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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. A first step in web development that involves planning what the website will look like.






2. A unique electronic address for an individual or organization - analogous to a postal address.






3. 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






4. Growing problem of online harassment in social networks






5. A set of related principles explaining changes in human performance or performance potential in terms of the causes of those changes.






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






7. The process of translating information into some meaningful form that can be remembered.






8. Software available in both CD and the Web formats. Electronic encyclopedia - including not only pictures - but sound and video as well. They also have powerful key word searching capabilities. In addition to electronic encyclopedias - research journa






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






10. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.






11. An instructional approach that provides an appealing environment in which learners invest effort to follow prescribed rules in order to attain a challenging goal; designed to increase motivation by adding game rules to a learning activity






12. Program stored on individual computers or on the school or district network in order to prevent access to Internet sites with inappropriate materials






13. Teaching/learning model based on cognitive learning theory; holds that learners should generate their own knowledge through experience-based activities rather than being taught it by teachers






14. 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 -






15. Graphics generally use RGB (Red - Green - and Blue) or CMYK colors. While graphics on the Web or designed for on-screen display are RGB images - both commercial offset printing and inkjet desktop printing utilize CMYK. Dots of cyan (blue) - magenta (






16. A single block in a spreadsheet grid - formed by the intersection of a row and a column that may contain numerical values - words - or character data - and formulas or calculation commands.






17. Actively collaborating with learners to determine what learning means and how it can be enhanced within each individual learner. An emphasis is placed on drawing on the learner's own unique talents - capacities - and experiences.






18. In a full immersion virtual reality (VR) system - a headset that provides the sensory channel through which the wearer 'sees' a computer-generated environment






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. Type of virtual reality (VR) system in which i a user places a headset (e.g. - goggles or a helmet) over the eyes to provide a channel through which the wearer 'sees' (i.e. - is immersed in) a computer-generated environment






25. A teaching and learning model based on behavioral and cognitive theories; students receive information from teachers and do teacher-directed activities






26. Can be defined as a pleasing arrangement of parts - whether it be music - poetry - or color. In visual experiences - harmony is something that is pleasing to the eye. It engages the viewer and creates an inner sense of order. There are three formulas






27. Devices that record data over time with sensors






28. The application of knowledge to solve problems or complete tasks that are realistic and meaningful.






29. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.






30. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems






31. The incorrect or less appropriate alternative answers for a given multiple-choice question. Also called foils.






32. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.






33. 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






34. Short for 'web log -' a web page that serves as a publicly accessible location for discussing a topic or issue; began as personal journals and expanded to become public discussion forums in which anyone can give opinions on a topic






35. A system of information representation in which the information-text - graphics - animation - audio - and/or video is stored in interlinked nodes; software that allows information stored in various media or various parts of media to be connected (oft






36. Computer programs used to develop multimedia or Web applications; programs used to create documents utilizing point and click features but require some knowledge of the program; authoring programs such as Adobe Flash can be used to create multimedia






37. Stands for 'Joint Photographic Experts Group -' an image format used for photographs; it is a format for encoding photographs that uses fewer bytes than the pixel-by-pixel approaches of GIF. It supports many colors and it is possible to obtain good q






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






39. A common term in science education reform - synonymous with immersing students in authentic learning experiences






40. Use of online systems to access personal data in order to accomplish identity theft and do other malicious acts






41. Texts in digital form that may be read on a computer or e-book readers; becoming a popular alternative to printed texts






42. A question typically used at the beginning of a lesson to direct students' attention to particularly important aspects of the new information.






43. A device that includes a display screen connected to a computer and digital projector; allows information projected on the screen to be manipulated with special pens or one's hands and also allows drawings or notes from a given session to be saved an






44. 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






45. Within a computer - this is an area that stores instructions (programs) and information that can be readily accessed by the processor.






46. Software used by architects and others to aid in the design of structures such as houses and cars






47. An authoring specification on the Internet for how data will be collected at a website - CGI programs are written in a language such as PERL






48. A term introduced by Whitehead in 1929 to mean skills that students learn in isolation but do not know how to transfer later to problems that require them






49. A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink.






50. The primary authoring language used to develop webpages; Its codes are document formatting codes that tell Web browsers how to display the page on the screen. Its files contain the text to be displayed on the Web page embedded in its unique 'tag' lan