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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. The amount of working memory that is available to a learner to process new information and that is taken up at a given time by a learning task






3. Also known as information design uses pictures - symbols - colors - and words to communicate ideas - illustrate information - or express relationships visually.






4. Software tools that automatically draw and print desired charts or graphs from data entered by users






5. Typeface used in word processing or desktop publishing; the appearance of the text itself - which can be altered through the selection of various typefaces and sizes of type. These include many typefaces common to the printing field - such as Times -






6. 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






7. The process of determining which digital tools and which methods for implementing them are the most appropriate responses to given educational needs and problems






8. The iris is used to control the opening behind the lens that allows light to enter the camera. When lighting is low the iris may be opened to let in more light. And when the light level is high the iris can be partially closed to let in less light. B






9. 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






10. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.






11. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment






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






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






14. 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.






15. A pointing device used to select and move information on the computer display screen. When the mouse is moved along a flat surface such as a desktop - an arrow moves across the display screen in the same direction. The mouse typically has one to thre






16. 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






17. Email additions; may be documents - graphics - or software.






18. A three-dimensional representation of a real object; it may be larger - smaller - or the same size as the object represented.






19. 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.






20. Pre-developed applications created with the Java programming language; make possible web page features such as animations and special effects - graphics and buttons - interactive displays -web data collection forms - and chatrooms






21. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by determining the percent of body fat






22. 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






23. Short for metamorphosing; refers to an animation technique in which one image gradually turns into another; also known as tweening






24. A camera that stores pictures in computer compatible digital format rather than on film.






25. Any pictorial representation of information such as charts - graphs - animated figures - or photographic reproductions.






26. A type of information that describes the potential usefulness of facts - concepts - and principles.






27. 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 -






28. An animation key frame is a single still image defined throughout an animated sequence that occurs at a pivotal point in that sequence.






29. The legal rights to an original work produced in any tangible medium of expression - including written works - works of art - music - photographs - and computer software.






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






31. 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






32. A machine that processes information according to a set of instructions.






33. The physical components of the computer system; the mechanical - magnetic - electronic - and electrical components making up a computer system






34. Programs that allow users to create and manipulate geometric constructions and provide environments in which to make discoveries and conjectures related to geometry concepts and objects






35. Software used by architects and others to aid in the design of structures such as houses and cars






36. 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)






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






38. 'Image map' allows graphics to respond to mouse clicks to lead to more than one place from a single graphic. Clickable maps can be based on graphical maps such as floor plans - road maps - regional maps - and the like. The imagemapper - or simple ima






39. A communications service that allows users to create a private chat room which only members of a mutually agreed upon list may enter; the system alerts a user when someone from the IM list is online; IM also designates the act of instant messaging -






40. A teaching and learning model based on behavioral and cognitive theories; students receive information from teachers and do teacher-directed activities






41. An instructional arrangement whereby students with disabilities receive instruction and services in a general education setting with regular education peers.






42. The use of graphical symbols instead of text commands to control common computer functions such as copying programs and disks; a GUI is where the user clicks on a visual screen that has icons - windows and menus - by using a pointing device - such as






43. Multimedia that allows user interactions so that the user can determine the direction of the program or presentation.






44. The incorrect or less appropriate alternative answers for a given multiple-choice question. Also called foils.






45. 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






46. Online sites that allow users to input sentences and paragraphs of text in one language and get a translation into another language






47. Feedback that tells students specifically what they can do to correct their performance.






48. A unique electronic address for an individual or organization - analogous to a postal address.






49. Professional organization for music educators






50. 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