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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. The adaptive use of previously acquired knowledge to analyze and understand new situations.






2. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.






3. An event - object - or circumstance that comes after a behavior and is attributable to the behavior.






4. 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






5. 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.






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






7. An associational information-processing system in the text domain. In a hypertext system - text information is stored in nodes - and nodes are interconnected to other nodes of related information; in 1960 - Ted Nelson coined the term to describe a da






8. A small text file transferred to a web browser through an Internet server for the purpose of tracking the Internet usage habits of the person using the browser






9. Bitmaps are graphics stored patterns of colored dots (pixels on the screen). Vector graphics are stored as mathematical descriptions of sets of lines - triangles - squares - circles - etc - with defined line widths - line colors and - for polygons -






10. The software capability to copy images from web pages or computer applications and store them on your own computer.






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






12. Acronym for 'frequently asked questions.' Used on the Internet to disseminate basic information and to reduce repetitive queries.






13. Growing problem of online harassment in social networks






14. A common term in science education reform - synonymous with immersing students in authentic learning experiences






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






16. A built-in feature of word-processing software that automatically detects and corrects misspelled words and incorrect capitalization






17. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform






18. Typeface used in word processing or desktop publishing; the appearance of the text itself - which can be altered through the selection of various typefaces and sizes of type. These include many typefaces common to the printing field - such as Times -






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






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






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






22. A form of evaluation that involves having a knowledgeable person come into the classroom to watch a lesson in process - to comment on how well the materials and activities work - and to make suggestions for improvements.






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






24. Advanced calculators that can graph equations - as well as perform calculation functions involved in higher-level math and science problems; allows users to enter equations and shows graphs that result from those equations






25. Compression is the process to reduce file size through 'zipping' or 'archiving'. The compressed or zipped file can be from a large file or can contain several files that have been squeezed into a single file. After compression - the extraction proces






26. An asynchronous communication medium in which two or more individuals exchange messages using personal computers connected via a network or telephone lines.






27. 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






28. Media formats that allow or require some level of physical activity from the user - which in some way alters the sequence of presentation.






29. A printed copy of computer output.






30. An electronic go-between by which the computer communicates with a peripheral device.






31. A type of learning that refers to feelings - beliefs - and values that lead individuals to make consistent choices when given the opportunity.






32. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.






33. 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






34. An assessment instrument consisting of a series of statements with which students indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement; created by psychologist Rensis Likert






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






36. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems






37. A statistical method designed by Gene V Glass (1976) to summarize results across studies and measure the size of the effect a 'treatment' such as technology-based methods has over and above traditional methods






38. A school specialist who helps students and teachers to become effective users of ideas and information by providing access to materials - providing instruction - and working with teachers to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual






39. Comprehension exercises with certain words removed to require students to fill in the blanks






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






41. 'Lossless' compression such as the GIF format is generally safer for recompression since it utilizes 'lossless' compression. Meaning when the GIF image is compressed - no information is lost from its contents. On the other hand - formats that utilize






42. Instructional format that combines elements of face-to-face teaching and learning with elements of distance education. Also known as blended learning.






43. 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






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






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






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






47. An individual who gains access to computer systems without authorization.






48. Types of computer systems identified by their operating systems - e.g. - PCs with Windows operating systems or Macintoshes with Mac-OS operating systems






49. A question typically used at the beginning of a lesson to direct students' attention to particularly important aspects of the new information.






50. 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