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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A field of study focusing on the design of technology systems that align with human characteristics - needs - and capabilities.
MUD
Intelligent tutoring system
Cognitive Load
Ergonomics
2. Can be either software that supports the on-screen creation of music scores with several parts or tracks - or a hardware component of a music synthesizer workstation
music sequencer
Adventure Learning (AL)
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Memory
3. 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
Analogy
Crowdsourcing
multiple intelligences theory
Library/media specialist
4. Approximately a billion bytes - or 1 -000 megabytes.
Gigabyte
Imagery
Harmony
Hash Tag
5. Professional organization for music educators
Essential Processing
Corrective Feedback
Clip Art
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
6. A collection of information systematized by computer software to allow storage and easy retrieval through keyword searching; the program designed to accomplish these tasks
Essential Processing
Instructional game
Hands-On/Minds-On Science
Database
7. Ancillary feature of word processors that identifies a range of grammatical and format errors such as improper capitalization - lack of subject-verb agreement - split infinitives - and so on.
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Gigabyte
Grammar Checker
Audiographics
8. 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
Attention
Gesture-Recognition System
Filtering Software
Cognitive Overload
9. Learning is a persisting change in human performance or performance potential [brought] about as a result of the learner's interaction with the environment. To change (or have the capacity to change) one's level of ability or knowledge.
Instructional game
Learning
Mouse
Conditions
10. 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
Java applets
Instructional designer
Hacker
Electronic Publishing
11. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.
Geocaching
Accelerometer
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Compression and extraction tools
12. The interest - or value - that instructional materials or activities have for the learner.
Accommodation
Instructional appeal
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Culture
13. Good lighting consists of three elements: key light - fill light - and back light. The key light is usually located about 45 ° to the right or left of the camera - while the fill light is commonly located 30° to 45 ° from the camera - opposite the ke
Interactive media
Lighting
English Language Learners (ELL)
Algorithm
14. The legal rights to an original work produced in any tangible medium of expression - including written works - works of art - music - photographs - and computer software.
Cognitive Load
Equilibration
Copyright
Local-area network (LAN)
15. A printed copy of computer output.
Downloading
Assessment Rubric
Favorites File
Hard Copy
16. A large-capacity magnetic storage medium for computer data. Also called a fixed disk - it remains sealed within the case of most computers to protect it from dust - smoke - and other contaminants.
Freeware
Harmony
Instructional materials
Hard Disk
17. 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
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Image Capture
Application Activity
Formula
18. 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
Alpha testing
Instructional appeal
Laser printer
Learning Theory
19. Customized keyboards created for users with special needs (e.g. - enlarging the keys to provide more space for the student to press a key; removing keys that are not relevant for a given software; programming multi-step functions like save - print -
Discussion
Electronic Publishing
Filtering Software
Alternative Keyboard
20. A type of learning that refers to feelings - beliefs - and values that lead individuals to make consistent choices when given the opportunity.
Accommodation
Attitudes
FAQ
Datafile
21. Graphics generally use RGB (Red - Green - and Blue) or CMYK colors. While graphics on the Web or designed for on-screen display are RGB images - both commercial offset printing and inkjet desktop printing utilize CMYK. Dots of cyan (blue) - magenta (
CMYK graphics
Encoding
Computer Conferencing
Internet
22. Device consisting of a transmitter - which senses the heartbeat from the heart's electrical impulses - and a wristwatch receiver - which receives and records each beat through radio transmission from the transmitter
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Antivirus software
Heart Rate Monitor
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
23. A term coined by Lloyd Morrisett - former president of the Markle Foundation - used to describe the gap between those individuals who have access to technology such as computer software - the Internet - and so on and those who do not.
Listserv
Motivation
Digital Divide
microcomputer
24. 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.
Foreign Language (FL)
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
Learning Theory
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
25. The amount of working memory that is available to a learner to process new information and that is taken up at a given time by a learning task
Forms Makers
multiple intelligences theory
Cognitive Load
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
26. Comprehension exercises with certain words removed to require students to fill in the blanks
Javascript
Cloze Exercises
Electronic reference software
Course Management System (CMS)
27. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.
Advance Organizer
Megabyte
Charting/Graphing Tool
Digitizer
28. A measure of how much learners achieve per unit of time or dollar spent; for example - (Posttest - Pretest)/Time - or (Posttest - Pretest)/Cost.
Instructional efficiency
Interface
Distance Education
Encoding
29. A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink.
microcomputer
Interactive media
Inkjet printer
morphing
30. A pointing device used to select and move information on the computer display screen. When the mouse is moved along a flat surface such as a desktop - an arrow moves across the display screen in the same direction. The mouse typically has one to thre
Mouse
Encoding
Emoticons
multimedia
31. A set of related principles explaining changes in human performance or performance potential in terms of the causes of those changes.
Digital Literacy
ASCII format
Learning Theory
inert knowledge
32. A computer dedicated to managing a computer network and providing resources to other computers on the network (the clients). The file server is usually faster and has larger storage capabilities than the client machines.
Drill And Practice
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
Digital Camera
File Server
33. A form of education in which some means - electronic or otherwise - is used to connect people with instructors and/or resources that can help them acquire knowledge and skills; structured learning that takes place without the physical presence of the
Laser printer
Browser
Equilibration
Distance Education
34. 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
Data Mining
Fair Use
Listserv
malware
35. The physical components of the computer system; the mechanical - magnetic - electronic - and electrical components making up a computer system
Assessment
Computer Conferencing
Hardware
Discovery Learning
36. A unique electronic address for an individual or organization - analogous to a postal address.
Email Address
Intrinsic motivation
Downloading
joystick
37. Content experts are also called subject matter experts (or SMEs). A content expert's roles and responsibilities include: researching the content - helping with storyboard - and writing all of the text. For many multimedia projects in education - SME
Content expert
Clip Art
mobile device
long-term memory (LTM)
38. 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
CLI
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Hacking
Formula
39. A measurement appraisal process that is ongoing - developmentally appropriate - and dynamic; the process of gathering evidence of learning.
intranet
Assessment
Audio Teleconferencing
Applications
40. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.
Auto-correct
Hacker
Charting/Graphing Tool
Instructional activity
41. Term for the distribution of applications - processing power - and storage across many computers accessible via the Internet.
language translators (machine translation)
Cloud Computing
Geocaching
Conditional Information
42. Music-making equipment controlled by a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) device
Drill And Practice
music synthesizer
Computer System
Intelligent tutoring system
43. Pavlovian view of learning as involuntary physical responses to outside stimuli (e.g. - dogs salivate automatically at the sight of a dog food can)
Classical Conditioning
Animation
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Computer Gradebook
44. 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
Formula
Essential Processing
Cloud Computing
Hybrid Learning
45. A synchronous form of Internet communication in which individuals type messages to one another
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
FM Amplification System
Chat
Impairment
46. The selection and arrangement of information - activities - methods - and media to help students meet predetermined learning goals.
Harmony
mastery learning
Instruction
App
47. Software tools used to enhance and format photos that are then imported into desktop publishing systems or webpage products
CRT
Culture
Case Study
Image Editing Programs
48. 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
Interactive media
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Geospatial Technologies
FM Amplification System
49. The continuous evaluation of instruction before - during - and after implementation - which leads to continual revision and modification in order to increase student learning.
Knowledge
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
Inclusion
Cookie
50. 'Image map' allows graphics to respond to mouse clicks to lead to more than one place from a single graphic. Clickable maps can be based on graphical maps such as floor plans - road maps - regional maps - and the like. The imagemapper - or simple ima
imagemap
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Drill And Practice