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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A technique that reduces the amount of a graphic that shows or prints.
Cropping
Augmented Reality
CMYK graphics
Field
2. Individuals who are learning English as their majority language for everyday uses - employment - and educational purposes. ELL also stands for English Language Learning
English Language Learners (ELL)
Image Capture
Evaluation Activity
ADDIE model
3. General category of portable computer devices such as smart phones and tablets (e.g. - iPads)
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Groupware
Flowcharting
mobile device
4. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.
Electronic Gradebook
Database
Animation - path
Hypermedia
5. The use of graphical symbols instead of text commands to control common computer functions such as copying programs and disks; a GUI is where the user clicks on a visual screen that has icons - windows and menus - by using a pointing device - such as
Motivation
Animation - path
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Electronic Publishing
6. A liquid crystal display device used with a computer or VCR for large-group display.
LCD projector
Home Page
Mnemonic
Learning style
7. Alpha testing is the early testing phase of the project. The full functionality of the alpha version of the software program may not yet be implemented. This early review allows the client to evaluate the project.
Alpha testing
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Intrinsic motivation
Drop cap
8. 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
inquiry-based learning
Electronic Slide Shows
App
9. 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
Analogy
Hacking
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
Firewall
10. 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
Cognitive Load
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Cookie
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
11. 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
Gesture-Recognition System
LCD projector
instant messaging (IM)
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
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 -
Bitmap and vector graphics
Hard Disk
Lossless and lossy compressions
Internal memory
13. The interest - or value - that instructional materials or activities have for the learner.
Freeware
Instructional appeal
Interlacing
FAQ
14. Any practical device used to make information easier to remember - including rhymes - acronyms - and acrostics.
Clip Art
Motor skills
Interlacing
Mnemonic
15. 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
Learning environment
Animation - path
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
16. An online system of web course design and delivery tools; Desire-to-Learn and BlackBoard are examples
Asynchronous
Course Management System (CMS)
mastery learning
inert knowledge
17. A 4.72-inch-diameter disc on which a laser has digitally recorded information such as audio - video - or computer data.
Mug shots
Algorithm
Compact Disc (CD)
Field
18. An agreement created by a school or other educational organization that describes the risks involved in Internet use; outlines appropriate - safe student behavior on the Internet; asks students if they agree to use the Internet under these conditions
HTML 5
Grammar Checker
Direct Observation
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
19. 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
multimedia
Learning in context
Firewall
Ergonomics
20. Software designed to help teach information and/or skills related to a topic; also known as instructional software or courseware - computer-based instruction (CBI) - computer-based learning (CBL) - computer-assisted learning (CAL) - or generic terms
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Educational Technology
multiple intelligences theory
Database
21. 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
Digital Camera
Intelligent tutoring system
Artificial intelligence (AI)
learner-centered instruction
22. 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.
Lighting
Motivation
Avatar
Ethnicity
23. 'Image map' allows graphics to respond to mouse clicks to lead to more than one place from a single graphic. Clickable maps can be based on graphical maps such as floor plans - road maps - regional maps - and the like. The imagemapper - or simple ima
Assistive Technology
Image Capture
imagemap
joystick
24. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure
Blood Pressure Devices
e-books (ebooks)
Compensation
Logo
25. 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.
Augmented Reality
Application Activity
Formative Evaluation
Graphics Tablet
26. A type of instructional activity that leads students to want to learn and to put in the effort required for learning.
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Motivation activity
malware
Consequence
27. 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.
MP3
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
28. Computer software that continuously analyzes a student's test responses and presents more or less difficult questions based on the student's performance
Digital Camera
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
intranet
29. 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
integrated packages
Alternative Keyboard
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Compression and extraction tools
30. Sometimes referred to as the ADDIE model - the current version of systems approach of instructional design is a process comprised of a series of phases: analysis - design - development - implementation - and evaluation. Currently - almost all ISD mod
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Inclusion
Digitizer
ADDIE model
31. 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
instructional software
language translators (machine translation)
Antivirus software
App
32. A target language - or language of study - when the language being studied is spoken mainly in other countries
Foreign Language (FL)
Image Capture
Digitizer
Electronic Mail (email)
33. Growing problem of online harassment in social networks
Knowledge
Computer-Managed Instruction
Cyberbullying
Mosaic
34. Ways of storing digitized images for use in webpages and multimedia products - e.g. - GIF - JPEG
Graphics Tablet
Image Formats
Essential Processing
information and communication technology (ICT)
35. A type of mnemonic in which mental pictures are used to represent new information.
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Animation key frame
Imagery
Instructional designer
36. 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
Interlacing
Digitizer
Cropping
Distributed Education
37. The software capability to copy images from web pages or computer applications and store them on your own computer.
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Image Capture
Instruction
Mnemonic
38. A distance education technology that uses a speakerphone to extend a basic telephone call and permits instruction and interaction between individuals or groups at two or more locations.
Frame
Audio Teleconferencing
Cognitive Overload
Cursor
39. Hardware such as a keyboard - mouse - or joystick through which the user sends instructions to the computer.
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Evaluation Activity
Digital Storytelling
Input device
40. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating
Cybercheating
Hard Disk
Classical Conditioning
Artificial intelligence (AI)
41. On computer networks - a location for person-to-person real-time (synchronous) interaction by typing messages.
Chat Room
information and communication technology (ICT)
CRT
Inclusion
42. A set of guidelines used to reliably appraise or judge products or performances.
Motivation activity
Learning
Blog
Assessment Rubric
43. Acronym for 'frequently asked questions.' Used on the Internet to disseminate basic information and to reduce repetitive queries.
Handicap
Augmented Reality
FAQ
Image Formats
44. Previously created graphics designed to be added to word processing or desktop publishing documents or to computer-based instruction.
Hacking
Attachments
Clip Art
Data Loggers
45. A blueprint for instructional lessons based on analyses of the learners - the context - and the task to be learned. Planning involves the process of deciding what methods of instruction are best for bringing about desired changes in student knowledge
Audiographics
Instructional plan
Lossy compression
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
46. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.
Advance Organizer
FM Amplification System
Data Mining
Cognitive Overload
47. A filter of an electronic database program allows application of a set of selection criteria or sorting instructions to the records in a table. When a database is closed - the selection criteria and/or sorting instructions will be wiped out. In contr
Evaluation Activity
Grammar Checker
Database filters and queries
CPU
48. Multimedia that allows user interactions so that the user can determine the direction of the program or presentation.
Auto-correct
Interlacing
Home Page
Interactive multimedia
49. An object-oriented scripting language that - like Java - is used to create dynamic websites
Javascript
Electronic reference software
Cloud Computing
morphing
50. 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
Cropping
Feedback
Modem
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)