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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. 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 -
Heart Rate Monitor
Educational Media
Directed Instruction
Font
2. A term coined by Lloyd Morrisett - former president of the Markle Foundation - used to describe the gap between those individuals who have access to technology such as computer software - the Internet - and so on and those who do not.
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Digital Divide
Modem
Antivirus software
3. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform
Database
LCD projector
instructional software
ActionScript
4. The most common input device; resembles the key layout of a typewriter.
Keyboard
Frame
Discussion
Gesture-Recognition System
5. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.
Learning style
Mailing list
learning hierarchies
Demonstration
6. Any pictorial representation of information such as charts - graphs - animated figures - or photographic reproductions.
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Animation
Graphic
music sequencer
7. The preliminary or main web page of a particular website.
Home Page
FM Amplification System
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Intrinsic motivation
8. The set of high-speed data lines connecting the major networks that make up the Internet.
Backbone
Assistive Technology
Conditional Information
Cloud Computing
9. A communications service that allows users to create a private chat room which only members of a mutually agreed upon list may enter; the system alerts a user when someone from the IM list is online; IM also designates the act of instant messaging -
instant messaging (IM)
Computer Program
Lossy compression
imagemap
10. A machine that processes information according to a set of instructions.
Blog
Instructional materials
Computer
Files
11. 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
Forms Makers
Cropping
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
Beta version
12. A unique vocal distortion technique made possible with vocal-editing software
Computer Gradebook
Google Docs
Backbone
Auto-tuning
13. Applying scientific knowledge about human learning to the practical tasks of teaching and learning; the subset of educational technology that deals directly with teaching and learning applications (as opposed to educational administrative application
Lossless and lossy compressions
Graphics Tablet
CLI
Instructional technology
14. A term used on the Twitter system for a prefix to a message (Tweet)consisting of a pound sign (#)and a topic name (e.g. - #ripstevejobs). Users begin a Tweet with a hash tag to allow others to identify posts and create their own messages on that topi
Handheld Technologies
Hash Tag
Instructional plan
Authoring Software
15. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.
Datafile
Bit
Designing Instruction
instant messaging (IM)
16. Programs that allow users to create and manipulate geometric constructions and provide environments in which to make discoveries and conjectures related to geometry concepts and objects
Firewall
imagemap
interactive whiteboard
interactive or dynamic geometry software
17. A small text file transferred to a web browser through an Internet server for the purpose of tracking the Internet usage habits of the person using the browser
CLI
Cookie
Asynchronous
JPEG (also JPG)
18. Email additions; may be documents - graphics - or software.
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
Audiographics
Gesture-Recognition System
Attachments
19. A collection of information systematized by computer software to allow storage and easy retrieval through keyword searching; the program designed to accomplish these tasks
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Database
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
DVD
20. A response made by an individual.
Blood Pressure Devices
Behavior
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
DVD
21. 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
Essential Processing
Individualized education program (IEP)
Educational Technology
Mouse
22. 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.
File Server
Lossless and lossy compressions
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
Crowdsourcing
23. 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
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Bulletin Board (BB)
Logo
Forms Makers
24. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world
Avatar
Assimilation
Corrective Feedback
Evaluation Activity
25. 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
Circular reference
Cooperative Learning
Knowledge
Audio Teleconferencing
26. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
Algorithm
Clip Art
microcomputer
Analogy
27. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
Backbone
Hacker
Macro
28. Using a computer system to administer and score assessment measures; also - computer adaptive testing - computer-based testing
multiple intelligences theory
Digitizer
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Constructivism
29. An instructional software function that presents items for students to work on (usually one at a time) and gives feedback on correctness; a series of practice exercises designed to increase fluency in a new skill or to refresh an existing one. Use of
Distractors
microcomputer
Instructional activity
Drill And Practice
30. A term introduced by Whitehead in 1929 to mean skills that students learn in isolation but do not know how to transfer later to problems that require them
Instructional plan
Algorithm
inert knowledge
Fair Use Guidelines
31. An activity in which students with disabilities participate in one or more selected classes in general education
MUD
Evaluation
mainstreaming
Displayed Visuals
32. A type of learning that refers to feelings - beliefs - and values that lead individuals to make consistent choices when given the opportunity.
Audio Teleconferencing
Instructional method
Attitudes
Keyboard
33. Use of the computer to orchestrate text - images - audio - and video to support a storytelling narrative with multimedia.
Instructional activity
Mosaic
mobile device
Digital Storytelling
34. A 4.72-inch-diameter disc on which a laser has digitally recorded information such as audio - video - or computer data.
Compact Disc (CD)
Key word
Integrated learning system (IIS)
Dithering
35. 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
Laser printer
Electronic Mentor
Digital Storytelling
Global Positioning System (GPS)
36. Software that enables the user to enter - edit - store - retrieve - sort - and search through computer databases.
Home Page
link
Database Management System (DBMS)
Crowdsourcing
37. A level of skill that allows a person to respond immediately (i.e. - automatically) with the correct answer to a problem
DVD
Automaticity
Directory File Structure
inert knowledge
38. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.
Cognitive Overload
Internal memory
Attachments
Chat Room
39. 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.
Instructional design
Classroom Observation
Java applets
Files
40. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.
Audiographics
inert knowledge
Model
Lossless and lossy compressions
41. 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.
Image Capture
Clip Art
Implementation
music editor
42. The practice of collecting data from all the information available and searching it to see relationships among the data elements
Consequence
Data Mining
Domain Name
Flash
43. 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
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Data Loggers
Fair Use
Drop cap
44. 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
joystick
Electronic Whiteboard
morphing
Electronic reference software
45. An online system of web course design and delivery tools; Desire-to-Learn and BlackBoard are examples
Formula
Course Management System (CMS)
CLI
Hardware
46. 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)
Generative Processing
Avatar Spaces
Analogy
47. 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 -
Email Address
Algorithm
Database
Bitmap and vector graphics
48. 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
Highlighting
Body Composition Analyzer
Knowledge
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
49. Liquid crystal display screen - commonly used in computers and also in conjunction with display panels and projectors as large-group display devices.
LCD screen
Display Boards
Ergonomics
Equilibration
50. 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.
Motivation
Direct Observation
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Monitor