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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Types of computer systems identified by their operating systems - e.g. - PCs with Windows operating systems or Macintoshes with Mac-OS operating systems






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






3. The selection and arrangement of information - activities - methods - and media to help students meet predetermined learning goals.






4. 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






5. A network created in 1969 by the U.S. government-funded Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to enable communications among important defense sites in the event of a worldwide catastrophe such as a nuclear attack; later became the Internet






6. A worldwide radio-navigation system made possible by a bank of orbiting satellites and their ground stations to pinpoint exact geographic locations on earth; a device that cross-references a GPS signal with mapping software and shows the location to






7. The practice of collecting data from all the information available and searching it to see relationships among the data elements






8. Pavlovian view of learning as involuntary physical responses to outside stimuli (e.g. - dogs salivate automatically at the sight of a dog food can)






9. A collection of components that includes the computer and all of the devices used with it.






10. 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.






11. A response made by an individual.






12. 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






13. Music-making equipment controlled by a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) device






14. An animation key frame is a single still image defined throughout an animated sequence that occurs at a pivotal point in that sequence.






15. A system of information representation in which the information-text - graphics - animation - audio - and/or video is stored in interlinked nodes; software that allows information stored in various media or various parts of media to be connected (oft






16. Input/output devices that provide for storage and retrieval of programs and other types of data that must be stored over a long period of time. Also referred to as external or auxiliary memory.






17. The belief system that holds that humans construct all knowledge in their minds by participating in certain experiences; knowledge is the result of constructing both mechanisms for learning and one's own unique version of the knowledge - colored by b






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






19. 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.






20. A type of learning that refers to the ability to perform complex physical actions in a smooth - coordinated manner.






21. 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






22. Customized keyboards created for users with special needs (e.g. - enlarging the keys to provide more space for the student to press a key; removing keys that are not relevant for a given software; programming multi-step functions like save - print -






23. 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






24. 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.






25. 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






26. The application of knowledge to solve problems or complete tasks that are realistic and meaningful.






27. Condition that occurs when an impairment limits an individual from performing an activity in a manner normally expected for human beings (communicating with others - hearing - movement - manipulating objects - etc.)






28. 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.






29. The amount of working memory that is available to a learner to process new information and that is taken up at a given time by a learning task






30. Software tools that automatically draw and print desired charts or graphs from data entered by users






31. Software used by architects and others to aid in the design of structures such as houses and cars






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






33. A video or computer display device. The most common output device for personal computers.






34. A synchronous form of Internet communication in which individuals type messages to one another






35. Also called a mail server - this is the computer or software that operates an e-mail discussion list on the Internet. Interested individuals subscribe to the list and subsequently receive all e-mail that is sent to the listserv; on the Internet - a p






36. Online sites that function like other dictionaries in that they give definitions for words and phrases in common usage - but provide the additional capability of looking up the word or phrase in one language (e.g. - French or German) and get the defi






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






38. A device that allows analog audio or video to be captured in a form that the computer can use.






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.






44. Coined by a Boeing researcher in 1990 - it refers to a computer-generated environment in which a real-life scene is overlaid with information that enhances our understanding and uses of it






45. Using technology to accommodate difficulties individuals have with performing specific tasks - e.g. - providing speech recognition software to those with physical disabilities that limit their use of a pencil or a keyboard






46. Input device - used primarily with games - that moves on-screen figures or a cursor with a handle that moves in all directions






47. An instructional arrangement whereby students with disabilities receive instruction and services in a general education setting with regular education peers.






48. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure






49. Abbreviation for application - software that normally has an extension of .app and refers to any Internet application specifically designed to run on mobile devices such as smartphones






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






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