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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. Use of the computer to orchestrate text - images - audio - and video to support a storytelling narrative with multimedia.






2. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by counting calories






3. 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






4. 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.






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






6. A type of information that includes facts - concepts - principles - and the relationships among them.






7. Software designed for groups of students or teachers alike. The computer is viewed by a cooperative group of students or can be projected to the entire class to stimulate discussions and debates.






8. An abnormality or loss of function in a physical - anatomical - or psychological structure; may be congenital (present at birth) or acquired through accident or disease






9. 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






10. Term for the distribution of applications - processing power - and storage across many computers accessible via the Internet.






11. Combinations of type characters that resemble human faces when turned sideways. Used to indicate emotion or intent on e-mail or in chat rooms.






12. Software tools that simplify the activity of making highly graphic materials such as awards certificates and greeting cards by offering sets of clip art and pre-designed templates to which people add their own content






13. 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






14. The purpose of interlacing is to have a partial image initially appear on screen rather than having to wait for the entire image to download. The main advantage of interlacing is that end users know what type of graphic image they are about to view a






15. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.






16. Each individual category of information recorded in a database; the smallest unit of information in a database






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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






20. The use of the computer in the management of instruction - including applications such as student record keeping - performance assessment - and monitoring students' progress.






21. Classroom surfaces used for writing and displaying information - including chalkboards - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards - magnetic boards - and flip charts.






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






23. 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






24. A level of skill that allows a person to respond immediately (i.e. - automatically) with the correct answer to a problem






25. A form of assessment that indicates whether or not students have learned what they must know before progressing to the next portion of the instruction.






26. A set of guidelines used to reliably appraise or judge products or performances.






27. 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






28. A device that includes a display screen connected to a computer and digital projector; allows information projected on the screen to be manipulated with special pens or one's hands and also allows drawings or notes from a given session to be saved an






29. Online environments in which users can interact through their graphic representations (i.e. - avatars)






30. An online activity in which students look at a database of caches listed at a geocaching website (e.g. - http://www.geocaching.com) - decide on a cache to hunt for - use GPSs to help them locate it - and share their experiences with others involved i






31. Small - stand-alone - portable personal computer system






32. Multiuser dungeon (or dimension or domain); a location on the Internet where several users at a time can interact with each other's avatars (graphic representations of each other); also known as a MUD Object Oriented or MOO






33. Previously created graphics designed to be added to word processing or desktop publishing documents or to computer-based instruction.






34. Software that is given away free of charge - but whose author still retains all rights.






35. A collection of eight bits - equivalent to one alphanumeric character.






36. According to learning theorist Robert Gagné - a sequenced set of building block skills a student must learn in order to learn a higher-order skill






37. Stories that can be read from a computer screen - on mobile devices - or as print books with interactive buttons; also known as interactive storybooks






38. A revision of the HTML standard that provides many of the features of a Flash environment without using Flash






39. 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






40. On the Internet - a way of transferring files from one computer to another using common settings and transmission procedures; also - to transfer files; computer users can use a File Transport Protocol (or FTP) client to transfer files to and from com






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. A collection of a person's work products over time - arranged so that he or she and others can see how skills have developed and progressed - and presented in an electronic form such as a website or multimedia product; websites created by students to






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






47. A type of learning that refers to the ability to recall specific information.






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






49. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software






50. A single networked delivery system that combines sophisticated computer-assisted instruction (CAI) with computer-managed instruction (CMI). Intellectual skills A type of learning that refers to a variety of thinking skills - including concept learnin