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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. An individual who gains access to computer systems without authorization.
Hacker
Displayed Visuals
Application Activity
Extraneous Processing
2. 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
ARPAnet
Macro
Digitizer
Interactive multimedia
3. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by determining the percent of body fat
Body Composition Analyzer
language translators (machine translation)
Motivation activity
Microprocessor
4. Piagetian view of condition children experience when they confront new and unfamiliar features of their environment that do not fit with their current views of the world
Instructional appeal
Disequilibrium
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Directory File Structure
5. A hybrid (online and in-person) distance education approach that provides students with opportunities to explore real-world issues through authentic learning experiences within collaborative learning environments
Halftone
ARPAnet
Adventure Learning (AL)
Multimedia authoring programs
6. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Instructional activity
Evaluation
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
7. Term for the distribution of applications - processing power - and storage across many computers accessible via the Internet.
Cloud Computing
music editor
Halftone
multiple intelligences theory
8. Each individual category of information recorded in a database; the smallest unit of information in a database
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Field
Mosaic
Impairment
9. A 4.72-inch-diameter disc on which a laser has digitally recorded information such as audio - video - or computer data.
Focusing Question
Distance Education
Directory File Structure
Compact Disc (CD)
10. 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
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Highlighting
Interlacing
LCD screen
11. High definition DVD format
Blu-Ray Disc
Harmony
Directed Instruction
Cookie
12. In a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly
Imagery
Computer-Managed Instruction
Favorites File
Listserv
13. Online environments in which users can interact through their graphic representations (i.e. - avatars)
Declarative Information
Hypermedia
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Avatar Spaces
14. A device that includes a display screen connected to a computer and digital projector; allows information projected on the screen to be manipulated with special pens or one's hands and also allows drawings or notes from a given session to be saved an
interactive whiteboard
malware
Distributed Education
Educational Media
15. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure
Harmony
Hardware
Favorites File
Blood Pressure Devices
16. 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
ARPAnet
intranet
Classical Conditioning
Keyboard
17. A set of guidelines used to reliably appraise or judge products or performances.
Ethnicity
Formative Evaluation
Assessment Rubric
Educational Technology
18. Similar to distance education - the notion of supporting learners - who may be situated locally or at a distance - with learning resources that may be distributed in space and time.
Instructional game
Lighting
Distributed Education
Advance Organizer
19. The set of high-speed data lines connecting the major networks that make up the Internet.
Image Capture
Backbone
Alpha testing
laptop computer
20. 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
Macro
Emoticons
CRT
Electronic reference software
21. 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
information visualization
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Formula
Inclusion
22. 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
Avatar Spaces
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Library/media specialist
Emoticons
23. Also referred to as a domain designator - a required part of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) on the Internet that indicates what kind of group owns the server; examples include '.edu -' '.com -' and '.org'
Flash
Domain Name
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Animation
24. A highlighted position indicator used on the computer screen.
learner-centered instruction
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Cursor
Filtering Software
25. Designates a type of learning of English that occurs after a student achieves some level of proficiency in another - native language; more commonly-used term is now English Language Learning or ELL
CPU
Halftone
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
English as a Second Language (ESL)
26. 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.
Knowledge
Accelerometer
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Analogy
27. 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
Hacker
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Instruction
Motivation
28. Sometimes referred to as the ADDIE model - the current version of systems approach of instructional design is a process comprised of a series of phases: analysis - design - development - implementation - and evaluation. Currently - almost all ISD mod
Intrinsic motivation
Cooperative Learning
ADDIE model
Bandwidth
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.)
Generative Processing
multimedia
Disability
Electronic Storybooks
30. Use of online systems to access personal data in order to accomplish identity theft and do other malicious acts
Input device
Implementation
Hacking
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
31. An event - object - or circumstance that prompts a behavior.
Handheld Technologies
Antecedent
interactive whiteboard activity software
High-Level Language
32. Within a computer - this is an area that stores instructions (programs) and information that can be readily accessed by the processor.
Memory
microcomputer
CLI
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
33. Adaptive technologies are designed specifically for persons with disabilities. These are devices that extend the abilities of an individual with special needs in ways that provide physical access (i.e. - wheelchairs - braces) and sensory access (i.e.
Assistive Technology
Hardware
Discussion
Applications
34. A rule of thumb or flexible guideline that can be adapted to fit each instructional situation.
Cropping
Cell
Heuristic
Motivation
35. The use of the computer in the management of instruction - including applications such as student record keeping - performance assessment - and monitoring students' progress.
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Computer-Managed Instruction
Instructional designer
36. 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.
Classroom Observation
language translators (machine translation)
Audiographics
Downloading
37. 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
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Instructional game
Hands-On/Minds-On Science
Lossless and lossy compressions
38. Digitally encoded information permanently recorded on a compact disc; Also known as compact disc - read-only memory. It is a compact disc used to store computer data. CD-ROMs have a maximum capacity of 650MB.
Avatar Spaces
Hypertext
Computer Program
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
39. Software products (e.g. - Microsoft Works and AppleWorks) that have several applications in a single package (e.g. - word processing - spreadsheet - presentation functions -database programs)
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
CPU
integrated packages
Instructional game
40. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by counting calories
Focusing Question
Byte
Body Composition Analyzer
Accelerometer
41. 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
Bookmark
Freeware
Constructivist Learning
Heart Rate Monitor
42. Groups of people who 'meet -' usually via email - webpages - or other electronic means - to support each other's learning; in distance education - strategic - ongoing efforts by the instructor to encourage student-to-student interaction - as well as
Essential Processing
logic bomb
Attitudes
learning communities
43. Acronym for 'frequently asked questions.' Used on the Internet to disseminate basic information and to reduce repetitive queries.
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
FAQ
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Database
44. 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.
Extraneous Processing
Heuristic
Motor skills
High-Level Language
45. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating
Cybercheating
Computer Program
Lossless and lossy compressions
Intrinsic motivation
46. A synchronous form of Internet communication in which individuals type messages to one another
Demonstration
Evaluation Activity
Downloading
Chat
47. Pages or items listed as results of an Internet or database search
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
Hits
long-term memory (LTM)
Database filters and queries
48. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.
link
Label
Instructional activity
Criteria
49. 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
Multimedia authoring programs
Home Page
mastery learning
Domain Name
50. A major category of locations on the Internet. Major domains include com (company) - edu (educational institution) - gov (government) - net (network) - and org (organization).
Distractors
Domain
IEP Generator
Groupware