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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A type of learning that refers to feelings - beliefs - and values that lead individuals to make consistent choices when given the opportunity.
Electronic Mail (email)
Implementation
Copyright
Attitudes
2. A compact disc format for storing motion video and computer data. Sometimes called digital video disc or digital versatile disc; a standard single-layer - single-sided DVD can store 4.7GB of data. These high-capacity optical discs can store large fil
Data Mining
Case Study
DVD
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
3. The set of high-speed data lines connecting the major networks that make up the Internet.
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Backbone
Graphing Calculator
Image Formats
4. Liquid crystal display screen - commonly used in computers and also in conjunction with display panels and projectors as large-group display devices.
Analogy
LCD screen
Javascript
morphing
5. 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
ARPAnet
LCD projector
Cognitive Load
Designing Instruction
6. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.
Alternative Keyboard
Mailing list
Lossless and lossy compressions
Microprocessor
7. Individuals who are learning English as their majority language for everyday uses - employment - and educational purposes. ELL also stands for English Language Learning
Extraneous Processing
English Language Learners (ELL)
meta-analysis
Instructional effectiveness
8. A single silicon chip that contains all of the CPU circuits for a computer system.
multiple intelligences theory
Microprocessor
Declarative Information
ActionScript
9. A series of steps needed to solve a particular problem or perform a particular task; a methodical - logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier -- but also more error-prone -- use of heu
Data Mining
Cursor
Algorithm
morphing
10. A rule of thumb or flexible guideline that can be adapted to fit each instructional situation.
Firewall
Heuristic
Bookmark
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
11. 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.
Database filters and queries
Gigabyte
Implementation
Assimilation
12. An assessment instrument consisting of a series of statements with which students indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement; created by psychologist Rensis Likert
Hacking
Likert scale
Feedback
Electronic Whiteboard
13. A liquid crystal display device used with a computer or VCR for large-group display.
LCD projector
Attitudes
Geospatial Technologies
Instruction
14. Information provided to students regarding how well they are doing during practice.
Digital Divide
Feedback
Instruction
music sequencer
15. A computer language that contains instructions that resemble natural language and that does not require knowledge of the inner workings of the computer to use successfully.
High-Level Language
Attention
Copyright
Multimedia authoring programs
16. In cognitive load theory - the use of working memory that results in productive - engaged learning
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Compact Disc (CD)
Generative Processing
17. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure
Corrective Feedback
Cropping
Javascript
Blood Pressure Devices
18. Texts in digital form that may be read on a computer or e-book readers; becoming a popular alternative to printed texts
e-books (ebooks)
Analogy
Mailing list
Computer Gradebook
19. According to learning theorist Robert Gagné - a sequenced set of building block skills a student must learn in order to learn a higher-order skill
information and communication technology (ICT)
learning hierarchies
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
Gesture-Recognition System
20. A worldwide radio-navigation system made possible by a bank of orbiting satellites and their ground stations to pinpoint exact geographic locations on earth; a device that cross-references a GPS signal with mapping software and shows the location to
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Heart Rate Monitor
Input device
Bookmark
21. Professional organization for music educators
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
DVD
Filtering Software
Blog
22. A camera that stores pictures in computer compatible digital format rather than on film.
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
multimedia
Digital Camera
Inkjet printer
23. Flaming messages are messages which express overly strong feelings. Spam is the term for e-mail junk mail - which should not be for¬warded. Chain letters are letters that have been forwarded from several previous e-mail readers. According to netiquet
Attachments
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
Disability
Cell
24. The practice of collecting data from all the information available and searching it to see relationships among the data elements
Data Mining
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
multimedia
Keyboard
25. Software that enables the user to enter - edit - store - retrieve - sort - and search through computer databases.
Internet
Hypermedia
Database Management System (DBMS)
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
26. A type of instructional activity designed to help students understand - remember - and apply new information.
Byte
Information activity
Learning Theory
Groupware
27. 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
Cognitive Overload
Google Docs
Interactive media
Iris
28. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.
Assimilation
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Mug shots
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
29. Content experts are also called subject matter experts (or SMEs). A content expert's roles and responsibilities include: researching the content - helping with storyboard - and writing all of the text. For many multimedia projects in education - SME
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Graphing Calculator
HTML 5
Content expert
30. Use of online systems to access personal data in order to accomplish identity theft and do other malicious acts
Hacking
Computer Gradebook
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Digital Literacy
31. 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
Haptic Interface
Inkjet printer
ActionScript
Byte
32. A compression standard that produces compressed - high-quality audio files. To create an MP3 file - you need a program that copies a song from a CD or download from the Internet to your hard drive - and an encoder to convert the file to the MP3 forma
Bookmark
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
MP3
Input/Output Device
33. 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
Compensation
Exergaming
Lighting
App
34. 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.
instant messaging (IM)
Ethnicity
Distributed Education
Accelerometer
35. A mathematical expression that directs an electronic spreadsheet to perform various kinds of calculations on the numbers entered in it; in a spreadsheet - a command inserted in a cell and used to do calculations on data
LCD projector
Image Capture
Local-area network (LAN)
Formula
36. The adaptive use of previously acquired knowledge to analyze and understand new situations.
Beta version
Intelligence
Learning style
Assessment Rubric
37. For learners of English and foreign languages - activities in which they use computers in language testing - teaching - and learning in and out of class
malware
interactive whiteboard
Impairment
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
38. 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
Keyboard
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Intrinsic motivation
39. The term authoring suggests writing. Authoring programs are designed to help teachers and students produce courseware and programs. These authoring programs help the user develop computer programs in computer languages that can be otherwise quite dif
ADDIE model
Constructivism
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Multimedia authoring programs
40. The application of knowledge to solve problems or complete tasks that are realistic and meaningful.
Learning in context
Electronic reference software
Mouse
Instructional game
41. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.
Drop cap
Cognitive Overload
Discussion
Clip Art
42. 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
Cooperative Learning
Circular reference
Applications
43. A special education law that requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
e-books (ebooks)
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
44. 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 -
Listserv
Crowdsourcing
Equilibration
Bitmap and vector graphics
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.
Algorithm
Input/Output Device
Icon
Geospatial Technologies
46. The process of selectively receiving information from the environment.
Cursor
ASP.NET
Attention
microcomputer
47. 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
Google Docs
imagemap
Hypertext
48. 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
Distributed Education
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Javascript
Byte
49. 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.
Absolute address or absolute positioning
Computer System
Cursor
Audio Teleconferencing
50. Activity when students submit their written or artistic products to a website
Database filters and queries
malware
Electronic Publishing
Graphics Tablet
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