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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. A technique that reduces the amount of a graphic that shows or prints.






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






3. General category of portable computer devices such as smart phones and tablets (e.g. - iPads)






4. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.






5. The use of graphical symbols instead of text commands to control common computer functions such as copying programs and disks; a GUI is where the user clicks on a visual screen that has icons - windows and menus - by using a pointing device - such as






6. A liquid crystal display device used with a computer or VCR for large-group display.






7. 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.






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






9. 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






10. A small text file transferred to a web browser through an Internet server for the purpose of tracking the Internet usage habits of the person using the browser






11. 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






12. 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 -






13. The interest - or value - that instructional materials or activities have for the learner.






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






15. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.






16. An online system of web course design and delivery tools; Desire-to-Learn and BlackBoard are examples






17. A 4.72-inch-diameter disc on which a laser has digitally recorded information such as audio - video - or computer data.






18. An agreement created by a school or other educational organization that describes the risks involved in Internet use; outlines appropriate - safe student behavior on the Internet; asks students if they agree to use the Internet under these conditions






19. 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






20. 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






21. Combines detailed information about a subject area and common student mistakes with a model of student performance to diagnose a given student's level of understanding. Also provides instruction designed to meet that student's individual needs. Somet






22. 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.






23. '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






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






25. A form of assessment that indicates whether or not students have learned what they must know before progressing to the next portion of the instruction.






26. A type of instructional activity that leads students to want to learn and to put in the effort required for learning.






27. 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.






28. Computer software that continuously analyzes a student's test responses and presents more or less difficult questions based on the student's performance






29. Compression is the process to reduce file size through 'zipping' or 'archiving'. The compressed or zipped file can be from a large file or can contain several files that have been squeezed into a single file. After compression - the extraction proces






30. Sometimes referred to as the ADDIE model - the current version of systems approach of instructional design is a process comprised of a series of phases: analysis - design - development - implementation - and evaluation. Currently - almost all ISD mod






31. 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






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






33. Growing problem of online harassment in social networks






34. Ways of storing digitized images for use in webpages and multimedia products - e.g. - GIF - JPEG






35. A type of mnemonic in which mental pictures are used to represent new information.






36. The purpose of interlacing is to have a partial image initially appear on screen rather than having to wait for the entire image to download. The main advantage of interlacing is that end users know what type of graphic image they are about to view a






37. The software capability to copy images from web pages or computer applications and store them on your own computer.






38. 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.






39. Hardware such as a keyboard - mouse - or joystick through which the user sends instructions to the computer.






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






41. On computer networks - a location for person-to-person real-time (synchronous) interaction by typing messages.






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






43. Acronym for 'frequently asked questions.' Used on the Internet to disseminate basic information and to reduce repetitive queries.






44. Previously created graphics designed to be added to word processing or desktop publishing documents or to computer-based instruction.






45. A blueprint for instructional lessons based on analyses of the learners - the context - and the task to be learned. Planning involves the process of deciding what methods of instruction are best for bringing about desired changes in student knowledge






46. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.






47. A filter of an electronic database program allows application of a set of selection criteria or sorting instructions to the records in a table. When a database is closed - the selection criteria and/or sorting instructions will be wiped out. In contr






48. Multimedia that allows user interactions so that the user can determine the direction of the program or presentation.






49. An object-oriented scripting language that - like Java - is used to create dynamic websites






50. A collection of a person's work products over time - arranged so that he or she and others can see how skills have developed and progressed - and presented in an electronic form such as a website or multimedia product; websites created by students to