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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. In cognitive load theory - the use of working memory that results in productive - engaged learning
Files
Attention
CRT
Generative Processing
2. First released in 2002 - a scripting language that must be installed on a server to be used in web development; a scripting language that generates HTML source code to create dynamic web pages
ASP.NET
ARPAnet
Chat Room
Instructional method
3. An individual who gains access to computer systems without authorization.
Hacker
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
4. Software tools used to enhance and format photos that are then imported into desktop publishing systems or webpage products
Hybrid Learning
Image Editing Programs
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
5. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform
ActionScript
Cursor
Field
integrating educational technology
6. 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
Distance Education
Assimilation
Firewall
Graphing Calculator
7. General category of portable computer devices such as smart phones and tablets (e.g. - iPads)
Downloading
Directory File Structure
mobile device
Electronic reference software
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)
Logo
Geocaching
Classical Conditioning
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
9. 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
Instructional designer
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Computer Gradebook
10. 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
Animation key frame
Inkjet printer
Data Loggers
Case Study
11. 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.
Model
inert knowledge
High-Level Language
Formative Evaluation
12. The process of selectively receiving information from the environment.
Imagery
Input device
learning hierarchies
Attention
13. The application of technological processes and tools which can be used to solve problems of instruction and learning with an emphasis on applying the most current digital and information tools.
mastery learning
Electronic reference software
Educational Technology
Learning in context
14. Also known as information design uses pictures - symbols - colors - and words to communicate ideas - illustrate information - or express relationships visually.
Criteria
information visualization
Displayed Visuals
Assessment
15. Subject matter expert who volunteers to work closely with students online
Electronic Mentor
Feedback
Classroom Observation
Image Formats
16. A series of steps needed to solve a particular problem or perform a particular task; a methodical - logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier -- but also more error-prone -- use of heu
Instructional effectiveness
Algorithm
Megabyte
Clip Art
17. A response made by an individual.
Chat Room
Behavior
Knowledge
Listserv
18. A graphical means of illustrating the logical flow of a computer program.
mainstreaming
Domain
mastery learning
Flowcharting
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
Font
long-term memory (LTM)
Heart Rate Monitor
Database filters and queries
20. A collection of a person's work products over time - arranged so that he or she and others can see how skills have developed and progressed - and presented in an electronic form such as a website or multimedia product; websites created by students to
Frame
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Data Mining
Instructional appeal
21. Ways of storing digitized images for use in webpages and multimedia products - e.g. - GIF - JPEG
Dithering
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Memory
Image Formats
22. An asynchronous communication medium in which two or more individuals exchange messages using personal computers connected via a network or telephone lines.
Groupware
Lighting
microcomputer
Computer Conferencing
23. 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
interactive whiteboard activity software
Geocaching
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
24. Feedback that tells students specifically what they can do to correct their performance.
Event Driven
Corrective Feedback
information literacy
Cookie
25. 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)
Instructional activity
Browser
Animation - path
Cursor
26. In a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly
Lossy compression
Favorites File
ActionScript
Instructional method
27. The process of determining which digital tools and which methods for implementing them are the most appropriate responses to given educational needs and problems
integrating educational technology
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
laptop computer
Flowcharting
28. Pre-developed applications created with the Java programming language; make possible web page features such as animations and special effects - graphics and buttons - interactive displays -web data collection forms - and chatrooms
meta-analysis
High-Level Language
Implementation
Java applets
29. The process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and activities.
Java
Crowdsourcing
Designing Instruction
ARPAnet
30. 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
Intelligent tutoring system
Hash Tag
Instruction
multiple intelligences theory
31. 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
Displayed Visuals
Implementation
Gesture-Recognition System
Internet
32. 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
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
Implementation
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Logo
33. A file format for storing and sending video sequences on a network
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
integrated packages
Firewall
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
34. A type of learning that refers to the ability to perform complex physical actions in a smooth - coordinated manner.
Body Composition Analyzer
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
Motor skills
Electronic Publishing
35. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.
Avatar
Hacking
Criteria
Graphic
36. 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
Behavior
Cognitive Load
Evaluation
Java applets
37. A video or computer display device. The most common output device for personal computers.
Augmented Reality
Absolute address or absolute positioning
Key word
Monitor
38. 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
Cloud Computing
JPEG (also JPG)
Hard Disk
Dithering
39. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.
Computer Program
Instructional efficiency
Criteria
Hacker
40. Teaching/learning model based on cognitive learning theory; holds that learners should generate their own knowledge through experience-based activities rather than being taught it by teachers
e-books (ebooks)
Learning Theory
information visualization
Constructivist Learning
41. A major category of locations on the Internet. Major domains include com (company) - edu (educational institution) - gov (government) - net (network) - and org (organization).
information and communication technology (ICT)
Domain
Avatar
Mouse
42. A measure of how much learners achieve per unit of time or dollar spent; for example - (Posttest - Pretest)/Time - or (Posttest - Pretest)/Cost.
Cooperative Learning
Hard Copy
Instructional efficiency
Analogy
43. A shortcut to encoding a series of actions in a computer program. Provides the means to perform a number of separate steps through a single command.
Macro
Electronic Gradebook
Digital Literacy
Criteria
44. Sections programmed to display on a web page; the contents of each frame are actually different web pages displayed on one screen; the term refers to a single complete graphic image that is displayed chronologically with other graphic images. A singl
Library/media specialist
Cursor
Frame
joystick
45. Activity when students submit their written or artistic products to a website
Alternative Keyboard
Internal memory
Electronic Publishing
music sequencer
46. An individual's preferred ways for processing and organizing information and for responding to environmental stimuli.
Learning style
Frame
information and communication technology (ICT)
IEP Generator
47. A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink.
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Implementation
Inkjet printer
Bitmap and vector graphics
48. A committee composed of the parent - administrator - assessment personnel - regular education teacher - special education teacher - and other pertinent representatives who meet on a regular basis to make decisions in regard to admission - services -
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
Likert scale
Displayed Visuals
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
49. 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
Halftone
Learning
Constructivist Learning
Compression and extraction tools
50. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software
JPEG (also JPG)
Hacker
Applications
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
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