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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A computer language that contains instructions that resemble natural language and that does not require knowledge of the inner workings of the computer to use successfully.
Implementation
Extraneous Processing
Mass storage
High-Level Language
2. 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
Favorites File
Drop cap
Application Activity
Content expert
3. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Electronic Slide Shows
multiple intelligences theory
Font
4. 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
music synthesizer
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
inert knowledge
Hardware
5. Pavlovian view of learning as involuntary physical responses to outside stimuli (e.g. - dogs salivate automatically at the sight of a dog food can)
ARPAnet
Classical Conditioning
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Instructional technology
6. 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.
Fair Use Guidelines
Discovery Learning
Bookmark
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
7. Activity when students submit their written or artistic products to a website
ActionScript
Electronic Publishing
Cognitive Load
Java applets
8. A pointing device used to select and move information on the computer display screen. When the mouse is moved along a flat surface such as a desktop - an arrow moves across the display screen in the same direction. The mouse typically has one to thre
Inclusion
Computer
Input device
Mouse
9. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.
Megabyte
Educational Technology
Instructional designer
Discovery Learning
10. A camera that stores pictures in computer compatible digital format rather than on film.
Learning style
Digital Camera
Copyright
Database filters and queries
11. 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
Analogy
Constructivist Learning
Attitudes
Instructional technology
12. A level of skill that allows a person to respond immediately (i.e. - automatically) with the correct answer to a problem
Freeware
Mug shots
Automaticity
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
13. A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink.
Inkjet printer
Heuristic
Digital Literacy
Learning
14. 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.
Bulletin Board (BB)
Grammar Checker
Frame
Extraneous Processing
15. 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
Hands-On/Minds-On Science
Cyberbullying
Image Editing Programs
music sequencer
16. Short for metamorphosing; refers to an animation technique in which one image gradually turns into another; also known as tweening
CPU
Animation - path
Domain Name
morphing
17. A type of learning that refers to the ability to perform complex physical actions in a smooth - coordinated manner.
Blog
Demonstration
Motor skills
Freeware
18. The practice of collecting data from all the information available and searching it to see relationships among the data elements
integrated packages
Data Mining
Blu-Ray Disc
Imagery
19. 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
Lighting
Bitmap and vector graphics
Mnemonic
Database filters and queries
20. Within a computer - this is an area that stores instructions (programs) and information that can be readily accessed by the processor.
ActionScript
Files
Memory
Hash Tag
21. 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
Logo
Blog
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Heuristic
22. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems
interactive whiteboard activity software
Content expert
Enactive Learning
Classroom Observation
23. The specific items used in a lesson and delivered through various media formats - such as video - audio - print - and so on.
information and communication technology (ICT)
Instructional materials
Instructional effectiveness
Computer Program
24. Category of visuals that are generally exhibited on display boards - (e.g. - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards) and are not projected.
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Instructional designer
Individualized education program (IEP)
Displayed Visuals
25. 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
Frame
Dithering
Downloading
imagemap
26. 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.
Bookmark
Google Docs
Feedback
Artificial intelligence (AI)
27. 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
Crowdsourcing
interactive whiteboard
Animation key frame
Encoding
28. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.
Intelligent tutoring system
Distractors
Authoring Software
Advance Organizer
29. An internal state that leads people to choose to work toward certain goals and experiences. Defines what people will do rather than what they can do.
Mnemonic
ADDIE model
Event Driven
Motivation
30. Programs that allow users to create and manipulate geometric constructions and provide environments in which to make discoveries and conjectures related to geometry concepts and objects
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Database
Iris
Cyberbullying
31. Device consisting of a transmitter - which senses the heartbeat from the heart's electrical impulses - and a wristwatch receiver - which receives and records each beat through radio transmission from the transmitter
Fair Use Guidelines
Heart Rate Monitor
Inkjet printer
Learning style
32. An image format that allows transfer of artwork between any software packages that use PostScript printing files; a vector graphics file format.
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Audiographics
Domain Name
Cooperative Learning
33. Software tools that automatically draw and print desired charts or graphs from data entered by users
Conditions
Accommodation
Charting/Graphing Tool
FAQ
34. Originally called OAK - a high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. An object-oriented language similar to C++ - it has become popular for its ability to do interactive graphic and animation activities on web pages; a computer la
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Computer System
Java
Interactive media
35. 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
music sequencer
FM Amplification System
Library/media specialist
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
36. A type of instructional software tool consisting of hardware devices (probes) and software (probeware) to allow scientific data to be gathered and processed by a computer
Hardware
Google Docs
Hard Copy
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
37. The selection and arrangement of information - activities - methods - and media to help students meet predetermined learning goals.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
integrating educational technology
Instruction
Intrinsic motivation
38. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.
Bit
Macro
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Mailing list
39. A graphical means of illustrating the logical flow of a computer program.
Inkjet printer
Digital Literacy
Lossy compression
Flowcharting
40. Devices that record data over time with sensors
Alternative Keyboard
Listserv
Motor skills
Data Loggers
41. Multimedia that allows user interactions so that the user can determine the direction of the program or presentation.
Interactive multimedia
Blood Pressure Devices
Image Capture
Application Activity
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
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Geographic Information System (GIS)
long-term memory (LTM)
43. A machine that processes information according to a set of instructions.
Instructional activity
Computer
Motivation
Lighting
44. The products created by a database program; any collection of data stored in a computer or on a computer medium
interactive whiteboard activity software
Inkjet printer
Handicap
Files
45. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.
Digital Storytelling
CPU
Icon
Hacking
46. Not occurring at the same time - form of distance communications in which information and messages are left for the receiver to read later; contrasts with synchronous communications - in which information and messages are sent and received immediatel
Motivation
Classical Conditioning
Database Management System (DBMS)
Asynchronous
47. 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
Graphing Calculator
Gigabyte
Harmony
48. 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
Highlighting
Bitmap and vector graphics
Java applets
DVD
49. An instructional arrangement whereby students with disabilities receive instruction and services in a general education setting with regular education peers.
Computer Platforms
Inclusion
Handheld Technologies
Course Management System (CMS)
50. 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
Demonstration
Haptic Interface
MUD
joystick
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