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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A question typically used at the beginning of a lesson to direct students' attention to particularly important aspects of the new information.
Consequence
Course Management System (CMS)
CMYK graphics
Focusing Question
2. A form of evaluation that involves having a knowledgeable person come into the classroom to watch a lesson in process - to comment on how well the materials and activities work - and to make suggestions for improvements.
Classroom Observation
Learning
Grammar Checker
Computer Gradebook
3. A set of guidelines used to reliably appraise or judge products or performances.
Assessment Rubric
Equilibration
Java applets
Flash
4. Resource for students with hearing impairments in which the teacher wears a wireless microphone and students with auditory processing learning disabilities wear receivers that amplify the teacher's voice and serve to focus attention
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
FM Amplification System
Bookmark
Advance Organizer
5. A video or computer display device. The most common output device for personal computers.
ASCII format
Electronic Slide Shows
Monitor
Learning environment
6. The continuous evaluation of instruction before - during - and after implementation - which leads to continual revision and modification in order to increase student learning.
Domain Name
long-term memory (LTM)
link
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
7. On computer networks - a location for person-to-person real-time (synchronous) interaction by typing messages.
Constructivism
Accommodation
Intelligence
Chat Room
8. 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 -
learning communities
instant messaging (IM)
Domain Name
Backbone
9. 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
Mosaic
Interlacing
Displayed Visuals
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
10. 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
Graphic Document Makers
integrating educational technology
Clip Art
11. Acronym for 'frequently asked questions.' Used on the Internet to disseminate basic information and to reduce repetitive queries.
Crowdsourcing
FAQ
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Downloading
12. A system of information representation in which the information-text - graphics - animation - audio - and/or video is stored in interlinked nodes; software that allows information stored in various media or various parts of media to be connected (oft
Animation
CRT
Hypermedia
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
13. Using technology to accommodate difficulties individuals have with performing specific tasks - e.g. - providing speech recognition software to those with physical disabilities that limit their use of a pencil or a keyboard
mastery learning
joystick
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Compensation
14. A type of instructional activity that leads students to want to learn and to put in the effort required for learning.
Data Loggers
Motivation activity
imagemap
Applications
15. The preliminary or main web page of a particular website.
Home Page
Asynchronous
Animation key frame
Bit
16. Small - stand-alone - portable personal computer system
Instructional materials
Geographic Information System (GIS)
laptop computer
Instructional game
17. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.
Megabyte
Cybercheating
logic bomb
Data Loggers
18. A device that allows analog audio or video to be captured in a form that the computer can use.
Animation
Forms Makers
Internet
Digitizer
19. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
Home Page
instructional software
Focusing Question
microcomputer
20. 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.)
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Hands-On/Minds-On Science
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Disability
21. Ways of storing digitized images for use in webpages and multimedia products - e.g. - GIF - JPEG
Image Formats
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Internet
Implementation
22. The incorrect or less appropriate alternative answers for a given multiple-choice question. Also called foils.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Distractors
logic bomb
Blu-Ray Disc
23. A set of related principles explaining changes in human performance or performance potential in terms of the causes of those changes.
Hacking
Learning Theory
Fair Use Guidelines
Fair Use
24. 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
Attitudes
joystick
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
25. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.
Mailing list
interactive or dynamic geometry software
imagemap
Individualized education program (IEP)
26. A type of mnemonic in which mental pictures are used to represent new information.
Imagery
Chat
Learning environment
Motivation
27. Software tools that create documents and web pages with 'fillable' forms
Cooperative Learning
Forms Makers
Bookmark
intranet
28. Classroom surfaces used for writing and displaying information - including chalkboards - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards - magnetic boards - and flip charts.
Conditional Information
Mnemonic
Display Boards
Inkjet printer
29. Software designed to help teach information and/or skills related to a topic; also known as instructional software or courseware - computer-based instruction (CBI) - computer-based learning (CBL) - computer-assisted learning (CAL) - or generic terms
Behavior
Haptic Interface
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Full Immersion Systems
30. 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
Cooperative Learning
Event Driven
Forms Makers
Java applets
31. Online sites that allow users to input sentences and paragraphs of text in one language and get a translation into another language
Mosaic
Feedback
Instructional designer
language translators (machine translation)
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
intranet
JPEG (also JPG)
ASP.NET
Global Positioning System (GPS)
33. 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
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Cloze Exercises
Java
34. Sometimes called paint or raster graphics - in which each pixel directly corresponds to a spot on the display screen. When scaled to larger sizes - this type of graphic looks jagged or aliased; Developed originally for use on Disk Operating System (D
interactive whiteboard
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Generative Processing
Cursor
35. Term for the distribution of applications - processing power - and storage across many computers accessible via the Internet.
Cloud Computing
Analogy
Educational Technology
Artificial intelligence (AI)
36. The software capability to copy images from web pages or computer applications and store them on your own computer.
Instruction
Cyberbullying
Image Capture
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
37. Can be defined as a pleasing arrangement of parts - whether it be music - poetry - or color. In visual experiences - harmony is something that is pleasing to the eye. It engages the viewer and creates an inner sense of order. There are three formulas
Information activity
Harmony
Database filters and queries
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
38. Subject matter expert who volunteers to work closely with students online
music editor
Electronic Mentor
Cloud Computing
Cell
39. A teaching and learning model based on behavioral and cognitive theories; students receive information from teachers and do teacher-directed activities
Directed Instruction
Digital Storytelling
meta-analysis
Data Loggers
40. 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
MUD
IEP Generator
information and communication technology (ICT)
Instructional designer
41. A 4.72-inch-diameter disc on which a laser has digitally recorded information such as audio - video - or computer data.
Likert scale
Event Driven
Mosaic
Compact Disc (CD)
42. 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
intranet
integrating educational technology
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Foreign Language (FL)
43. The process of taking a series of individual pictures -- called frames -- and stringing them together in a timed sequence to give the appearance of continuous motion. Animations are motion files - either in 2-D animation or 3-D animation. On the Web
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Interactive media
Classical Conditioning
Animation
44. A collection of eight bits - equivalent to one alphanumeric character.
Byte
Font
Distributed Education
Design
45. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Motor skills
Blood Pressure Devices
Essential Processing
46. A type of instructional activity that provides students with an opportunity to practice using what they are learning.
Application Activity
Email Address
DVD
Grammar Checker
47. The use of the computer in the management of instruction - including applications such as student record keeping - performance assessment - and monitoring students' progress.
Computer-Managed Instruction
Bookmark
Emoticons
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
48. A type of mnemonic in which an unfamiliar new word is linked to a similar-sounding familiar word - which is used to create a visual image that incorporates the meaning of the new word.
Favorites File
Directory File Structure
Home Page
Key word
49. A computer input device that permits the development of graphic images by translating drawing on the tablet into onscreen images.
Bit
Conditions
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Graphics Tablet
50. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating
Cybercheating
JPEG (also JPG)
Constructivist Learning
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format