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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.
ASP.NET
Directory File Structure
Learning style
Label
2. An animation key frame is a single still image defined throughout an animated sequence that occurs at a pivotal point in that sequence.
Animation key frame
Cell
Instructional method
Cybercheating
3. Guidelines limiting the rights of copyright holders and allowing portions of copyrighted materials to be used for educational purposes; guidelines for portion - time - amount - and distribution of copyrighted materials for educational purposes.
Hard Disk
Asynchronous
Local-area network (LAN)
Fair Use Guidelines
4. Television-like display screen that uses a cathode ray tube.
Exergaming
Chat
CRT
Model
5. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
Cybercheating
Instructional plan
Domain
microcomputer
6. A form of evaluation that involves having a knowledgeable person come into the classroom to watch a lesson in process - to comment on how well the materials and activities work - and to make suggestions for improvements.
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Domain
Event Driven
Classroom Observation
7. Using a computer system to administer and score assessment measures; also - computer adaptive testing - computer-based testing
MP3
Direct Observation
Evaluation Activity
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
8. Online sites that allow users to input sentences and paragraphs of text in one language and get a translation into another language
Concept Map
language translators (machine translation)
Halftone
Hybrid Learning
9. Pictures of people that focus on just the head or from mid-chest and up are called mug shots. Mug shots are often used in newsletters - newspapers - school yearbooks and company directories. Mug shots of feature columnists may appear next to their co
Mug shots
ASP.NET
Label
Criteria
10. Can be either software that supports the on-screen creation of music scores with several parts or tracks - or a hardware component of a music synthesizer workstation
Keyboard
music sequencer
Macro
Digital Divide
11. Multimedia that allows user interactions so that the user can determine the direction of the program or presentation.
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
CMYK graphics
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Interactive multimedia
12. Small - multi-purpose devices such as cellphones - e-books - and 'smart' pens that make it easy to view - communicate - and share information - regardless of location
Augmented Reality
learner-centered instruction
Authoring Software
Handheld Technologies
13. 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
information visualization
Charting/Graphing Tool
Model
Geospatial Technologies
14. A computer dedicated to managing a computer network and providing resources to other computers on the network (the clients). The file server is usually faster and has larger storage capabilities than the client machines.
File Server
Backbone
Fair Use
Behavior
15. Any practical device used to make information easier to remember - including rhymes - acronyms - and acrostics.
Flash
Mnemonic
Gigabyte
Intelligent tutoring system
16. 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
Icon
Essential Processing
Advance Organizer
Demonstration
17. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Event Driven
Electronic Gradebook
Cursor
18. Coined by a Boeing researcher in 1990 - it refers to a computer-generated environment in which a real-life scene is overlaid with information that enhances our understanding and uses of it
Augmented Reality
Learning environment
Constructivist Learning
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
19. Ways of storing digitized images for use in webpages and multimedia products - e.g. - GIF - JPEG
Cell
Avatar
Image Formats
Attachments
20. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.
Advance Organizer
Learning Theory
Chat
Hypermedia
21. An individual's preferred ways for processing and organizing information and for responding to environmental stimuli.
malware
Analogy
Focusing Question
Learning style
22. Good lighting consists of three elements: key light - fill light - and back light. The key light is usually located about 45 ° to the right or left of the camera - while the fill light is commonly located 30° to 45 ° from the camera - opposite the ke
Auto-correct
Lighting
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
Electronic Mail (email)
23. A major category of locations on the Internet. Major domains include com (company) - edu (educational institution) - gov (government) - net (network) - and org (organization).
Computer System
Animation
Domain
Electronic Storybooks
24. An activity in which students with disabilities participate in one or more selected classes in general education
interactive whiteboard
mainstreaming
MUD
Mouse
25. 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
learning communities
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
imagemap
Absolute address or absolute positioning
26. 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
Cognitive Load
Favorites File
Image Editing Programs
Content expert
27. The primary authoring language used to develop webpages; Its codes are document formatting codes that tell Web browsers how to display the page on the screen. Its files contain the text to be displayed on the Web page embedded in its unique 'tag' lan
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Animation
Assistive Technology
Multimedia authoring programs
28. 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
Flowcharting
Augmented Reality
Input/Output Device
Distractors
29. Alpha testing is the early testing phase of the project. The full functionality of the alpha version of the software program may not yet be implemented. This early review allows the client to evaluate the project.
