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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. A committee composed of the parent - administrator - assessment personnel - regular education teacher - special education teacher - and other pertinent representatives who meet on a regular basis to make decisions in regard to admission - services -






2. Using a computer system to administer and score assessment measures; also - computer adaptive testing - computer-based testing






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. A graphic representation of a real person in cyberspace; a three dimensional image that a person can choose to represent himself or herself in a virtual reality environment






6. A type of computer virus that is set to 'go off' (i.e. - carry out its program) at a certain time






7. 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.






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






9. A type of instructional activity that provides students with an opportunity to practice using what they are learning.






10. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades






11. A compression standard that produces compressed - high-quality audio files. To create an MP3 file - you need a program that copies a song from a CD or download from the Internet to your hard drive - and an encoder to convert the file to the MP3 forma






12. Bitmaps are graphics stored patterns of colored dots (pixels on the screen). Vector graphics are stored as mathematical descriptions of sets of lines - triangles - squares - circles - etc - with defined line widths - line colors and - for polygons -






13. Either software or devices with software that help carry out complex numeric calculations involved in higher-level math problems (e.g. - Maple)






14. 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.






15. The term describes the data-carrying capacity of a transmission line. In other words - how much data flows on a given transmission path. It can apply to network connections - system buses - or any 'pipe' through which data pours. High-bandwidth conne






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






17. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.






18. The iris is used to control the opening behind the lens that allows light to enter the camera. When lighting is low the iris may be opened to let in more light. And when the light level is high the iris can be partially closed to let in less light. B






19. Originally called OAK - a high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. An object-oriented language similar to C++ - it has become popular for its ability to do interactive graphic and animation activities on web pages; a computer la






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






21. 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






22. A set of related principles explaining changes in human performance or performance potential in terms of the causes of those changes.






23. An activity in which students with disabilities participate in one or more selected classes in general education






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. Combines detailed information about a subject area and common student mistakes with a model of student performance to diagnose a given student's level of understanding. Also provides instruction designed to meet that student's individual needs. Somet






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






30. High definition DVD format






31. Growing problem of online harassment in social networks






32. Fundamental to most operating systems is the concept of files and directories (or folders). A file system in most operating resembles an inverted tree with the roots at the top and branches at the bottom. This tree structure uses directories or folde






33. 'Lossless' compression such as the GIF format is generally safer for recompression since it utilizes 'lossless' compression. Meaning when the GIF image is compressed - no information is lost from its contents. On the other hand - formats that utilize






34. 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






35. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure






36. 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






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






38. A shortcut to encoding a series of actions in a computer program. Provides the means to perform a number of separate steps through a single command.






39. A single block in a spreadsheet grid - formed by the intersection of a row and a column that may contain numerical values - words - or character data - and formulas or calculation commands.






40. Classroom display that allow teachers or students to interact with the computer through a touch sensitive board on which the computer screen is projected.






41. A worldwide radio-navigation system made possible by a bank of orbiting satellites and their ground stations to pinpoint exact geographic locations on earth; a device that cross-references a GPS signal with mapping software and shows the location to






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






43. Devices that record data over time with sensors






44. An authoring specification on the Internet for how data will be collected at a website - CGI programs are written in a language such as PERL






45. 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.






46. Computer software that continuously analyzes a student's test responses and presents more or less difficult questions based on the student's performance






47. 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.






48. A small pictorial or graphical representation of a computer hardware function or component - or a computer software program - commonly associated with a graphical user interface.






49. 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'






50. Short for 'web log -' a web page that serves as a publicly accessible location for discussing a topic or issue; began as personal journals and expanded to become public discussion forums in which anyone can give opinions on a topic