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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. A three-dimensional representation of a real object; it may be larger - smaller - or the same size as the object represented.






2. The practice of collecting data from all the information available and searching it to see relationships among the data elements






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






4. Software that provides on-screen blank musical bars on which the user enters the musical key - time - and individual notes that constitute a piece of sheet music






5. An instructional arrangement whereby students with disabilities receive instruction and services in a general education setting with regular education peers.






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






7. Calculator with probes or sensors connected to it to allow gathering of numerical data






8. A compact disc format for storing motion video and computer data. Sometimes called digital video disc or digital versatile disc; a standard single-layer - single-sided DVD can store 4.7GB of data. These high-capacity optical discs can store large fil






9. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment






10. 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.






11. Software that enables the user to enter - edit - store - retrieve - sort - and search through computer databases.






12. A type of instructional activity designed to help students understand - remember - and apply new information.






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






14. According to learning theorist Robert Gagné - a sequenced set of building block skills a student must learn in order to learn a higher-order skill






15. 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






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






17. 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).






18. 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






19. A collection of components that includes the computer and all of the devices used with it.






20. One of the first browser programs designed to allow Internet resources to be displayed graphically rather than just in text






21. Multimedia that allows user interactions so that the user can determine the direction of the program or presentation.






22. A measure of the difference between what learners know before and after instruction; for example - Posttest - Pretest = Achievement.






23. A machine that processes information according to a set of instructions.






24. 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






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






26. In a full immersion virtual reality (VR) system - a headset that provides the sensory channel through which the wearer 'sees' a computer-generated environment






27. Information provided to students regarding how well they are doing during practice.






28. 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






29. 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.)






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






31. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.






32. 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






33. 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






34. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic






35. The use of graphical symbols instead of text commands to control common computer functions such as copying programs and disks; a GUI is where the user clicks on a visual screen that has icons - windows and menus - by using a pointing device - such as






36. In desktop publishing - the first letter of a paragraph that is enlarged to 'drop' down two or more line. Drop caps are often seen at the beginning of newsletter article - where the top of the first letter of the first word lines up with the top of t






37. The setting or physical surroundings in which learning takes place - including the classroom - science or computer laboratory - gymnasium - playground - and so on.






38. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform






39. Software that assists teachers in preparing individual educational plans (IEPs) required by law for students with special needs; automates the process by providing on-screen prompts that remind teachers of the required components in the plan






40. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.






41. Media formats that allow or require some level of physical activity from the user - which in some way alters the sequence of presentation.






42. High definition DVD format






43. 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.






44. Email additions; may be documents - graphics - or software.






45. Term coined in 1984 by the president of the Aldus Corporation to refer to the activity of using software to produce documents that gives users a high degree of control over the composition and layout of material on a printed page - including both tex






46. 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






47. Stands for 'Joint Photographic Experts Group -' an image format used for photographs; it is a format for encoding photographs that uses fewer bytes than the pixel-by-pixel approaches of GIF. It supports many colors and it is possible to obtain good q






48. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating






49. 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






50. 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