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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. 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
FM Amplification System
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Ethnicity
Filtering Software
2. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.
Integrated learning system (IIS)
Conditional Information
Instructional activity
Label
3. Tools offered through a special Google site that provide users access to online programs for word processing - spreadsheets - and presentations; the site offers storage of documents on a Google server and allows for sharing of documents among multipl
Flash
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Graphic Document Makers
Google Docs
4. Can be either software that supports the on-screen creation of music scores with several parts or tracks - or a hardware component of a music synthesizer workstation
Individualized education program (IEP)
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
music sequencer
Fair Use
5. A field of study focusing on the design of technology systems that align with human characteristics - needs - and capabilities.
Avatar
Ergonomics
Data Mining
morphing
6. 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
Home Page
Firewall
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
meta-analysis
7. Various techniques designed to direct attention to certain aspects of information - including the use of bold - underlined - or italicized print; color - labels - and arrows for pictorial information; and speaking more loudly or more slowly to highli
Displayed Visuals
Highlighting
Byte
Geographic Information System (GIS)
8. Program stored on individual computers or on the school or district network in order to prevent access to Internet sites with inappropriate materials
Filtering Software
Learning
Instructional efficiency
Asynchronous
9. The use of the computer in the management of instruction - including applications such as student record keeping - performance assessment - and monitoring students' progress.
FAQ
Graphics Tablet
MUD
Computer-Managed Instruction
10. Input/output devices that provide for storage and retrieval of programs and other types of data that must be stored over a long period of time. Also referred to as external or auxiliary memory.
Mass storage
Evaluation Activity
High-Level Language
Electronic Mentor
11. A measurement appraisal process that is ongoing - developmentally appropriate - and dynamic; the process of gathering evidence of learning.
Displayed Visuals
Likert scale
Instructional method
Assessment
12. A type of learning that refers to the ability to recall specific information.
Knowledge
Digitizer
Forms Makers
Enactive Learning
13. The interest - or value - that instructional materials or activities have for the learner.
Direct Observation
joystick
Instructional appeal
Intrinsic motivation
14. A built-in feature of word-processing software that automatically detects and corrects misspelled words and incorrect capitalization
Auto-correct
meta-analysis
Mouse
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
15. An event - object - or circumstance that comes after a behavior and is attributable to the behavior.
logic bomb
Automaticity
Consequence
information visualization
16. A highlighted position indicator used on the computer screen.
DVD
Cursor
Ethnicity
Classroom Observation
17. An associational information-processing system in the text domain. In a hypertext system - text information is stored in nodes - and nodes are interconnected to other nodes of related information; in 1960 - Ted Nelson coined the term to describe a da
Evaluation
Hypertext
Avatar
Disability
18. The most common input device; resembles the key layout of a typewriter.
Keyboard
Cyberbullying
Heuristic
Corrective Feedback
19. 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
inert knowledge
Hacking
Antivirus software
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
20. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.
CPU
instant messaging (IM)
Font
Hits
21. Occurs when it is necessary to keep a certain position that is not relative to the new cell location. It is possible by inserting a dollar sign - $ - before the column letter or a $ before the row number - or sometimes both to lock the cell location
LCD projector
Absolute address or absolute positioning
inert knowledge
Assistive Technology
22. A graphical means of illustrating the logical flow of a computer program.
Instructional design
Mosaic
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
Flowcharting
23. 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
Digital Storytelling
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
Full Immersion Systems
Bookmark
24. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
Exergaming
25. A camera that stores pictures in computer compatible digital format rather than on film.
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Digital Camera
Bulletin Board (BB)
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
26. In cognitive load theory - the use of working memory that results in productive - engaged learning
Java applets
Browser
Generative Processing
Electronic Gradebook
27. A form of evaluation that involves watching students as they work through some part(s) of the lesson.
Copyright
LCD projector
Grammar Checker
Direct Observation
28. 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.
Constructivist Learning
interactive whiteboard activity software
Evaluation
Motivation
29. General category of portable computer devices such as smart phones and tablets (e.g. - iPads)
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Database Management System (DBMS)
mobile device
Display Boards
30. A first step in web development that involves planning what the website will look like.
Hash Tag
morphing
Frame
Design
31. 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.
Audio Teleconferencing
Label
Dithering
Direct Observation
32. 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.
Geospatial Technologies
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Advance Organizer
Field
33. An individual who gains access to computer systems without authorization.
Hacker
Icon
Internet
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
34. 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
Image Editing Programs
Harmony
High-Level Language
Drill And Practice
35. 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.
Macro
Email Address
Assimilation
Hybrid Learning
36. Software that provides on-screen blank musical bars on which the user enters the musical key - time - and individual notes that constitute a piece of sheet music
malware
Graphing Calculator
Motor skills
music editor
37. The products created by a database program; any collection of data stored in a computer or on a computer medium
Files
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
Automaticity
Emoticons
38. The setting or physical surroundings in which learning takes place - including the classroom - science or computer laboratory - gymnasium - playground - and so on.
Input/Output Device
Cell
Learning environment
Foreign Language Dictionaries
39. 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
LCD projector
Grammar Checker
Iris
Motor skills
40. In cognitive load theory - mental activity uses cognitive capacity but does not help the learner learn
Chat Room
Extraneous Processing
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
App
41. The incorrect or less appropriate alternative answers for a given multiple-choice question. Also called foils.
CRT
Animation - path
Instructional appeal
Distractors
42. Sometimes called paint or raster graphics - in which each pixel directly corresponds to a spot on the display screen. When scaled to larger sizes - this type of graphic looks jagged or aliased; Developed originally for use on Disk Operating System (D
Concept Map
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Classroom Observation
Assessment Rubric
43. 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
Firewall
Hits
link
44. Originally called OAK - a high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. An object-oriented language similar to C++ - it has become popular for its ability to do interactive graphic and animation activities on web pages; a computer la
HTML 5
Java
Database
Cyberbullying
45. Software that is given away free of charge - but whose author still retains all rights.
Avatar Spaces
Javascript
Freeware
Designing Instruction
46. Software programs designed to perform a specific function for the user - such as processing text - performing calculations - and presenting content lessons.
Hacker
MP3
Heart Rate Monitor
Applications
47. 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
Distractors
Google Docs
Mouse
48. 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
Graphics Tablet
Disequilibrium
Fair Use Guidelines
Fair Use
49. Using technology to accommodate difficulties individuals have with performing specific tasks - e.g. - providing speech recognition software to those with physical disabilities that limit their use of a pencil or a keyboard
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
information literacy
Compensation
Home Page
50. 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.
Gesture-Recognition System
Implementation
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
CPU