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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic






2. Also known as a hot link or hot spot. On the Internet - a piece of text or an image that has been programmed into a web page to send the browser to another Internet location; in a multimedia product - a piece of text or an image that has been program






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






4. One of the rights accorded to the owner of copyright is the right to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords. This right is subject to certain limitations found in sections 107 through 118 of the copyright law






5. Ways of storing digitized images for use in webpages and multimedia products - e.g. - GIF - JPEG






6. Originally - the ability to use computer devices and software to locate and use information; now refers to skills in using the information that technological devices carry - in addition to skills in using the devices themselves






7. 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






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






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






10. An instructional method that involves small heterogeneous groups of students working toward a common academic goal or task. Its use promotes positive interdependence - individual accountability - collaborative/social skills - and group processing ski






11. A major category of locations on the Internet. Major domains include com (company) - edu (educational institution) - gov (government) - net (network) - and org (organization).






12. A revision of the HTML standard that provides many of the features of a Flash environment without using Flash






13. A liquid crystal display device used with a computer or VCR for large-group display.






14. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.






15. The process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and activities.






16. 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






17. A file format for storing and sending video sequences on a network






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






19. In cognitive load theory - cognitive processes that are required for making sense of material a person is trying to learn can overwhelm learner's cognitive capacity unless strategies are in place to handle it by learning theorist Robert Gagné as bein






20. 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






21. A set of related principles explaining changes in human performance or performance potential in terms of the causes of those changes.






22. Small - multi-purpose devices such as cellphones - e-books - and 'smart' pens that make it easy to view - communicate - and share information - regardless of location






23. A printer that combines laser and photocopying technology to produce very high-quality output - comparable to that produced in typesetting. Laser printers can produce text as well as high-quality graphics and can achieve print densities of up to 1 -2






24. A mathematical expression that directs an electronic spreadsheet to perform various kinds of calculations on the numbers entered in it; in a spreadsheet - a command inserted in a cell and used to do calculations on data






25. A response made by an individual.






26. Proposed by learning theorist Albert Bandura as learning that occurs through actions - rather than by observation






27. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.






28. 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






29. 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.






30. An instructional designer's roles and responsibilities include: researching K-12 educator user requirements for portal development - multi-media tools and video-mediated learning - determining the screen layout - creating the flowcharts - and specify






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






32. 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






33. Combinations of type characters that resemble human faces when turned sideways. Used to indicate emotion or intent on e-mail or in chat rooms.






34. 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






35. Tools offered through a special Google site that provide users access to online programs for word processing - spreadsheets - and presentations; the site offers storage of documents on a Google server and allows for sharing of documents among multipl






36. A computer network covering a limited geographical area - such as a single building or even a single room within a building; in a typical local area network (or LAN) configuration - one computer is designated as the file server which stores all of th






37. The process of translating information into some meaningful form that can be remembered.






38. The iris is used to control the opening behind the lens that allows light to enter the camera. When lighting is low the iris may be opened to let in more light. And when the light level is high the iris can be partially closed to let in less light. B






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






40. The purpose of interlacing is to have a partial image initially appear on screen rather than having to wait for the entire image to download. The main advantage of interlacing is that end users know what type of graphic image they are about to view a






41. 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.






42. Any practical device used to make information easier to remember - including rhymes - acronyms - and acrostics.






43. 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.






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






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






46. An individual's preferred ways for processing and organizing information and for responding to environmental stimuli.






47. Occurs when it is necessary to keep a certain position that is not relative to the new cell location. It is possible by inserting a dollar sign - $ - before the column letter or a $ before the row number - or sometimes both to lock the cell location






48. 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






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






50. A teaching and learning model based on behavioral and cognitive theories; students receive information from teachers and do teacher-directed activities