learning






12. Music-making equipment controlled by a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) device






13. Pavlovian view of learning as involuntary physical responses to outside stimuli (e.g. - dogs salivate automatically at the sight of a dog food can)






14. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.






15. The adaptive use of previously acquired knowledge to analyze and understand new situations.






16. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates under what circumstances students are expected to perform.






17. 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






18. A form of assessment that indicates whether or not students have learned what they must know before progressing to the next portion of the instruction.






19. Software products (e.g. - Microsoft Works and AppleWorks) that have several applications in a single package (e.g. - word processing - spreadsheet - presentation functions -database programs)






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






21. 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






22. A built-in feature of word-processing software that automatically detects and corrects misspelled words and incorrect capitalization






23. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems






24. Previously created graphics designed to be added to word processing or desktop publishing documents or to computer-based instruction.






25. The process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and activities.






26. Using a computer system to administer and score assessment measures; also - computer adaptive testing - computer-based testing






27. A computer system set up to allow notices to be posted and viewed by anyone who has access to the network






28. 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






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






30. Program stored on individual computers or on the school or district network in order to prevent access to Internet sites with inappropriate materials






31. Input/output devices that provide for storage and retrieval of programs and other types of data that must be stored over a long period of time. Also referred to as external or auxiliary memory.






32. 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






33. Refers to the attitudes - values - customs - and behavior patterns that characterize a social group.






34. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.






35. Subject matter expert who volunteers to work closely with students online






36. 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






37. The continuous evaluation of instruction before - during - and after implementation - which leads to continual revision and modification in order to increase student learning.






38. Multiuser dungeon (or dimension or domain); a location on the Internet where several users at a time can interact with each other's avatars (graphic representations of each other); also known as a MUD Object Oriented or MOO






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






40. A major category of locations on the Internet. Major domains include com (company) - edu (educational institution) - gov (government) - net (network) - and org (organization).






41. Instructional format that combines elements of face-to-face teaching and learning with elements of distance education. Also known as blended learning.






42. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by counting calories






43. 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






44. 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






45. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure






46. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; a standard way of representing text - which allows different computer brands to 'talk' to one another. It is sometimes referred to as plain text or unformatted text.






47. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.






48. One of the devices (e.g. - a data glove) that allow users to experience a full immersion virtual reality system by providing tactile or touch input






49. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.






50. According to information-processing learning theorists - one of the three kinds of memory or 'stores' the brain uses to process information - much like a computer; LTM can hold information indefinitely after it is linked to prior knowledge already in