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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. 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






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






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






4. A procedure of instruction selected to help learners achieve objectives or understand the content or message of instruction (e.g. - presentation - simulation - drill and practice - cooperative learning).






5. Flaming messages are messages which express overly strong feelings. Spam is the term for e-mail junk mail - which should not be for¬warded. Chain letters are letters that have been forwarded from several previous e-mail readers. According to netiquet






6. A technique that reduces the amount of a graphic that shows or prints.






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. (short for Command Line Interface) the interface is where the user types a text command and the computer responds according to that command.






12. Program stored on individual computers or on the school or district network in order to prevent access to Internet sites with inappropriate materials






13. In language learning international class-to-class partnerships in which projects and casks are developed by the partner teachers in the collaborating institutions; students work with students of other cultures to provide authentic writing and researc






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






15. 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






16. Use of the computer to orchestrate text - images - audio - and video to support a storytelling narrative with multimedia.






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






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






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. 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






21. An event - object - or circumstance that comes after a behavior and is attributable to the behavior.






22. Any pictorial representation of information such as charts - graphs - animated figures - or photographic reproductions.






23. Input device - used primarily with games - that moves on-screen figures or a cursor with a handle that moves in all directions






24. Sections programmed to display on a web page; the contents of each frame are actually different web pages displayed on one screen; the term refers to a single complete graphic image that is displayed chronologically with other graphic images. A singl






25. An image format that allows transfer of artwork between any software packages that use PostScript printing files; a vector graphics file format.






26. In contrast to lossless compression - lossy compression refers to a technique of shrinking file sizes by giving away some precision of detail. JPEG images are an example of a file that is compressed this way. By reducing the quality of a picture when






27. Television-like display screen that uses a cathode ray tube.






28. Alpha testing is the early testing phase of the project. The full functionality of the alpha version of the software program may not yet be implemented. This early review allows the client to evaluate the project.






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.






30. Short for malicious software - any software specifically designed to damage - destroy - disrupt operations - or spy on the operation of computers






31. A worldwide collection of computer networks that can exchange information by using a common software standard; sometimes referred to (erroneously) as synonymous with the World Wide Web (WWW) - which is actually a subset of the Internet






32. A high-level programming language originally designed as an artificial intelligence (AI) language but later popularized by Seymour Papert (based on the learning theories of Jean Piaget) as an environment to allow children to learn problem-solving beh






33. A combination input and output device that allows a computer to communicate with another computer over telephone or cable TV lines; (short for modulator-demodulator) converts digital computer information into sound (and vice versa) for transmission o






34. 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






35. High definition DVD format






36. 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.






37. 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






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






39. Types of computer systems identified by their operating systems - e.g. - PCs with Windows operating systems or Macintoshes with Mac-OS operating systems






40. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.






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






42. A type of problem solving that requires students to actively participate in real or hypothetical problem situations that reflect the types of experiences actually encountered in the discipline under study






43. In cognitive load theory - the use of working memory that results in productive - engaged learning






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






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






46. A dynamic instructional method in which individuals talk together - share information - and work cooperatively toward a solution or consensus. This method encourages classroom rapport and actively involves students in learning.






47. Circular reference of electronic spreadsheet formula happens when you enter a formula that includes functions referring back to the cell in which the formula is contained. When this happens - users receive an error message referring to circular refer






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






49. The manner in which individuals identify themselves based on their (or their ancestors') country of origin.






50. A branch of computer science concerned with the design of computers and software that are capable of responding in ways that emulate the decision-making capabilities of the human mind.