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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Sequences of frames shown in a linear way with presentation software (e.g. - PowerPoint)
learner-centered instruction
Electronic Slide Shows
Charting/Graphing Tool
Motivation
2. A computer database program that can store and manipulate students' grades.
Hard Disk
Computer Gradebook
Domain
Local-area network (LAN)
3. 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
Formative Evaluation
Instructional plan
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Dithering
4. 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
integrated packages
Beta version
CMYK graphics
Digital Divide
5. According to learning theorist B. E Skinner - experiences (positive reinforcement - negative reinforcement - punishment) that shape desired behavioral responses
Compression and extraction tools
Directory File Structure
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
language translators (machine translation)
6. Software products (e.g. - Microsoft Works and AppleWorks) that have several applications in a single package (e.g. - word processing - spreadsheet - presentation functions -database programs)
Blood Pressure Devices
Geographic Information System (GIS)
integrated packages
Design
7. A type of learning that refers to feelings - beliefs - and values that lead individuals to make consistent choices when given the opportunity.
Computer Gradebook
Charting/Graphing Tool
Attitudes
Case Study
8. 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
Disability
Groupware
Cell
9. A special education law that requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Constructivist Learning
Hacker
Discussion
10. 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
Culture
Digitizer
Database Management System (DBMS)
11. A collection of components that includes the computer and all of the devices used with it.
Computer System
Content expert
Consequence
Interactive media
12. 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
Dithering
Audio Teleconferencing
ASP.NET
Displayed Visuals
13. A target language - or language of study - when the language being studied is spoken mainly in other countries
Drop cap
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Foreign Language (FL)
14. Various techniques designed to direct attention to certain aspects of information - including the use of bold - underlined - or italicized print; color - labels - and arrows for pictorial information; and speaking more loudly or more slowly to highli
Avatar
Circular reference
Hypermedia
Highlighting
15. Subject matter expert who volunteers to work closely with students online
Filtering Software
mastery learning
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Electronic Mentor
16. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.
Full Immersion Systems
Label
Inclusion
interactive whiteboard activity software
17. 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.
Heuristic
Declarative Information
Motivation
Constructivism
18. 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
Cognitive Overload
Byte
Absolute address or absolute positioning
Course Management System (CMS)
19. The use of the computer as a device for mediating communication between teacher and students and among students - often over distances. Electronic mail and computer conferencing are two types of application software commonly used in CMC.
ActionScript
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
Gigabyte
mainstreaming
20. 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
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Inkjet printer
Ethnicity
Library/media specialist
21. Devices that record data over time with sensors
Data Loggers
Imagery
Harmony
Ergonomics
22. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic
Imagery
Directory File Structure
Computer Gradebook
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
23. According to learning theorist Jerome Bruner - a more effective way of children learning concepts by discovering them during their interaction with the environment; an instructional method that uses an inductive - or inquiry - method to encourage stu
Digital Storytelling
Graphing Calculator
Generative Processing
Discovery Learning
24. 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.
Clip Art
Geocaching
Mass storage
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
25. An instructional method that involves showing how to do a task as well as describing why - when - and where it is done. Provides a real or lifelike example of the skill or procedure to be learned.
Demonstration
Accelerometer
Asynchronous
information literacy
26. Pictures of people that focus on just the head or from mid-chest and up are called mug shots. Mug shots are often used in newsletters - newspapers - school yearbooks and company directories. Mug shots of feature columnists may appear next to their co
Image Editing Programs
Mug shots
Motivation
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
27. A type of instructional activity designed to determine how well students have mastered lesson objectives.
Assistive Technology
Evaluation Activity
Java
Animation key frame
28. The manner in which individuals identify themselves based on their (or their ancestors') country of origin.
Ethnicity
Handicap
Intelligent tutoring system
Alternative Keyboard
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.
Audio Teleconferencing
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Intelligence
30. Either software or devices with software that help carry out complex numeric calculations involved in higher-level math problems (e.g. - Maple)
Font
Focusing Question
Blood Pressure Devices
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
31. Software that enables the user to enter - edit - store - retrieve - sort - and search through computer databases.
Database Management System (DBMS)
long-term memory (LTM)
multimedia
Intelligent tutoring system
32. The software capability to copy images from web pages or computer applications and store them on your own computer.
Digital Storytelling
Image Capture
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Electronic Storybooks
33. A type of outsourcing in which many people are asked to give their input online to solve a problem that has proven resistant to efforts of single individuals or organizations
Megabyte
FAQ
Auto-correct
Crowdsourcing
34. A type of hypermedia authoring software from Adobe that has become commonly used to create interactive web-based animations
Learning Theory
Fair Use
Flash
Constructivism
35. 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
Mnemonic
Essential Processing
Intelligent tutoring system
LCD screen
36. A file format for storing and sending video sequences on a network
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Electronic Mentor
Email Address
Dithering
37. A small text file transferred to a web browser through an Internet server for the purpose of tracking the Internet usage habits of the person using the browser
Firewall
Cookie
Hacking
Directed Instruction
38. Bitmaps are graphics stored patterns of colored dots (pixels on the screen). Vector graphics are stored as mathematical descriptions of sets of lines - triangles - squares - circles - etc - with defined line widths - line colors and - for polygons -
Disability
Bitmap and vector graphics
Flowcharting
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
39. A highlighted position indicator used on the computer screen.
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Bandwidth
Hard Copy
Cursor
40. 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.
Graphing Calculator
ARPAnet
Directory File Structure
Macro
41. 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
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Educational Technology
information literacy
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
42. A type of mnemonic in which mental pictures are used to represent new information.
information and communication technology (ICT)
Imagery
Display Boards
Bitmap and vector graphics
43. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
ActionScript
Directory File Structure
Hacking
44. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.
Instructional activity
Highlighting
Mouse
Digital Divide
45. The adaptive use of previously acquired knowledge to analyze and understand new situations.
Compensation
morphing
Intelligence
Image Capture
46. The products created by a database program; any collection of data stored in a computer or on a computer medium
Adventure Learning (AL)
Files
Downloading
Graphic
47. 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
Hits
Automaticity
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Java
48. 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
Logo
Instructional plan
Electronic Whiteboard
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
49. 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.
Data Mining
Instructional activity
Downloading
Evaluation
50. A field of study focusing on the design of technology systems that align with human characteristics - needs - and capabilities.
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Discovery Learning
Assessment Rubric
Ergonomics