Alpha testing
Declarative Information
Compensation
Accommodation
30. The use of the computer in the management of instruction - including applications such as student record keeping - performance assessment - and monitoring students' progress.
Computer-Managed Instruction
Electronic Gradebook
Crowdsourcing
Disequilibrium
31. Types of computer systems identified by their operating systems - e.g. - PCs with Windows operating systems or Macintoshes with Mac-OS operating systems
Computer Platforms
Data Loggers
Formula
Charting/Graphing Tool
32. Small - stand-alone - portable personal computer system
laptop computer
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Image Editing Programs
Cell
33. Proposed by learning theorist Albert Bandura as learning that occurs through actions - rather than by observation
Hard Disk
Attachments
Enactive Learning
Filtering Software
34. Input device - used primarily with games - that moves on-screen figures or a cursor with a handle that moves in all directions
joystick
Harmony
Electronic Whiteboard
Electronic Mail (email)
35. 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.
ASCII format
Impairment
Animation - path
Hard Copy
36. A filter of an electronic database program allows application of a set of selection criteria or sorting instructions to the records in a table. When a database is closed - the selection criteria and/or sorting instructions will be wiped out. In contr
Cloze Exercises
Instructional materials
Database filters and queries
Backbone
37. Term for the distribution of applications - processing power - and storage across many computers accessible via the Internet.
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Ethnicity
Corrective Feedback
Cloud Computing
38. In cognitive load theory - the use of working memory that results in productive - engaged learning
Bulletin Board (BB)
Generative Processing
Byte
Hybrid Learning
39. A hybrid (online and in-person) distance education approach that provides students with opportunities to explore real-world issues through authentic learning experiences within collaborative learning environments
Foreign Language (FL)
Adventure Learning (AL)
Application Activity
Lossless and lossy compressions
40. According to learning theorist Jerome Bruner - a more effective way of children learning concepts by discovering them during their interaction with the environment; an instructional method that uses an inductive - or inquiry - method to encourage stu
Criteria
Discovery Learning
Learning Theory
learning communities
41. Use of online systems to access personal data in order to accomplish identity theft and do other malicious acts
Absolute address or absolute positioning
Hacking
Implementation
Accommodation
42. A computer system that stores and manipulates a database of information about geographic locations; users see data pertaining to a geographic location overlaid on a map of the area
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Auto-tuning
ASP.NET
mobile device
43. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.
Instructional effectiveness
LCD projector
CPU
Compensation
44. A synchronous form of Internet communication in which individuals type messages to one another
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Information activity
Chat
learner-centered instruction
45. A magnification system in which a video camera is mounted on a frame with a television monitor. Users place materials on the desktop below the camera - set the desired magnification level - move the materials around as necessary - and information app
Bitmap and vector graphics
ActionScript
Criteria
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
46. An online system of web course design and delivery tools; Desire-to-Learn and BlackBoard are examples
Compensation
Course Management System (CMS)
Interactive multimedia
Modem
47. A measure of how much learners achieve per unit of time or dollar spent; for example - (Posttest - Pretest)/Time - or (Posttest - Pretest)/Cost.
Directory File Structure
Halftone
Alternative Keyboard
Instructional efficiency
48. The physical components of the computer system; the mechanical - magnetic - electronic - and electrical components making up a computer system
Bulletin Board (BB)
Hardware
Database Management System (DBMS)
Application Activity
49. Comprehension exercises with certain words removed to require students to fill in the blanks
Cloze Exercises
Listserv
learning communities
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
50. An authoring specification on the Internet for how data will be collected at a website - CGI programs are written in a language such as PERL
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Beta version
Assimilation
Disequilibrium