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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. A type of instructional activity that provides students with an opportunity to practice using what they are learning.






2. Applying scientific knowledge about human learning to the practical tasks of teaching and learning; the subset of educational technology that deals directly with teaching and learning applications (as opposed to educational administrative application






3. 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






4. Channels of communication that carry messages with an instructional purpose; the different ways and means by which information can be delivered to or experienced by a learner.






5. An object-oriented scripting language that - like Java - is used to create dynamic websites






6. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.






7. An agreement created by a school or other educational organization that describes the risks involved in Internet use; outlines appropriate - safe student behavior on the Internet; asks students if they agree to use the Internet under these conditions






8. Professional organization for music educators






9. A network created in 1969 by the U.S. government-funded Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to enable communications among important defense sites in the event of a worldwide catastrophe such as a nuclear attack; later became the Internet






10. 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






11. 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.






12. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software






13. Online environments in which users can interact through their graphic representations (i.e. - avatars)






14. The term authoring suggests writing. Authoring programs are designed to help teachers and students produce courseware and programs. These authoring programs help the user develop computer programs in computer languages that can be otherwise quite dif






15. An instructional approach that provides an appealing environment in which learners invest effort to follow prescribed rules in order to attain a challenging goal; designed to increase motivation by adding game rules to a learning activity






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






17. An online system of web course design and delivery tools; Desire-to-Learn and BlackBoard are examples






18. 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.)






19. 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






20. A type of information that includes facts - concepts - principles - and the relationships among them.






21. According to learning theorist B. E Skinner - experiences (positive reinforcement - negative reinforcement - punishment) that shape desired behavioral responses






22. Any practical device used to make information easier to remember - including rhymes - acronyms - and acrostics.






23. An instructional plan for an individual student (usually one with special needs) that describes the student's current level of proficiency and also establishes short- and long-term goals for future focus. An IEP is typically developed through a confe






24. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world






25. A computer language that contains instructions that resemble natural language and that does not require knowledge of the inner workings of the computer to use successfully.






26. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.






27. A computer system that stores and manipulates a database of information about geographic locations; users see data pertaining to a geographic location overlaid on a map of the area






28. '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






29. 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






30. According to information-processing learning theorists - one of the three kinds of memory or 'stores' the brain uses to process information - much like a computer; LTM can hold information indefinitely after it is linked to prior knowledge already in






31. 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






32. A level of skill that allows a person to respond immediately (i.e. - automatically) with the correct answer to a problem






33. Motivation in which the act itself is the reward.






34. Approximately a billion bytes - or 1 -000 megabytes.






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






36. The belief system that holds that humans construct all knowledge in their minds by participating in certain experiences; knowledge is the result of constructing both mechanisms for learning and one's own unique version of the knowledge - colored by b






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






38. 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






39. A type of instructional software tool consisting of hardware devices (probes) and software (probeware) to allow scientific data to be gathered and processed by a computer






40. Hardware such as a keyboard - mouse - or joystick through which the user sends instructions to the computer.






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






42. A statement that likens something new to something familiar. Analogies are typically used either to make abstract information more concrete or to organize complex information.






43. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates under what circumstances students are expected to perform.






44. Also known as information design uses pictures - symbols - colors - and words to communicate ideas - illustrate information - or express relationships visually.






45. 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






46. A target language - or language of study - when the language being studied is spoken mainly in other countries






47. A way to store addresses of frequently used websites on your computer; in a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly






48. An individual who gains access to computer systems without authorization.






49. An image format used for drawn images - illustrations - clip art - or animations; It is universally acceptable on the Web. Images in the this format are restricted to 256 colors (best - actually 216 'web-safe' colors). The format is suited to images






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