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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. 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
MP3
DVD
Electronic Mentor
Internal memory
2. Classroom surfaces used for writing and displaying information - including chalkboards - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards - magnetic boards - and flip charts.
Motor skills
Dithering
inert knowledge
Display Boards
3. High definition DVD format
Course Management System (CMS)
Blu-Ray Disc
Drill And Practice
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
4. 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
FM Amplification System
instructional software
Electronic Gradebook
Internet
5. 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.
Content expert
Extraneous Processing
Cell
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
6. In cognitive load theory - cognitive processes that are required for making sense of material a person is trying to learn can overwhelm learner's cognitive capacity unless strategies are in place to handle it by learning theorist Robert Gagné as bein
Domain
Essential Processing
Multimedia authoring programs
Focusing Question
7. Also known as a web browser - software designed to allow a computer user to go to Internet websites that are connected to each other via the World Wide Web (WWW)
Browser
Fair Use Guidelines
Likert scale
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
8. The process of determining which digital tools and which methods for implementing them are the most appropriate responses to given educational needs and problems
Cell
Discussion
integrating educational technology
Intrinsic motivation
9. A type of instructional activity designed to help students understand - remember - and apply new information.
Information activity
laptop computer
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Javascript
10. A collection of information systematized by computer software to allow storage and easy retrieval through keyword searching; the program designed to accomplish these tasks
Database
Data Mining
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Compact Disc (CD)
11. Can be defined as a pleasing arrangement of parts - whether it be music - poetry - or color. In visual experiences - harmony is something that is pleasing to the eye. It engages the viewer and creates an inner sense of order. There are three formulas
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
Exergaming
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Harmony
12. 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
Geocaching
Full Immersion Systems
Interactive media
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
13. Software programs designed to perform a specific function for the user - such as processing text - performing calculations - and presenting content lessons.
Key word
Cookie
Handheld Technologies
Applications
14. 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
Halftone
Criteria
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Logo
15. Using a computer system to administer and score assessment measures; also - computer adaptive testing - computer-based testing
Evaluation
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Auto-correct
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
16. An instructional plan for an individual student (usually one with special needs) that describes the student's current level of proficiency and also establishes short- and long-term goals for future focus. An IEP is typically developed through a confe
Logo
Electronic Publishing
Individualized education program (IEP)
Bandwidth
17. The legal rights to an original work produced in any tangible medium of expression - including written works - works of art - music - photographs - and computer software.
Graphing Calculator
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Copyright
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
18. 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.
Formative Evaluation
Auto-tuning
Accommodation
Knowledge
19. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.
Generative Processing
Corrective Feedback
learning communities
Advance Organizer
20. 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
Declarative Information
Lighting
Foreign Language (FL)
Discovery Learning
21. Software that is given away free of charge - but whose author still retains all rights.
Accelerometer
microcomputer
Freeware
interactive whiteboard activity software
22. Computer software that continuously analyzes a student's test responses and presents more or less difficult questions based on the student's performance
Generative Processing
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Electronic Mail (email)
IEP Generator
23. Learning is a persisting change in human performance or performance potential [brought] about as a result of the learner's interaction with the environment. To change (or have the capacity to change) one's level of ability or knowledge.
Circular reference
Learning
Blu-Ray Disc
Digital Divide
24. A graphic representation of a real person in cyberspace; a three dimensional image that a person can choose to represent himself or herself in a virtual reality environment
Avatar
Image Formats
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Interlacing
25. An instructional approach that provides an appealing environment in which learners invest effort to follow prescribed rules in order to attain a challenging goal; designed to increase motivation by adding game rules to a learning activity
music synthesizer
Instructional game
Field
Display Boards
26. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software
Avatar Spaces
Evaluation Activity
Javascript
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
27. 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
Disequilibrium
mastery learning
Electronic Mentor
Classroom Observation
28. The setting or physical surroundings in which learning takes place - including the classroom - science or computer laboratory - gymnasium - playground - and so on.
Audiographics
Intelligent tutoring system
Learning environment
mainstreaming
29. 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
Impairment
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
Blu-Ray Disc
Criteria
30. 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
Concept Map
Blog
Key word
Groupware
31. Combines detailed information about a subject area and common student mistakes with a model of student performance to diagnose a given student's level of understanding. Also provides instruction designed to meet that student's individual needs. Somet
Intelligent tutoring system
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Learning environment
Digital Divide
32. The primary authoring language used to develop webpages; Its codes are document formatting codes that tell Web browsers how to display the page on the screen. Its files contain the text to be displayed on the Web page embedded in its unique 'tag' lan
information visualization
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Instructional game
33. 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
Heart Rate Monitor
DVD
intranet
Image Editing Programs
34. According to learning theorist Jerome Bruner - a more effective way of children learning concepts by discovering them during their interaction with the environment; an instructional method that uses an inductive - or inquiry - method to encourage stu
Digitizer
Discovery Learning
Interactive media
Listserv
35. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.
English Language Learners (ELL)
Learning Theory
Mailing list
Instructional appeal
36. Pictures of people that focus on just the head or from mid-chest and up are called mug shots. Mug shots are often used in newsletters - newspapers - school yearbooks and company directories. Mug shots of feature columnists may appear next to their co
Auto-correct
Mug shots
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Constructivist Learning
37. 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
inert knowledge
music editor
Classroom Observation
Mnemonic
38. 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
Inclusion
LCD projector
High-Level Language
Heart Rate Monitor
39. A device that allows analog audio or video to be captured in a form that the computer can use.
Digitizer
Asynchronous
Flash
Circular reference
40. 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
Implementation
mobile device
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
English as a Second Language (ESL)
41. 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.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Fair Use Guidelines
Design
Handheld Technologies
42. An instructional arrangement whereby students with disabilities receive instruction and services in a general education setting with regular education peers.
Body Composition Analyzer
integrating educational technology
Font
Inclusion
43. A revision of the HTML standard that provides many of the features of a Flash environment without using Flash
Hypertext
Label
HTML 5
morphing
44. 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.
Groupware
Blood Pressure Devices
malware
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
45. A type of problem solving that requires students to actively participate in real or hypothetical problem situations that reflect the types of experiences actually encountered in the discipline under study
Evaluation Activity
Essential Processing
Electronic Whiteboard
Case Study
46. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world
FM Amplification System
Assimilation
Clip Art
Exergaming
47. A type of learning that refers to the ability to perform complex physical actions in a smooth - coordinated manner.
CMYK graphics
Learning Theory
Firewall
Motor skills
48. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.
Cursor
Domain Name
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Domain
49. Acronym for 'frequently asked questions.' Used on the Internet to disseminate basic information and to reduce repetitive queries.
Google Docs
Mass storage
FAQ
Key word
50. 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 -
instant messaging (IM)
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
Audio Teleconferencing
JPEG (also JPG)
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