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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Also known as information design uses pictures - symbols - colors - and words to communicate ideas - illustrate information - or express relationships visually.
information visualization
Interactive media
Cloud Computing
music synthesizer
2. 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
mobile device
integrating educational technology
Haptic Interface
Copyright
3. '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
information and communication technology (ICT)
Instructional plan
Event Driven
imagemap
4. An image format that allows transfer of artwork between any software packages that use PostScript printing files; a vector graphics file format.
Database Management System (DBMS)
Instructional game
Graphic
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
5. 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
intranet
Iris
Hash Tag
Image Formats
6. A form of evaluation that involves watching students as they work through some part(s) of the lesson.
Direct Observation
inert knowledge
Hits
Java applets
7. In a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly
JPEG (also JPG)
Animation key frame
Favorites File
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
8. On computer networks - a location for person-to-person real-time (synchronous) interaction by typing messages.
Chat Room
language translators (machine translation)
multiple intelligences theory
Bulletin Board (BB)
9. The process of taking a series of individual pictures -- called frames -- and stringing them together in a timed sequence to give the appearance of continuous motion. Animations are motion files - either in 2-D animation or 3-D animation. On the Web
Blood Pressure Devices
Animation
Interactive media
Assessment Rubric
10. Ways of storing digitized images for use in webpages and multimedia products - e.g. - GIF - JPEG
Electronic Publishing
Memory
Image Formats
joystick
11. Term for the distribution of applications - processing power - and storage across many computers accessible via the Internet.
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
mainstreaming
Hash Tag
Cloud Computing
12. Proposed by learning theorist Albert Bandura as learning that occurs through actions - rather than by observation
Computer Program
Enactive Learning
Drill And Practice
Blog
13. A computer input device that permits the development of graphic images by translating drawing on the tablet into onscreen images.
Graphics Tablet
Behavior
Discovery Learning
Fair Use
14. A statement that likens something new to something familiar. Analogies are typically used either to make abstract information more concrete or to organize complex information.
Analogy
Highlighting
Motivation
Directed Instruction
15. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
Interactive media
Course Management System (CMS)
microcomputer
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
16. Software tools used to enhance and format photos that are then imported into desktop publishing systems or webpage products
Gesture-Recognition System
Frame
Cloze Exercises
Image Editing Programs
17. Also known as a hot link or hot spot. On the Internet - a piece of text or an image that has been programmed into a web page to send the browser to another Internet location; in a multimedia product - a piece of text or an image that has been program
link
Laser printer
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Instructional materials
18. A response made by an individual.
Behavior
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Exergaming
Instructional game
19. Pictures of people that focus on just the head or from mid-chest and up are called mug shots. Mug shots are often used in newsletters - newspapers - school yearbooks and company directories. Mug shots of feature columnists may appear next to their co
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Mug shots
Hypermedia
Design
20. A target language - or language of study - when the language being studied is spoken mainly in other countries
Blu-Ray Disc
Motor skills
Hypertext
Foreign Language (FL)
21. 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
Chat
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Computer Gradebook
22. Software programs designed to perform a specific function for the user - such as processing text - performing calculations - and presenting content lessons.
Model
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Case Study
Applications
23. First released in 2002 - a scripting language that must be installed on a server to be used in web development; a scripting language that generates HTML source code to create dynamic web pages
ASP.NET
Key word
Culture
Discovery Learning
24. 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
Copyright
English Language Learners (ELL)
Dithering
FM Amplification System
25. A type of computer virus that is set to 'go off' (i.e. - carry out its program) at a certain time
logic bomb
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Digital Literacy
Individualized education program (IEP)
26. (short for Command Line Interface) the interface is where the user types a text command and the computer responds according to that command.
Event Driven
CLI
Computer
Course Management System (CMS)
27. 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).
Instructional method
Augmented Reality
Concept Map
interactive or dynamic geometry software
28. A type of instructional activity that leads students to want to learn and to put in the effort required for learning.
Instructional activity
Domain Name
Motivation activity
Automaticity
29. A type of hypermedia authoring software from Adobe that has become commonly used to create interactive web-based animations
Hacking
Declarative Information
Flash
Crowdsourcing
30. Not occurring at the same time - form of distance communications in which information and messages are left for the receiver to read later; contrasts with synchronous communications - in which information and messages are sent and received immediatel
Blu-Ray Disc
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Asynchronous
Multimedia authoring programs
31. Hardware such as a keyboard - mouse - or joystick through which the user sends instructions to the computer.
Domain Name
Input device
Bulletin Board (BB)
Handicap
32. A three-dimensional representation of a real object; it may be larger - smaller - or the same size as the object represented.
Dithering
Handicap
Model
Listserv
33. Systems that allow individuals to view and examine the world through multiple layering of geographic data within a spatial environment; use of technology for visualization - analysis - and measurement of features and phenomena
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Geospatial Technologies
Fair Use
Input device
34. Electronically transmitted private messages that can be sent from individuals to other individuals or groups.
Firewall
Cooperative Learning
Electronic Mail (email)
Blu-Ray Disc
35. 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.
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Digital Divide
Microprocessor
Hash Tag
36. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates under what circumstances students are expected to perform.
Conditions
Assistive Technology
Email Address
Auto-tuning
37. Pre-developed applications created with the Java programming language; make possible web page features such as animations and special effects - graphics and buttons - interactive displays -web data collection forms - and chatrooms
Disequilibrium
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Database
Java applets
38. Classroom display that allow teachers or students to interact with the computer through a touch sensitive board on which the computer screen is projected.
Flash
Electronic Whiteboard
Gesture-Recognition System
Modem
39. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.
Mailing list
Circular reference
Culture
Audiographics
40. The setting or physical surroundings in which learning takes place - including the classroom - science or computer laboratory - gymnasium - playground - and so on.
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
multiple intelligences theory
Learning environment
Assessment
41. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.
Graphing Calculator
Database
Animation - path
Home Page
42. 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
Hacker
Charting/Graphing Tool
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Blood Pressure Devices
43. A measure of the difference between what learners know before and after instruction; for example - Posttest - Pretest = Achievement.
Data Loggers
Instructional effectiveness
Computer Conferencing
Logo
44. 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
Bandwidth
LCD projector
Microprocessor
Favorites File
45. A small pictorial or graphical representation of a computer hardware function or component - or a computer software program - commonly associated with a graphical user interface.
Favorites File
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Icon
Auto-tuning
46. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Bitmap and vector graphics
Compact Disc (CD)
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
47. Instructional format that combines elements of face-to-face teaching and learning with elements of distance education. Also known as blended learning.
Fair Use
Hybrid Learning
Compensation
Geographic Information System (GIS)
48. 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
Email Address
Digital Storytelling
Gigabyte
Directory File Structure
49. 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
Instructional designer
Mouse
Animation
50. An assessment instrument consisting of a series of statements with which students indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement; created by psychologist Rensis Likert
Modem
Likert scale
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
Hard Disk