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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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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.






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.






3. A set of guidelines used to reliably appraise or judge products or performances.






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






5. A video or computer display device. The most common output device for personal computers.






6. The continuous evaluation of instruction before - during - and after implementation - which leads to continual revision and modification in order to increase student learning.






7. On computer networks - a location for person-to-person real-time (synchronous) interaction by typing messages.






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 -






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






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






11. Acronym for 'frequently asked questions.' Used on the Internet to disseminate basic information and to reduce repetitive queries.






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






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






14. A type of instructional activity that leads students to want to learn and to put in the effort required for learning.






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






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






17. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.






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






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






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.)






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






22. The incorrect or less appropriate alternative answers for a given multiple-choice question. Also called foils.






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






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






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






26. A type of mnemonic in which mental pictures are used to represent new information.






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






28. Classroom surfaces used for writing and displaying information - including chalkboards - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards - magnetic boards - and flip charts.






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






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






31. Online sites that allow users to input sentences and paragraphs of text in one language and get a translation into another language






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






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






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






35. Term for the distribution of applications - processing power - and storage across many computers accessible via the Internet.






36. The software capability to copy images from web pages or computer applications and store them on your own computer.






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






38. Subject matter expert who volunteers to work closely with students online






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






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






41. A 4.72-inch-diameter disc on which a laser has digitally recorded information such as audio - video - or computer data.






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






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






44. A collection of eight bits - equivalent to one alphanumeric character.






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






46. A type of instructional activity that provides students with an opportunity to practice using what they are learning.






47. The use of the computer in the management of instruction - including applications such as student record keeping - performance assessment - and monitoring students' progress.






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.






49. A computer input device that permits the development of graphic images by translating drawing on the tablet into onscreen images.






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