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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Similar to distance education - the notion of supporting learners - who may be situated locally or at a distance - with learning resources that may be distributed in space and time.






2. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.






3. 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.






4. A target language - or language of study - when the language being studied is spoken mainly in other countries






5. 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






6. In desktop publishing - the first letter of a paragraph that is enlarged to 'drop' down two or more line. Drop caps are often seen at the beginning of newsletter article - where the top of the first letter of the first word lines up with the top of t






7. Software that is given away free of charge - but whose author still retains all rights.






8. Combinations of type characters that resemble human faces when turned sideways. Used to indicate emotion or intent on e-mail or in chat rooms.






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






10. 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






11. Software products (e.g. - Microsoft Works and AppleWorks) that have several applications in a single package (e.g. - word processing - spreadsheet - presentation functions -database programs)






12. Sequences of frames shown in a linear way with presentation software (e.g. - PowerPoint)






13. Software designed for groups of students or teachers alike. The computer is viewed by a cooperative group of students or can be projected to the entire class to stimulate discussions and debates.






14. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure






15. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic






16. Liquid crystal display screen - commonly used in computers and also in conjunction with display panels and projectors as large-group display devices.






17. 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






18. 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






19. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world






20. Condition that occurs when an impairment limits an individual from performing an activity in a manner normally expected for human beings (communicating with others - hearing - movement - manipulating objects - etc.)






21. Use of the computer to orchestrate text - images - audio - and video to support a storytelling narrative with multimedia.






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






23. 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.






24. An assessment instrument consisting of a series of statements with which students indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement; created by psychologist Rensis Likert






25. A network created in 1969 by the U.S. government-funded Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to enable communications among important defense sites in the event of a worldwide catastrophe such as a nuclear attack; later became the Internet






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






27. 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






28. A first step in web development that involves planning what the website will look like.






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






30. A file format for storing and sending video sequences on a network






31. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; a standard way of representing text - which allows different computer brands to 'talk' to one another. It is sometimes referred to as plain text or unformatted text.






32. On the Internet - a way of transferring files from one computer to another using common settings and transmission procedures; also - to transfer files; computer users can use a File Transport Protocol (or FTP) client to transfer files to and from com






33. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.






34. 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






35. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by counting calories






36. A technique that reduces the amount of a graphic that shows or prints.






37. An event - object - or circumstance that comes after a behavior and is attributable to the behavior.






38. The legal rights to an original work produced in any tangible medium of expression - including written works - works of art - music - photographs - and computer software.






39. Designates a type of learning of English that occurs after a student achieves some level of proficiency in another - native language; more commonly-used term is now English Language Learning or ELL






40. A combination input and output device that allows a computer to communicate with another computer over telephone or cable TV lines; (short for modulator-demodulator) converts digital computer information into sound (and vice versa) for transmission o






41. Software tools that simplify the activity of making highly graphic materials such as awards certificates and greeting cards by offering sets of clip art and pre-designed templates to which people add their own content






42. Calculator with probes or sensors connected to it to allow gathering of numerical data






43. 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






44. A committee composed of the parent - administrator - assessment personnel - regular education teacher - special education teacher - and other pertinent representatives who meet on a regular basis to make decisions in regard to admission - services -






45. Also called a mail server - this is the computer or software that operates an e-mail discussion list on the Internet. Interested individuals subscribe to the list and subsequently receive all e-mail that is sent to the listserv; on the Internet - a p






46. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.






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 -






48. The preliminary or main web page of a particular website.






49. 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






50. A school specialist who helps students and teachers to become effective users of ideas and information by providing access to materials - providing instruction - and working with teachers to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual







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