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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Online sites that allow users to input sentences and paragraphs of text in one language and get a translation into another language
language translators (machine translation)
Educational Technology
Blood Pressure Devices
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
2. General category of portable computer devices such as smart phones and tablets (e.g. - iPads)
CPU
Disequilibrium
Auto-correct
mobile device
3. A statistical method designed by Gene V Glass (1976) to summarize results across studies and measure the size of the effect a 'treatment' such as technology-based methods has over and above traditional methods
link
Computer Platforms
Dithering
meta-analysis
4. A condition that arises when an individual is unable to fulfill a role due to an impairment or disability
Handicap
Cognitive Overload
Instructional method
Electronic Whiteboard
5. 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
Hypermedia
Disability
Constructivism
Flowcharting
6. 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
Design
Fair Use Guidelines
Image Capture
Avatar
7. 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
Computer Platforms
Graphic
Instructional appeal
Library/media specialist
8. Resource for students with hearing impairments in which the teacher wears a wireless microphone and students with auditory processing learning disabilities wear receivers that amplify the teacher's voice and serve to focus attention
Bookmark
Event Driven
FM Amplification System
Input/Output Device
9. 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
Information activity
Iris
Java
Hands-On/Minds-On Science
10. Software used by architects and others to aid in the design of structures such as houses and cars
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
Database filters and queries
information and communication technology (ICT)
Email Address
11. Abbreviation for application - software that normally has an extension of .app and refers to any Internet application specifically designed to run on mobile devices such as smartphones
Graphing Calculator
interactive whiteboard
Electronic Slide Shows
App
12. According to learning theorist B. E Skinner - experiences (positive reinforcement - negative reinforcement - punishment) that shape desired behavioral responses
Compression and extraction tools
CPU
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Global Positioning System (GPS)
13. 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.
Hard Disk
Information activity
Learning style
learning communities
14. 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
Integrated learning system (IIS)
Interlacing
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
15. Also known as a web browser - software designed to allow a computer user to go to Internet websites that are connected to each other via the World Wide Web (WWW)
Browser
Highlighting
Generative Processing
Geographic Information System (GIS)
16. 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
Drill And Practice
Icon
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Freeware
17. 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
Modem
Chat Room
Iris
Discussion
18. A unique electronic address for an individual or organization - analogous to a postal address.
Instructional plan
Global Positioning System (GPS)
instructional software
Email Address
19. For learners of English and foreign languages - activities in which they use computers in language testing - teaching - and learning in and out of class
Image Capture
Digital Camera
Internet
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
20. 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
Files
Constructivist Learning
Crowdsourcing
MUD
21. 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
instant messaging (IM)
Individualized education program (IEP)
music synthesizer
Drop cap
22. 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
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Grammar Checker
Field
inert knowledge
23. Circular reference of electronic spreadsheet formula happens when you enter a formula that includes functions referring back to the cell in which the formula is contained. When this happens - users receive an error message referring to circular refer
Instructional method
Disability
Circular reference
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
24. A unique vocal distortion technique made possible with vocal-editing software
Model
Motor skills
Auto-tuning
Foreign Language (FL)
25. Types of computer systems identified by their operating systems - e.g. - PCs with Windows operating systems or Macintoshes with Mac-OS operating systems
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Application Activity
Internet
Computer Platforms
26. The software capability to copy images from web pages or computer applications and store them on your own computer.
Files
Domain Name
Image Capture
FM Amplification System
27. 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.
High-Level Language
Instructional materials
Logo
Artificial intelligence (AI)
28. A type of instructional activity designed to help students understand - remember - and apply new information.
App
Information activity
Computer Program
Instructional plan
29. The interest - or value - that instructional materials or activities have for the learner.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Heart Rate Monitor
Modem
Instructional appeal
30. Any pictorial representation of information such as charts - graphs - animated figures - or photographic reproductions.
Graphic
Instructional method
Drop cap
Auto-tuning
31. A file format for storing and sending video sequences on a network
Instructional efficiency
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Digital Literacy
Designing Instruction
32. Applications software that is designed specifically to deliver or assist with student instruction on a topic; software that can be used to enhance teaching and learning in many ways. Drill and practice - educational games - tutorials - simulation - a
Local-area network (LAN)
Halftone
inert knowledge
instructional software
33. In cognitive load theory - cognitive processes that are required for making sense of material a person is trying to learn can overwhelm learner's cognitive capacity unless strategies are in place to handle it by learning theorist Robert Gagné as bein
Icon
Fair Use Guidelines
Exergaming
Essential Processing
34. A printed copy of computer output.
ASCII format
Impairment
Hard Copy
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
35. A level of skill that allows a person to respond immediately (i.e. - automatically) with the correct answer to a problem
Instruction
Generative Processing
Automaticity
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
36. 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'
Asynchronous
mainstreaming
Favorites File
Domain Name
37. According to information-processing learning theorists - one of the three kinds of memory or 'stores' the brain uses to process information - much like a computer; LTM can hold information indefinitely after it is linked to prior knowledge already in
mastery learning
High-Level Language
Charting/Graphing Tool
long-term memory (LTM)
38. Motivation in which the act itself is the reward.
Advance Organizer
Intrinsic motivation
FAQ
Animation key frame
39. An individual who gains access to computer systems without authorization.
Body Composition Analyzer
Hacker
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Ergonomics
40. In cognitive load theory - mental activity uses cognitive capacity but does not help the learner learn
Extraneous Processing
Exergaming
Attachments
Flowcharting
41. An electronic go-between by which the computer communicates with a peripheral device.
Intelligent tutoring system
Grammar Checker
Bandwidth
Interface
42. A measure of how much learners achieve per unit of time or dollar spent; for example - (Posttest - Pretest)/Time - or (Posttest - Pretest)/Cost.
Instructional efficiency
Grammar Checker
Cloud Computing
interactive or dynamic geometry software
43. Antidote utilities to detect - eliminate and protect from viruses - worms and Trojans. It typically contains an engine - a resident virus shield - virus databases or DAT files - a task scheduler - an e-mail scanner - and an update manager. It guards
Essential Processing
Computer
Antivirus software
Digital Divide
44. An online system of web course design and delivery tools; Desire-to-Learn and BlackBoard are examples
Lossless and lossy compressions
Display Boards
Chat
Course Management System (CMS)
45. Software designed for groups of students or teachers alike. The computer is viewed by a cooperative group of students or can be projected to the entire class to stimulate discussions and debates.
Blog
Groupware
Encoding
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
46. The third phase in the Plan - Implement - Evaluate model. Focus is on assessment techniques used to determine the level of learning students have achieved and/or the effectiveness of the instructional materials.
Lossless and lossy compressions
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Absolute address or absolute positioning
Evaluation
47. Multimedia that allows user interactions so that the user can determine the direction of the program or presentation.
Email Address
Interactive media
Interactive multimedia
Hardware
48. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.
Discovery Learning
Electronic Storybooks
Instructional designer
Computer Program
49. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.
Distance Education
Charting/Graphing Tool
MUD
CPU
50. 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
Knowledge
Accommodation
Monitor