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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. 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.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Geospatial Technologies
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
2. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world
Audio Teleconferencing
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
MUD
Assimilation
3. A form of evaluation that involves watching students as they work through some part(s) of the lesson.
Lossless and lossy compressions
Direct Observation
Bookmark
Course Management System (CMS)
4. Individuals who are learning English as their majority language for everyday uses - employment - and educational purposes. ELL also stands for English Language Learning
English Language Learners (ELL)
integrated packages
Avatar Spaces
Asynchronous
5. A form of education in which some means - electronic or otherwise - is used to connect people with instructors and/or resources that can help them acquire knowledge and skills; structured learning that takes place without the physical presence of the
Frame
mobile device
Lighting
Distance Education
6. The manner in which individuals identify themselves based on their (or their ancestors') country of origin.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Ethnicity
Instructional effectiveness
7. An individual's preferred ways for processing and organizing information and for responding to environmental stimuli.
Inclusion
Heuristic
Learning style
DVD
8. A term coined by Lloyd Morrisett - former president of the Markle Foundation - used to describe the gap between those individuals who have access to technology such as computer software - the Internet - and so on and those who do not.
Charting/Graphing Tool
Digital Divide
Byte
ActionScript
9. Sequences of frames shown in a linear way with presentation software (e.g. - PowerPoint)
Electronic Slide Shows
Cybercheating
Graphing Calculator
Encoding
10. 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
Disability
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Alternative Keyboard
Extraneous Processing
11. A shortcut to encoding a series of actions in a computer program. Provides the means to perform a number of separate steps through a single command.
Interactive multimedia
CRT
Computer System
Macro
12. A question typically used at the beginning of a lesson to direct students' attention to particularly important aspects of the new information.
Auto-tuning
Handheld Technologies
Compression and extraction tools
Focusing Question
13. For learners of English and foreign languages - activities in which they use computers in language testing - teaching - and learning in and out of class
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Alternative Keyboard
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
14. An individual who gains access to computer systems without authorization.
Instructional technology
Hacker
Gigabyte
File Server
15. A type of instructional activity that leads students to want to learn and to put in the effort required for learning.
Label
Crowdsourcing
Motivation activity
Cyberbullying
16. Applying scientific knowledge about human learning to the practical tasks of teaching and learning; the subset of educational technology that deals directly with teaching and learning applications (as opposed to educational administrative application
Advance Organizer
Input/Output Device
HTML 5
Instructional technology
17. An online system of web course design and delivery tools; Desire-to-Learn and BlackBoard are examples
Course Management System (CMS)
Interlacing
Hybrid Learning
Feedback
18. The adaptive use of previously acquired knowledge to analyze and understand new situations.
Database
App
Intelligence
Image Capture
19. Small - stand-alone - portable personal computer system
Home Page
laptop computer
Educational Media
ASCII format
20. A term used on the Twitter system for a prefix to a message (Tweet)consisting of a pound sign (#)and a topic name (e.g. - #ripstevejobs). Users begin a Tweet with a hash tag to allow others to identify posts and create their own messages on that topi
Digitizer
Distractors
Hash Tag
Absolute address or absolute positioning
21. A rule of thumb or flexible guideline that can be adapted to fit each instructional situation.
Heuristic
Applications
Educational Media
Foreign Language Dictionaries
22. Storage inside the computer. The CPU in a personal computer retrieves and deposits information in the computer's internal memory. Also called main memory.
Instructional method
Accelerometer
Internal memory
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
23. 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.
Bit
Distance Education
ASCII format
Domain
24. Compression is the process to reduce file size through 'zipping' or 'archiving'. The compressed or zipped file can be from a large file or can contain several files that have been squeezed into a single file. After compression - the extraction proces
Distance Education
logic bomb
Compression and extraction tools
Monitor
25. The application of knowledge to solve problems or complete tasks that are realistic and meaningful.
Image Formats
File Server
link
Learning in context
26. A distance education technology that uses a speakerphone to extend a basic telephone call and permits instruction and interaction between individuals or groups at two or more locations.
