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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by determining the percent of body fat
Body Composition Analyzer
music editor
Hands-On/Minds-On Science
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
2. An asynchronous communication medium in which two or more individuals exchange messages using personal computers connected via a network or telephone lines.
Directed Instruction
Electronic Storybooks
Computer Conferencing
Analogy
3. An internal state that leads people to choose to work toward certain goals and experiences. Defines what people will do rather than what they can do.
Image Formats
Motivation
ARPAnet
Iris
4. The specific items used in a lesson and delivered through various media formats - such as video - audio - print - and so on.
Designing Instruction
Disability
Instructional materials
Database
5. Programs that allow users to create and manipulate geometric constructions and provide environments in which to make discoveries and conjectures related to geometry concepts and objects
Grammar Checker
Artificial intelligence (AI)
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Handicap
6. A way to store addresses of frequently used websites on your computer; in a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly
Bookmark
Interlacing
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
CMYK graphics
7. 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 -
ARPAnet
Input device
instant messaging (IM)
Inclusion
8. Stands for 'Joint Photographic Experts Group -' an image format used for photographs; it is a format for encoding photographs that uses fewer bytes than the pixel-by-pixel approaches of GIF. It supports many colors and it is possible to obtain good q
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Internal memory
JPEG (also JPG)
Conditions
9. Hardware such as a keyboard - mouse - or joystick through which the user sends instructions to the computer.
Compression and extraction tools
Input device
Learning environment
Groupware
10. Refers to the attitudes - values - customs - and behavior patterns that characterize a social group.
Culture
interactive whiteboard
Computer-Managed Instruction
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
11. A type of learning that refers to the ability to recall specific information.
Learning in context
Knowledge
malware
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
12. The adaptive use of previously acquired knowledge to analyze and understand new situations.
Intelligence
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
intranet
multiple intelligences theory
13. Small - stand-alone - portable personal computer system
laptop computer
meta-analysis
Formative Evaluation
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
14. An assessment instrument consisting of a series of statements with which students indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement; created by psychologist Rensis Likert
Likert scale
Fair Use
Accommodation
Focusing Question
15. Circular reference of electronic spreadsheet formula happens when you enter a formula that includes functions referring back to the cell in which the formula is contained. When this happens - users receive an error message referring to circular refer
microcomputer
English Language Learners (ELL)
Instructional efficiency
Circular reference
16. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world
intranet
Graphics Tablet
Input/Output Device
Assimilation
17. Applications software that is designed specifically to deliver or assist with student instruction on a topic; software that can be used to enhance teaching and learning in many ways. Drill and practice - educational games - tutorials - simulation - a
Concept Map
CLI
Cybercheating
instructional software
18. A student-centered and teacher-guided instructional approach that engages students in investigating real world questions that they choose within a broad thematic framework. This instruction complements traditional instruction by providing a vehicle f
Cookie
inquiry-based learning
Animation key frame
Mailing list
19. The third phase in the Plan - Implement - Evaluate model. Focus is on assessment techniques used to determine the level of learning students have achieved and/or the effectiveness of the instructional materials.
Bookmark
Evaluation
Compact Disc (CD)
Monitor
20. Also known as information design uses pictures - symbols - colors - and words to communicate ideas - illustrate information - or express relationships visually.
Clip Art
information visualization
Hybrid Learning
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
21. Use of the computer to orchestrate text - images - audio - and video to support a storytelling narrative with multimedia.
Digital Storytelling
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Input device
Electronic Mentor
22. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.
Likert scale
Criteria
Mug shots
Computer System
23. A type of hypermedia authoring software from Adobe that has become commonly used to create interactive web-based animations
Computer Platforms
JPEG (also JPG)
Downloading
Flash
24. An animation key frame is a single still image defined throughout an animated sequence that occurs at a pivotal point in that sequence.
