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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A type of learning that refers to the ability to recall specific information.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Image Formats
meta-analysis
Knowledge
2. 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
Java
meta-analysis
English as a Second Language (ESL)
joystick
3. A type of mnemonic in which mental pictures are used to represent new information.
Datafile
Direct Observation
Internet
Imagery
4. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
music sequencer
Applications
inert knowledge
5. One of the first browser programs designed to allow Internet resources to be displayed graphically rather than just in text
Electronic Gradebook
Fair Use
Mosaic
Home Page
6. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software
Java applets
Grammar Checker
meta-analysis
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
7. Occurs when it is necessary to keep a certain position that is not relative to the new cell location. It is possible by inserting a dollar sign - $ - before the column letter or a $ before the row number - or sometimes both to lock the cell location
Cooperative Learning
Motivation activity
Mass storage
Absolute address or absolute positioning
8. Can be defined as a pleasing arrangement of parts - whether it be music - poetry - or color. In visual experiences - harmony is something that is pleasing to the eye. It engages the viewer and creates an inner sense of order. There are three formulas
Model
joystick
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Harmony
9. 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
Constructivism
music sequencer
Disequilibrium
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
10. A major category of locations on the Internet. Major domains include com (company) - edu (educational institution) - gov (government) - net (network) - and org (organization).
multimedia
Domain
ADDIE model
Blog
11. The process of selectively receiving information from the environment.
Attention
Applications
Instructional efficiency
DVD
12. 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.
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Cooperative Learning
Discussion
multimedia
13. Using a computer system to administer and score assessment measures; also - computer adaptive testing - computer-based testing
Assessment
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Graphing Calculator
Handicap
14. A type of learning that refers to the ability to perform complex physical actions in a smooth - coordinated manner.
Classical Conditioning
Memory
Intrinsic motivation
Motor skills
15. The beta version of instructional software is a full-functioning version of the product with all known problems resolved. Both the client and the design team review the beta version to search for problems that will need to be addressed. Since the bet
Imagery
Lighting
Beta version
imagemap
16. The setting or physical surroundings in which learning takes place - including the classroom - science or computer laboratory - gymnasium - playground - and so on.
music synthesizer
Design
Learning environment
Digital Divide
17. 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
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Display Boards
Directed Instruction
18. 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.
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Chat
Classroom Observation
Consequence
19. Devices that record data over time with sensors
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Data Loggers
Database filters and queries
Animation key frame
20. A unique vocal distortion technique made possible with vocal-editing software
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Favorites File
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Auto-tuning
21. An instructional designer's roles and responsibilities include: researching K-12 educator user requirements for portal development - multi-media tools and video-mediated learning - determining the screen layout - creating the flowcharts - and specify
morphing
Instructional technology
Educational Technology
Instructional designer
22. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by counting calories
Accelerometer
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Evaluation Activity
Absolute address or absolute positioning
23. Literally 'multiple media' or 'a combination of media -' a software product or system that incorporates sequential or simultaneous use of a variety of media formats in a single presentation or program. Today - this term conveys the notion of a system
Intelligence
Multimedia authoring programs
multimedia
Electronic Mail (email)
24. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure
Blood Pressure Devices
Ergonomics
LCD projector
Cooperative Learning
25. A standard adopted by the electronic music industry for controlling devices that play music; also known as musical instrument digital interface. Rather than recording sounds - MIDI instruments/software record finger action -- what note is being playe
intranet
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
laptop computer
26. Software used by architects and others to aid in the design of structures such as houses and cars
Behavior
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Augmented Reality
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
27. Piagetian view of how children change their views of the world by incorporating new experiences
MP3
Accommodation
Animation
Motivation activity
28. A liquid crystal display device used with a computer or VCR for large-group display.
Emoticons
LCD projector
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Computer Conferencing
29. 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
Blog
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Knowledge
Interlacing
30. 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
Logo
information visualization
Imagery
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
31. 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
Data Loggers
Directory File Structure
Alpha testing
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
32. Email additions; may be documents - graphics - or software.
Domain Name
FM Amplification System
Attachments
Backbone
33. Online sites that function like other dictionaries in that they give definitions for words and phrases in common usage - but provide the additional capability of looking up the word or phrase in one language (e.g. - French or German) and get the defi
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Likert scale
Image Editing Programs
Augmented Reality
34. A type of outsourcing in which many people are asked to give their input online to solve a problem that has proven resistant to efforts of single individuals or organizations
Distractors
Event Driven
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Crowdsourcing
35. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.
Ethnicity
intranet
Animation - path
e-books (ebooks)
36. Media formats that allow or require some level of physical activity from the user - which in some way alters the sequence of presentation.
music synthesizer
Interactive media
Equilibration
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
37. A graphical means of illustrating the logical flow of a computer program.
Flowcharting
Halftone
Focusing Question
imagemap
38. Any pictorial representation of information such as charts - graphs - animated figures - or photographic reproductions.
CPU
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Graphic
MUD
39. An internal state that leads people to choose to work toward certain goals and experiences. Defines what people will do rather than what they can do.
Focusing Question
Motivation
Heart Rate Monitor
Clip Art
40. A teaching and learning model based on behavioral and cognitive theories; students receive information from teachers and do teacher-directed activities
Course Management System (CMS)
Likert scale
Directed Instruction
mainstreaming
41. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.
Favorites File
Drill And Practice
Classroom Observation
Computer Program
42. The selection and arrangement of information - activities - methods - and media to help students meet predetermined learning goals.
Drop cap
Dithering
Instruction
Design
43. A response made by an individual.
Behavior
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Cloze Exercises
Iris
44. Pavlovian view of learning as involuntary physical responses to outside stimuli (e.g. - dogs salivate automatically at the sight of a dog food can)
Fair Use Guidelines
Database filters and queries
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Classical Conditioning
45. The second phase of the Plan - Implement - Evaluate model. Focus is on the use of instructional materials and activities designed to help students achieve the outcomes specified in the instructional plan.
Discussion
Criteria
File Server
Implementation
46. 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
Firewall
Essential Processing
music synthesizer
Assessment Rubric
47. A form of education in which some means - electronic or otherwise - is used to connect people with instructors and/or resources that can help them acquire knowledge and skills; structured learning that takes place without the physical presence of the
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Audio Teleconferencing
Distance Education
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
48. Either software or devices with software that help carry out complex numeric calculations involved in higher-level math problems (e.g. - Maple)
Graphics Tablet
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Discovery Learning
English as a Second Language (ESL)
49. A highlighted position indicator used on the computer screen.
CPU
Cursor
Bitmap and vector graphics
Applications
50. One of the rights accorded to the owner of copyright is the right to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords. This right is subject to certain limitations found in sections 107 through 118 of the copyright law
Avatar Spaces
Fair Use
Data Loggers
information and communication technology (ICT)