Constructivism
Electronic reference software
Audio Teleconferencing
Digital Storytelling
27. The collection of all related records in a database.
Label
CLI
Datafile
Compensation
28. A blueprint for instructional lessons based on analyses of the learners - the context - and the task to be learned. Planning involves the process of deciding what methods of instruction are best for bringing about desired changes in student knowledge
Firewall
Instructional plan
Cyberbullying
Discovery Learning
29. Category of visuals that are generally exhibited on display boards - (e.g. - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards) and are not projected.
DVD
Fair Use Guidelines
Displayed Visuals
Filtering Software
30. 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
Instructional technology
Attention
Equilibration
inert knowledge
31. 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.
mainstreaming
Ergonomics
Halftone
Home Page
32. Ancillary feature of word processors that identifies a range of grammatical and format errors such as improper capitalization - lack of subject-verb agreement - split infinitives - and so on.
Grammar Checker
Instruction
Domain
long-term memory (LTM)
33. Short for metamorphosing; refers to an animation technique in which one image gradually turns into another; also known as tweening
morphing
Hits
music sequencer
Integrated learning system (IIS)
34. A type of hypermedia authoring software from Adobe that has become commonly used to create interactive web-based animations
Internet
Design
Intrinsic motivation
Flash
35. The process of determining which digital tools and which methods for implementing them are the most appropriate responses to given educational needs and problems
High-Level Language
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
integrating educational technology
Iris
36. Software that is given away free of charge - but whose author still retains all rights.
Freeware
Computer Conferencing
Generative Processing
Frame
37. Occurs when it is necessary to keep a certain position that is not relative to the new cell location. It is possible by inserting a dollar sign - $ - before the column letter or a $ before the row number - or sometimes both to lock the cell location
Absolute address or absolute positioning
Computer-Managed Instruction
CLI
Drill And Practice
38. Ways of storing digitized images for use in webpages and multimedia products - e.g. - GIF - JPEG
Feedback
Implementation
Domain Name
Image Formats
39. Sections programmed to display on a web page; the contents of each frame are actually different web pages displayed on one screen; the term refers to a single complete graphic image that is displayed chronologically with other graphic images. A singl
instructional software
Designing Instruction
Frame
learning hierarchies
40. A unique electronic address for an individual or organization - analogous to a postal address.
Email Address
Animation key frame
Audiographics
Crowdsourcing
41. 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
Modem
Formula
FAQ
Animation key frame
42. A type of outsourcing in which many people are asked to give their input online to solve a problem that has proven resistant to efforts of single individuals or organizations
Crowdsourcing
Avatar Spaces
Forms Makers
Enactive Learning
43. Stories that can be read from a computer screen - on mobile devices - or as print books with interactive buttons; also known as interactive storybooks
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Electronic Storybooks
Java
44. A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink.
Inkjet printer
DVD
Internet
Discovery Learning
45. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
microcomputer
inert knowledge
High-Level Language
Cloud Computing
46. Any pictorial representation of information such as charts - graphs - animated figures - or photographic reproductions.
Copyright
Analogy
Graphic
Mouse
47. Short for 'web log -' a web page that serves as a publicly accessible location for discussing a topic or issue; began as personal journals and expanded to become public discussion forums in which anyone can give opinions on a topic
Copyright
Blog
Key word
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
48. 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 -
Learning Theory
Google Docs
Hits
Bitmap and vector graphics
49. An internal network or a subset of the Internet - usually available only to the members of the organization that set it up; as a provision for security - some technical department set up Intranets which are parts of the Internet used internally withi
Lossy compression
intranet
Electronic Mentor
HTML 5
50. Stands for 'Joint Photographic Experts Group -' an image format used for photographs; it is a format for encoding photographs that uses fewer bytes than the pixel-by-pixel approaches of GIF. It supports many colors and it is possible to obtain good q
Avatar Spaces
Absolute address or absolute positioning
JPEG (also JPG)
Halftone
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