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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Previously created graphics designed to be added to word processing or desktop publishing documents or to computer-based instruction.
Clip Art
Assessment
Javascript
Avatar Spaces
2. Originally - the ability to use computer devices and software to locate and use information; now refers to skills in using the information that technological devices carry - in addition to skills in using the devices themselves
Electronic Storybooks
Mouse
Cell
Digital Literacy
3. 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
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
MP3
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Digital Camera
4. Online environments in which users can interact through their graphic representations (i.e. - avatars)
Avatar Spaces
Avatar
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Label
5. 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
Intelligence
Advance Organizer
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Field
6. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Design
Alpha testing
Backbone
7. Any practical device used to make information easier to remember - including rhymes - acronyms - and acrostics.
Mosaic
Graphic Document Makers
Iris
Mnemonic
8. 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
Cognitive Load
Emoticons
Blood Pressure Devices
intranet
9. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.
Compensation
Gigabyte
Groupware
Criteria
10. Typeface used in word processing or desktop publishing; the appearance of the text itself - which can be altered through the selection of various typefaces and sizes of type. These include many typefaces common to the printing field - such as Times -
Electronic Mentor
Electronic Mail (email)
Electronic Gradebook
Font
11. Input/output devices that provide for storage and retrieval of programs and other types of data that must be stored over a long period of time. Also referred to as external or auxiliary memory.
Mass storage
Drill And Practice
interactive whiteboard
mastery learning
12. First released in 2002 - a scripting language that must be installed on a server to be used in web development; a scripting language that generates HTML source code to create dynamic web pages
ASP.NET
multiple intelligences theory
Heart Rate Monitor
laptop computer
13. Within a computer - this is an area that stores instructions (programs) and information that can be readily accessed by the processor.
Memory
Attitudes
Display Boards
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
14. Small - multi-purpose devices such as cellphones - e-books - and 'smart' pens that make it easy to view - communicate - and share information - regardless of location
Handheld Technologies
Analogy
Instruction
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
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
Graphic
Dithering
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Electronic Slide Shows
16. A first step in web development that involves planning what the website will look like.
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Criteria
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
Design
17. A form of assessment that indicates whether or not students have learned what they must know before progressing to the next portion of the instruction.
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Instructional designer
Formative Evaluation
Hard Copy
18. A collection of information systematized by computer software to allow storage and easy retrieval through keyword searching; the program designed to accomplish these tasks
Avatar
Database
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
Interlacing
19. Guidelines limiting the rights of copyright holders and allowing portions of copyrighted materials to be used for educational purposes; guidelines for portion - time - amount - and distribution of copyrighted materials for educational purposes.
Domain
Fair Use Guidelines
Digital Storytelling
Distance Education
20. 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.
Megabyte
Flash
Distance Education
High-Level Language
21. A type of mnemonic in which an unfamiliar new word is linked to a similar-sounding familiar word - which is used to create a visual image that incorporates the meaning of the new word.
Distance Education
Distractors
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
Key word
22. Activity when students submit their written or artistic products to a website
Motor skills
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Electronic Publishing
Blog
23. An electronic go-between by which the computer communicates with a peripheral device.
Dithering
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Handicap
Interface
24. High definition DVD format
Megabyte
Heuristic
Animation
Blu-Ray Disc
25. 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
Domain
Emoticons
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Individualized education program (IEP)
26. An instructional arrangement whereby students with disabilities receive instruction and services in a general education setting with regular education peers.
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
Inclusion
Instructional game
Intrinsic motivation
27. A series of steps needed to solve a particular problem or perform a particular task; a methodical - logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier -- but also more error-prone -- use of heu
Laser printer
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Algorithm
Interface
28. A graphical means of illustrating the logical flow of a computer program.
Learning Theory
Flowcharting
Assistive Technology
Firewall
29. Software tools that simplify the activity of making highly graphic materials such as awards certificates and greeting cards by offering sets of clip art and pre-designed templates to which people add their own content
Graphic Document Makers
Conditions
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Directed Instruction
30. Not occurring at the same time - form of distance communications in which information and messages are left for the receiver to read later; contrasts with synchronous communications - in which information and messages are sent and received immediatel
LCD projector
Groupware
Hybrid Learning
Asynchronous
31. Refers to the attitudes - values - customs - and behavior patterns that characterize a social group.
Culture
inert knowledge
Data Mining
Charting/Graphing Tool
32. Compression is the process to reduce file size through 'zipping' or 'archiving'. The compressed or zipped file can be from a large file or can contain several files that have been squeezed into a single file. After compression - the extraction proces
CMYK graphics
Compression and extraction tools
Library/media specialist
Automaticity
33. One of the devices (e.g. - a data glove) that allow users to experience a full immersion virtual reality system by providing tactile or touch input
Haptic Interface
HTML 5
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
Avatar Spaces
34. 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
Laser printer
Motivation
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Instructional appeal
35. A single networked delivery system that combines sophisticated computer-assisted instruction (CAI) with computer-managed instruction (CMI). Intellectual skills A type of learning that refers to a variety of thinking skills - including concept learnin
Integrated learning system (IIS)
Image Editing Programs
Hash Tag
Flowcharting
36. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating
Instructional materials
CMYK graphics
Cybercheating
Culture
37. Program stored on individual computers or on the school or district network in order to prevent access to Internet sites with inappropriate materials
Data Loggers
Computer Gradebook
Local-area network (LAN)
Filtering Software
38. A type of instructional activity designed to determine how well students have mastered lesson objectives.
Likert scale
Evaluation Activity
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
mainstreaming
39. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.
Listserv
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
CPU
Attachments
40. 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
Instructional designer
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
41. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.
Flash
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Assimilation
Megabyte
42. A liquid crystal display device used with a computer or VCR for large-group display.
LCD projector
Data Loggers
Graphic Document Makers
Motivation activity
43. Multiuser dungeon (or dimension or domain); a location on the Internet where several users at a time can interact with each other's avatars (graphic representations of each other); also known as a MUD Object Oriented or MOO
Instructional appeal
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
malware
MUD
44. 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
learner-centered instruction
Inkjet printer
intranet
Geocaching
45. Texts in digital form that may be read on a computer or e-book readers; becoming a popular alternative to printed texts
e-books (ebooks)
multiple intelligences theory
Computer System
Attachments
46. 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
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
learning hierarchies
Attachments
Adventure Learning (AL)
47. A special education law that requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.
Animation
Geocaching
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Heart Rate Monitor
48. 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
Data Mining
Field
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
49. Term for the distribution of applications - processing power - and storage across many computers accessible via the Internet.
Cloud Computing
Avatar
Design
Macro
50. The process of determining which digital tools and which methods for implementing them are the most appropriate responses to given educational needs and problems
integrating educational technology
Encoding
Course Management System (CMS)
Analogy