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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Previously created graphics designed to be added to word processing or desktop publishing documents or to computer-based instruction.






2. Short for malicious software - any software specifically designed to damage - destroy - disrupt operations - or spy on the operation of computers






3. A type of instructional activity designed to help students understand - remember - and apply new information.






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






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






6. Professional organization for music educators






7. A single silicon chip that contains all of the CPU circuits for a computer system.






8. A measurement appraisal process that is ongoing - developmentally appropriate - and dynamic; the process of gathering evidence of learning.






9. Graphics generally use RGB (Red - Green - and Blue) or CMYK colors. While graphics on the Web or designed for on-screen display are RGB images - both commercial offset printing and inkjet desktop printing utilize CMYK. Dots of cyan (blue) - magenta (






10. 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.






11. An image format that allows transfer of artwork between any software packages that use PostScript printing files; a vector graphics file format.






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






13. Pages or items listed as results of an Internet or database search






14. 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






15. A term used on the Twitter system for a prefix to a message (Tweet)consisting of a pound sign (#)and a topic name (e.g. - #ripstevejobs). Users begin a Tweet with a hash tag to allow others to identify posts and create their own messages on that topi






16. A standard adopted by the electronic music industry for controlling devices that play music; also known as musical instrument digital interface. Rather than recording sounds - MIDI instruments/software record finger action -- what note is being playe






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






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.






19. Similar to distance education - the notion of supporting learners - who may be situated locally or at a distance - with learning resources that may be distributed in space and time.






20. Sequences of frames shown in a linear way with presentation software (e.g. - PowerPoint)






21. 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.)






22. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.






23. Actively collaborating with learners to determine what learning means and how it can be enhanced within each individual learner. An emphasis is placed on drawing on the learner's own unique talents - capacities - and experiences.






24. The continuous evaluation of instruction before - during - and after implementation - which leads to continual revision and modification in order to increase student learning.






25. '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






26. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.






27. 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






28. Using a computer system to administer and score assessment measures; also - computer adaptive testing - computer-based testing






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






30. A procedure of instruction selected to help learners achieve objectives or understand the content or message of instruction (e.g. - presentation - simulation - drill and practice - cooperative learning).






31. Software that protects a school's or company's entire computer system from attempts by others to gain unauthorized access to it and also prevents access by users to certain sites; or set up to prevent someone from going to certain locations on the In






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






33. 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






34. 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






35. 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.






36. Liquid crystal display screen - commonly used in computers and also in conjunction with display panels and projectors as large-group display devices.






37. System in which a camera or sensor reads body movements and communicates them to a computer - which processes the gestures as commands and uses them to control devices or displays






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






39. 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






40. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget - learning depends on this process so it is important for teachers to confront students with new experiences or data to advance their cognitive de






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






42. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world






43. 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 -






44. A target language - or language of study - when the language being studied is spoken mainly in other countries






45. The second phase of the Plan - Implement - Evaluate model. Focus is on the use of instructional materials and activities designed to help students achieve the outcomes specified in the instructional plan.






46. 'Image map' allows graphics to respond to mouse clicks to lead to more than one place from a single graphic. Clickable maps can be based on graphical maps such as floor plans - road maps - regional maps - and the like. The imagemapper - or simple ima






47. Texts in digital form that may be read on a computer or e-book readers; becoming a popular alternative to printed texts






48. A camera that stores pictures in computer compatible digital format rather than on film.






49. 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






50. A computer database program that can store and manipulate students' grades.