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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. A collection of components that includes the computer and all of the devices used with it.






2. Software that enables the user to enter - edit - store - retrieve - sort - and search through computer databases.






3. Designates a type of learning of English that occurs after a student achieves some level of proficiency in another - native language; more commonly-used term is now English Language Learning or ELL






4. 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 -






5. 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






6. Feedback that tells students specifically what they can do to correct their performance.






7. Systems that allow individuals to view and examine the world through multiple layering of geographic data within a spatial environment; use of technology for visualization - analysis - and measurement of features and phenomena






8. 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






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






10. A form of evaluation that involves watching students as they work through some part(s) of the lesson.






11. A computer system set up to allow notices to be posted and viewed by anyone who has access to the network






12. Piagetian view of condition children experience when they confront new and unfamiliar features of their environment that do not fit with their current views of the world






13. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.






14. A three-dimensional representation of a real object; it may be larger - smaller - or the same size as the object represented.






15. A small pictorial or graphical representation of a computer hardware function or component - or a computer software program - commonly associated with a graphical user interface.






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






17. Category of visuals that are generally exhibited on display boards - (e.g. - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards) and are not projected.






18. Multiuser dungeon (or dimension or domain); a location on the Internet where several users at a time can interact with each other's avatars (graphic representations of each other); also known as a MUD Object Oriented or MOO






19. A response made by an individual.






20. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.






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






22. Short for metamorphosing; refers to an animation technique in which one image gradually turns into another; also known as tweening






23. 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.)






24. An activity in which students with disabilities participate in one or more selected classes in general education






25. An authoring specification on the Internet for how data will be collected at a website - CGI programs are written in a language such as PERL






26. 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






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






28. A unique vocal distortion technique made possible with vocal-editing software






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






35. Professional organization for music educators






36. 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






37. 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






38. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software






39. 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






40. 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






41. An object-oriented scripting language that - like Java - is used to create dynamic websites






42. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.






43. An input accessory lets the computer user input data into the computer - whereas an output device allows the computer to communicate its results to the world outside. Input/output devices are also called I/O devices. The computer keyboard - display a






44. A field of study focusing on the design of technology systems that align with human characteristics - needs - and capabilities.






45. 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






46. 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.






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






48. 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






49. The preliminary or main web page of a particular website.






50. A unique electronic address for an individual or organization - analogous to a postal address.