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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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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
Cropping
Electronic Publishing
Highlighting
Formula
2. 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
Circular reference
Domain Name
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Enactive Learning
3. A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink.
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
IEP Generator
Inkjet printer
Field
4. 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
Display Boards
Conditions
Freeware
5. A small pictorial or graphical representation of a computer hardware function or component - or a computer software program - commonly associated with a graphical user interface.
Data Mining
Hacker
Content expert
Icon
6. 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.
Asynchronous
Corrective Feedback
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Analogy
7. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.
Image Capture
Antivirus software
Cognitive Overload
MUD
8. Sequences of frames shown in a linear way with presentation software (e.g. - PowerPoint)
Content expert
Learning Theory
English Language Learners (ELL)
Electronic Slide Shows
9. An individual who gains access to computer systems without authorization.
joystick
Alternative Keyboard
Hacker
Highlighting
10. Approximately a billion bytes - or 1 -000 megabytes.
App
Gigabyte
Favorites File
High-Level Language
11. 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
Home Page
Fair Use
LCD screen
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
12. A camera that stores pictures in computer compatible digital format rather than on film.
DVD
Digital Camera
Feedback
Icon
13. Feedback that tells students specifically what they can do to correct their performance.
Harmony
Corrective Feedback
Image Formats
Grammar Checker
14. The physical components of the computer system; the mechanical - magnetic - electronic - and electrical components making up a computer system
CPU
Digital Divide
Database Management System (DBMS)
Hardware
15. Acronym for 'frequently asked questions.' Used on the Internet to disseminate basic information and to reduce repetitive queries.
Motivation activity
Artificial intelligence (AI)
FAQ
Modem
16. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.
Adventure Learning (AL)
Accelerometer
Feedback
CPU
17. 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
Instructional activity
Content expert
Impairment
Essential Processing
18. A type of instructional activity that leads students to want to learn and to put in the effort required for learning.
Computer Platforms
Motivation activity
malware
Criteria
19. A three-dimensional representation of a real object; it may be larger - smaller - or the same size as the object represented.
Electronic Mentor
Hybrid Learning
Model
Authoring Software
20. The use of the computer as a device for mediating communication between teacher and students and among students - often over distances. Electronic mail and computer conferencing are two types of application software commonly used in CMC.
Beta version
Graphic Document Makers
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
21. 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
Formula
Analogy
Instructional plan
Clip Art
22. Software designed to help teach information and/or skills related to a topic; also known as instructional software or courseware - computer-based instruction (CBI) - computer-based learning (CBL) - computer-assisted learning (CAL) - or generic terms
Formula
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Advance Organizer
23. The term authoring suggests writing. Authoring programs are designed to help teachers and students produce courseware and programs. These authoring programs help the user develop computer programs in computer languages that can be otherwise quite dif
Alpha testing
Clip Art
Multimedia authoring programs
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
24. 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
Audiographics
logic bomb
Lighting
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
25. Program stored on individual computers or on the school or district network in order to prevent access to Internet sites with inappropriate materials
File Server
Domain
Filtering Software
Hypermedia
26. 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
FAQ
Bandwidth
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Assessment Rubric
27. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.
Label
Instructional technology
integrated packages
Favorites File
28. 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
Hacker
Concept Map
LCD screen
Hybrid Learning
29. 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
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Logo
Hash Tag
ARPAnet
30. Adaptive technologies are designed specifically for persons with disabilities. These are devices that extend the abilities of an individual with special needs in ways that provide physical access (i.e. - wheelchairs - braces) and sensory access (i.e.
Iris
Drill And Practice
Assistive Technology
Modem
31. 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
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
learning communities
Instructional activity
Enactive Learning
32. A network created in 1969 by the U.S. government-funded Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to enable communications among important defense sites in the event of a worldwide catastrophe such as a nuclear attack; later became the Internet
JPEG (also JPG)
ARPAnet
Discovery Learning
Instructional designer
33. 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
Equilibration
instant messaging (IM)
ASCII format
Geospatial Technologies
34. Small - stand-alone - portable personal computer system
mainstreaming
laptop computer
MP3
Computer Gradebook
35. Piagetian view of condition children experience when they confront new and unfamiliar features of their environment that do not fit with their current views of the world
Haptic Interface
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
integrated packages
Disequilibrium
36. 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
Handheld Technologies
Instructional efficiency
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Cookie
37. A type of instructional activity designed to determine how well students have mastered lesson objectives.
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
instructional software
Evaluation Activity
Haptic Interface
38. An instructional designer's roles and responsibilities include: researching K-12 educator user requirements for portal development - multi-media tools and video-mediated learning - determining the screen layout - creating the flowcharts - and specify
FAQ
laptop computer
Hash Tag
Instructional designer
39. A first step in web development that involves planning what the website will look like.
logic bomb
Equilibration
Design
Handicap
40. 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
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Google Docs
inquiry-based learning
CPU
41. A video or computer display device. The most common output device for personal computers.
Monitor
Local-area network (LAN)
Generative Processing
Database
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)
Mosaic
HTML 5
Auto-tuning
43. Pages or items listed as results of an Internet or database search
Hits
Ethnicity
language translators (machine translation)
Artificial intelligence (AI)
44. First released in 2002 - a scripting language that must be installed on a server to be used in web development; a scripting language that generates HTML source code to create dynamic web pages
Heart Rate Monitor
laptop computer
ASP.NET
Body Composition Analyzer
45. Music-making equipment controlled by a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) device
music synthesizer
Blood Pressure Devices
Essential Processing
Attitudes
46. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.
Files
Animation - path
Laser printer
Data Loggers
47. A special education law that requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.
Local-area network (LAN)
Alternative Keyboard
intranet
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
48. An individual's preferred ways for processing and organizing information and for responding to environmental stimuli.
Learning style
Learning
Geocaching
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
49. In cognitive load theory - the use of working memory that results in productive - engaged learning
Generative Processing
Drill And Practice
Bandwidth
Electronic Storybooks
50. Any practical device used to make information easier to remember - including rhymes - acronyms - and acrostics.
Forms Makers
Browser
Mnemonic
Fair Use Guidelines