Animation key frame
Instructional method
interactive whiteboard activity software
Compression and extraction tools
25. The physical components of the computer system; the mechanical - magnetic - electronic - and electrical components making up a computer system
Image Formats
Database
Hardware
Cooperative Learning
26. A field of study focusing on the design of technology systems that align with human characteristics - needs - and capabilities.
Fair Use
Groupware
Ergonomics
Compact Disc (CD)
27. According to learning theorists Benjamin Bloom and B. F. Skinner - an instructional approach in which students learn a sequence of objectives that define mastery of the subject; students pass tests on each objective to demonstrate they have mastered
Electronic Mail (email)
mastery learning
Motivation
Feedback
28. 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.
Multimedia authoring programs
Charting/Graphing Tool
Downloading
Formative Evaluation
29. A distance education technology that uses a speakerphone to extend a basic telephone call and permits instruction and interaction between individuals or groups at two or more locations.
Motivation activity
Bulletin Board (BB)
Interlacing
Audio Teleconferencing
30. A major category of locations on the Internet. Major domains include com (company) - edu (educational institution) - gov (government) - net (network) - and org (organization).
mastery learning
Logo
Domain
ActionScript
31. 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
learner-centered instruction
Dithering
Absolute address or absolute positioning
Assistive Technology
32. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems
Ethnicity
interactive whiteboard activity software
Byte
Asynchronous
33. According to learning theorist B. E Skinner - experiences (positive reinforcement - negative reinforcement - punishment) that shape desired behavioral responses
integrated packages
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Domain
Mass storage
34. The practice of collecting data from all the information available and searching it to see relationships among the data elements
App
interactive whiteboard
Data Mining
Graphing Calculator
35. A type of information that describes the potential usefulness of facts - concepts - and principles.
information visualization
Keyboard
Blood Pressure Devices
Conditional Information
36. 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
ASCII format
Internal memory
Learning environment
Augmented Reality
37. Each individual category of information recorded in a database; the smallest unit of information in a database
Browser
Computer System
Internal memory
Field
38. On the Internet - a way of transferring files from one computer to another using common settings and transmission procedures; also - to transfer files; computer users can use a File Transport Protocol (or FTP) client to transfer files to and from com
language translators (machine translation)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Cookie
Iris
39. Software available in both CD and the Web formats. Electronic encyclopedia - including not only pictures - but sound and video as well. They also have powerful key word searching capabilities. In addition to electronic encyclopedias - research journa
Electronic reference software
Instructional plan
laptop computer
Hypertext
40. 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.
Classical Conditioning
Digital Divide
Distance Education
Digital Storytelling
41. 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
Lighting
Accelerometer
integrating educational technology
Discussion
42. 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)
Hash Tag
Database filters and queries
Browser
Attention
43. A synchronous form of Internet communication in which individuals type messages to one another
Chat
Analogy
Highlighting
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
44. 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
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Augmented Reality
Graphic
App
45. A large-capacity magnetic storage medium for computer data. Also called a fixed disk - it remains sealed within the case of most computers to protect it from dust - smoke - and other contaminants.
Haptic Interface
Hard Disk
music synthesizer
malware
46. An agreement created by a school or other educational organization that describes the risks involved in Internet use; outlines appropriate - safe student behavior on the Internet; asks students if they agree to use the Internet under these conditions
mastery learning
Bookmark
Graphic
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
47. Stories that can be read from a computer screen - on mobile devices - or as print books with interactive buttons; also known as interactive storybooks
Electronic Storybooks
Groupware
Instructional method
inert knowledge
48. The beta version of instructional software is a full-functioning version of the product with all known problems resolved. Both the client and the design team review the beta version to search for problems that will need to be addressed. Since the bet
Digital Literacy
Equilibration
Computer System
Beta version
49. 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
Database
Iris
Intelligent tutoring system
Geospatial Technologies
50. A file format for storing and sending video sequences on a network
Conditional Information
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Formula
Megabyte
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