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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. An assessment instrument consisting of a series of statements with which students indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement; created by psychologist Rensis Likert
integrating educational technology
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Instructional activity
Likert scale
2. Pavlovian view of learning as involuntary physical responses to outside stimuli (e.g. - dogs salivate automatically at the sight of a dog food can)
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Classical Conditioning
Behavior
Backbone
3. A high-level programming language originally designed as an artificial intelligence (AI) language but later popularized by Seymour Papert (based on the learning theories of Jean Piaget) as an environment to allow children to learn problem-solving beh
Downloading
Interface
morphing
Logo
4. Piagetian view of how children change their views of the world by incorporating new experiences
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Constructivism
Discovery Learning
Accommodation
5. 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.
Computer Conferencing
Learning
information visualization
Educational Media
6. Systems that allow individuals to view and examine the world through multiple layering of geographic data within a spatial environment; use of technology for visualization - analysis - and measurement of features and phenomena
Conditional Information
Geospatial Technologies
Formative Evaluation
Criteria
7. A three-dimensional representation of a real object; it may be larger - smaller - or the same size as the object represented.
Distractors
Model
Knowledge
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
8. A type of information that includes facts - concepts - principles - and the relationships among them.
Cropping
Algorithm
instructional software
Declarative Information
9. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by determining the percent of body fat
Fair Use Guidelines
laptop computer
Body Composition Analyzer
Instructional designer
10. 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
Highlighting
Library/media specialist
Instructional efficiency
Automaticity
11. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.
Criteria
Label
Accommodation
Highlighting
12. 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
Keyboard
Cloud Computing
Database Management System (DBMS)
learning hierarchies
13. 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
Animation - path
Modem
Discovery Learning
Automaticity
14. 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
Hard Copy
Java applets
Bookmark
Mnemonic
15. High definition DVD format
Blu-Ray Disc
JPEG (also JPG)
Assimilation
Compression and extraction tools
16. An image format that allows transfer of artwork between any software packages that use PostScript printing files; a vector graphics file format.
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Inkjet printer
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Classroom Observation
17. An instructional method that involves small heterogeneous groups of students working toward a common academic goal or task. Its use promotes positive interdependence - individual accountability - collaborative/social skills - and group processing ski
Fair Use
Cooperative Learning
Interactive media
Conditional Information
18. Computer actions or programs - such as hypermedia software - that respond to events in the environment; for example - a mouse action event that occurs when the user clicks on a button.
Inclusion
Event Driven
Listserv
Hard Disk
19. 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
Assessment Rubric
ADDIE model
Local-area network (LAN)
mobile device
20. A set of related principles explaining changes in human performance or performance potential in terms of the causes of those changes.
CMYK graphics
Hard Copy
Attachments
Learning Theory
21. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment
Event Driven
Analogy
multiple intelligences theory
Fair Use Guidelines
22. On computer networks - a location for person-to-person real-time (synchronous) interaction by typing messages.
Directed Instruction
Chat Room
Grammar Checker
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
23. The continuous evaluation of instruction before - during - and after implementation - which leads to continual revision and modification in order to increase student learning.
Hash Tag
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
Icon
24. A revision of the HTML standard that provides many of the features of a Flash environment without using Flash
Algorithm
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
HTML 5
25. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.
HTML 5
Interactive multimedia
Criteria
Google Docs
26. A type of instructional activity designed to determine how well students have mastered lesson objectives.
Cognitive Overload
mastery learning
Local-area network (LAN)
Evaluation Activity
27. An event - object - or circumstance that prompts a behavior.
Demonstration
Antecedent
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Database Management System (DBMS)
28. 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
Inkjet printer
Heuristic
mastery learning
Instructional appeal
29. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Megabyte
Course Management System (CMS)
music synthesizer
30. Any pictorial representation of information such as charts - graphs - animated figures - or photographic reproductions.
Java applets
Graphic
Attention
Lighting
31. A branch of computer science concerned with the design of computers and software that are capable of responding in ways that emulate the decision-making capabilities of the human mind.
Likert scale
intranet
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Directory File Structure
32. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic
Ergonomics
Instruction
Hard Disk
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
33. Music-making equipment controlled by a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) device
learner-centered instruction
Instructional appeal
music synthesizer
Electronic Storybooks
34. Liquid crystal display screen - commonly used in computers and also in conjunction with display panels and projectors as large-group display devices.
Avatar
LCD screen
Essential Processing
Formula
35. 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
Image Capture
Augmented Reality
Cognitive Overload
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
36. 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
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Haptic Interface
Alternative Keyboard
morphing
37. Condition that occurs when an impairment limits an individual from performing an activity in a manner normally expected for human beings (communicating with others - hearing - movement - manipulating objects - etc.)
Disability
Attention
Intelligent tutoring system
Imagery
38. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.
Case Study
Heart Rate Monitor
Integrated learning system (IIS)
Audiographics
39. A type of hypermedia authoring software from Adobe that has become commonly used to create interactive web-based animations
Computer Gradebook
Flash
Blood Pressure Devices
Advance Organizer
40. A type of learning that refers to the ability to perform complex physical actions in a smooth - coordinated manner.
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Monitor
Motor skills
Heuristic
41. 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
inert knowledge
MUD
File Server
Blog
42. 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)
Browser
Course Management System (CMS)
Animation key frame
Intrinsic motivation
43. A liquid crystal display device used with a computer or VCR for large-group display.
CRT
LCD projector
Multimedia authoring programs
Concept Map
44. A type of mnemonic in which an unfamiliar new word is linked to a similar-sounding familiar word - which is used to create a visual image that incorporates the meaning of the new word.
Gesture-Recognition System
Instructional plan
JPEG (also JPG)
Key word
45. The practice of collecting data from all the information available and searching it to see relationships among the data elements
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Hacking
CMYK graphics
Data Mining
46. Calculator with probes or sensors connected to it to allow gathering of numerical data
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Laser printer
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Mnemonic
47. An asynchronous communication medium in which two or more individuals exchange messages using personal computers connected via a network or telephone lines.
Learning style
Crowdsourcing
Highlighting
Computer Conferencing
48. An instructional approach that provides an appealing environment in which learners invest effort to follow prescribed rules in order to attain a challenging goal; designed to increase motivation by adding game rules to a learning activity
Automaticity
Cooperative Learning
Instructional game
Course Management System (CMS)
49. 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)
Instructional method
instructional software
integrated packages
ASP.NET
50. System in which a camera or sensor reads body movements and communicates them to a computer - which processes the gestures as commands and uses them to control devices or displays
Individualized education program (IEP)
Digital Literacy
Gesture-Recognition System
Information activity