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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.






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






3. Information provided to students regarding how well they are doing during practice.






4. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world






5. Also known as a hot link or hot spot. On the Internet - a piece of text or an image that has been programmed into a web page to send the browser to another Internet location; in a multimedia product - a piece of text or an image that has been program






6. An event - object - or circumstance that prompts a behavior.






7. Activity when students submit their written or artistic products to a website






8. Receiving information over a network from another computer; to bring information (e.g. - text files -images) to a computer from the Internet or other network or from a computer to a disc






9. 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






10. Resource for students with hearing impairments in which the teacher wears a wireless microphone and students with auditory processing learning disabilities wear receivers that amplify the teacher's voice and serve to focus attention






11. Within a computer - this is an area that stores instructions (programs) and information that can be readily accessed by the processor.






12. Fundamental to most operating systems is the concept of files and directories (or folders). A file system in most operating resembles an inverted tree with the roots at the top and branches at the bottom. This tree structure uses directories or folde






13. The process of translating information into some meaningful form that can be remembered.






14. 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






15. A series of steps needed to solve a particular problem or perform a particular task; a methodical - logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier -- but also more error-prone -- use of heu






16. 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.






17. A worldwide collection of computer networks that can exchange information by using a common software standard; sometimes referred to (erroneously) as synonymous with the World Wide Web (WWW) - which is actually a subset of the Internet






18. Motivation in which the act itself is the reward.






19. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.






20. 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.






21. In order to display a full-color graphic image on a 256-color monitor - computers simulate the colors it cannot display by way of dithering - which is combining pixels from a 256-color palette into patterns that approximate other colors. At a distanc






22. 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






23. Graphics generally use RGB (Red - Green - and Blue) or CMYK colors. While graphics on the Web or designed for on-screen display are RGB images - both commercial offset printing and inkjet desktop printing utilize CMYK. Dots of cyan (blue) - magenta (






24. Television-like display screen that uses a cathode ray tube.






25. Software tools that create documents and web pages with 'fillable' forms






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






29. In a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly






30. A file format for storing and sending video sequences on a network






31. An online system of web course design and delivery tools; Desire-to-Learn and BlackBoard are examples






32. 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.






33. Software that assists teachers in preparing individual educational plans (IEPs) required by law for students with special needs; automates the process by providing on-screen prompts that remind teachers of the required components in the plan






34. Classroom display that allow teachers or students to interact with the computer through a touch sensitive board on which the computer screen is projected.






35. A form of evaluation that involves watching students as they work through some part(s) of the lesson.






36. 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.






37. In desktop publishing - the first letter of a paragraph that is enlarged to 'drop' down two or more line. Drop caps are often seen at the beginning of newsletter article - where the top of the first letter of the first word lines up with the top of t






38. Antidote utilities to detect - eliminate and protect from viruses - worms and Trojans. It typically contains an engine - a resident virus shield - virus databases or DAT files - a task scheduler - an e-mail scanner - and an update manager. It guards






39. A type of instructional activity that provides students with an opportunity to practice using what they are learning.






40. 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






41. Computer programs used to develop multimedia or Web applications; programs used to create documents utilizing point and click features but require some knowledge of the program; authoring programs such as Adobe Flash can be used to create multimedia






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






43. A type of instructional activity designed to determine how well students have mastered lesson objectives.






44. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.






45. 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 -






46. A condition that arises when an individual is unable to fulfill a role due to an impairment or disability






47. New term for information technology or educational technology; refers to all technologies used in education and training - as well as strategies for using them; originally in more common use outside the U.S. - but becoming more popular worldwide due






48. A compact disc format for storing motion video and computer data. Sometimes called digital video disc or digital versatile disc; a standard single-layer - single-sided DVD can store 4.7GB of data. These high-capacity optical discs can store large fil






49. Software programs designed to perform a specific function for the user - such as processing text - performing calculations - and presenting content lessons.






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