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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. The term describes the data-carrying capacity of a transmission line. In other words - how much data flows on a given transmission path. It can apply to network connections - system buses - or any 'pipe' through which data pours. High-bandwidth conne






2. A form of evaluation that involves watching students as they work through some part(s) of the lesson.






3. The products created by a database program; any collection of data stored in a computer or on a computer medium






4. An electronic go-between by which the computer communicates with a peripheral device.






5. A printed copy of computer output.






6. The use of the computer as a device for mediating communication between teacher and students and among students - often over distances. Electronic mail and computer conferencing are two types of application software commonly used in CMC.






7. A device that allows analog audio or video to be captured in a form that the computer can use.






8. A three-dimensional representation of a real object; it may be larger - smaller - or the same size as the object represented.






9. A measure of how much learners achieve per unit of time or dollar spent; for example - (Posttest - Pretest)/Time - or (Posttest - Pretest)/Cost.






10. A set of guidelines used to reliably appraise or judge products or performances.






11. Feedback that tells students specifically what they can do to correct their performance.






12. Electronically transmitted private messages that can be sent from individuals to other individuals or groups.






13. 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






14. Pavlovian view of learning as involuntary physical responses to outside stimuli (e.g. - dogs salivate automatically at the sight of a dog food can)






15. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating






16. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment






17. A computer database program that can store and manipulate students' grades.






18. A collection of components that includes the computer and all of the devices used with it.






19. A single silicon chip that contains all of the CPU circuits for a computer system.






20. According to learning theorist B. E Skinner - experiences (positive reinforcement - negative reinforcement - punishment) that shape desired behavioral responses






21. Pages or items listed as results of an Internet or database search






22. A procedure of instruction selected to help learners achieve objectives or understand the content or message of instruction (e.g. - presentation - simulation - drill and practice - cooperative learning).






23. An animation key frame is a single still image defined throughout an animated sequence that occurs at a pivotal point in that sequence.






24. The adaptive use of previously acquired knowledge to analyze and understand new situations.






25. The incorrect or less appropriate alternative answers for a given multiple-choice question. Also called foils.






26. A graphical representation of interrelated concepts that students can use as a learning aid or that teachers can use as an aid in content organization; tools designed to help people think through and explore ideas or topics by developing these visual






27. Approximately a billion bytes - or 1 -000 megabytes.






28. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.






29. A set of related principles explaining changes in human performance or performance potential in terms of the causes of those changes.






30. Any practical device used to make information easier to remember - including rhymes - acronyms - and acrostics.






31. Ancillary feature of word processors that identifies a range of grammatical and format errors such as improper capitalization - lack of subject-verb agreement - split infinitives - and so on.






32. 'Lossless' compression such as the GIF format is generally safer for recompression since it utilizes 'lossless' compression. Meaning when the GIF image is compressed - no information is lost from its contents. On the other hand - formats that utilize






33. 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.






34. An individual's preferred ways for processing and organizing information and for responding to environmental stimuli.






35. Subject matter expert who volunteers to work closely with students online






36. 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






37. A question typically used at the beginning of a lesson to direct students' attention to particularly important aspects of the new information.






38. Individuals who are learning English as their majority language for everyday uses - employment - and educational purposes. ELL also stands for English Language Learning






39. A shortcut to encoding a series of actions in a computer program. Provides the means to perform a number of separate steps through a single command.






40. An image format that allows transfer of artwork between any software packages that use PostScript printing files; a vector graphics file format.






41. The set of high-speed data lines connecting the major networks that make up the Internet.






42. An instructional arrangement whereby students with disabilities receive instruction and services in a general education setting with regular education peers.






43. 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






44. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.






45. 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






46. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems






47. According to learning theorist Jerome Bruner - a more effective way of children learning concepts by discovering them during their interaction with the environment; an instructional method that uses an inductive - or inquiry - method to encourage stu






48. A type of information that describes the potential usefulness of facts - concepts - and principles.






49. A worldwide collection of computer networks that can exchange information by using a common software standard; sometimes referred to (erroneously) as synonymous with the World Wide Web (WWW) - which is actually a subset of the Internet






50. An image format used for drawn images - illustrations - clip art - or animations; It is universally acceptable on the Web. Images in the this format are restricted to 256 colors (best - actually 216 'web-safe' colors). The format is suited to images







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