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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Pictures of people that focus on just the head or from mid-chest and up are called mug shots. Mug shots are often used in newsletters - newspapers - school yearbooks and company directories. Mug shots of feature columnists may appear next to their co






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






3. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades






9. (short for Command Line Interface) the interface is where the user types a text command and the computer responds according to that command.






10. A unique vocal distortion technique made possible with vocal-editing software






11. Small - multi-purpose devices such as cellphones - e-books - and 'smart' pens that make it easy to view - communicate - and share information - regardless of location






12. A branch of computer science concerned with the design of computers and software that are capable of responding in ways that emulate the decision-making capabilities of the human mind.






13. Fundamental to most operating systems is the concept of files and directories (or folders). A file system in most operating resembles an inverted tree with the roots at the top and branches at the bottom. This tree structure uses directories or folde






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






15. 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)






16. An image format that allows transfer of artwork between any software packages that use PostScript printing files; a vector graphics file format.






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






18. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.






19. The process of selectively receiving information from the environment.






20. 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






21. Circular reference of electronic spreadsheet formula happens when you enter a formula that includes functions referring back to the cell in which the formula is contained. When this happens - users receive an error message referring to circular refer






22. A response made by an individual.






23. A level of skill that allows a person to respond immediately (i.e. - automatically) with the correct answer to a problem






24. 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






25. A term used on the Twitter system for a prefix to a message (Tweet)consisting of a pound sign (#)and a topic name (e.g. - #ripstevejobs). Users begin a Tweet with a hash tag to allow others to identify posts and create their own messages on that topi






26. Stories that can be read from a computer screen - on mobile devices - or as print books with interactive buttons; also known as interactive storybooks






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






28. The use of the computer as a device for mediating communication between teacher and students and among students - often over distances. Electronic mail and computer conferencing are two types of application software commonly used in CMC.






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






30. A type of outsourcing in which many people are asked to give their input online to solve a problem that has proven resistant to efforts of single individuals or organizations






31. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. New term for information technology or educational technology; refers to all technologies used in education and training - as well as strategies for using them; originally in more common use outside the U.S. - but becoming more popular worldwide due






37. Proposed by learning theorist Albert Bandura as learning that occurs through actions - rather than by observation






38. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by determining the percent of body fat






39. 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






40. Motivation in which the act itself is the reward.






41. Electronically transmitted private messages that can be sent from individuals to other individuals or groups.






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






43. A condition that arises when an individual is unable to fulfill a role due to an impairment or disability






44. A standard adopted by the electronic music industry for controlling devices that play music; also known as musical instrument digital interface. Rather than recording sounds - MIDI instruments/software record finger action -- what note is being playe






45. The process of taking a series of individual pictures -- called frames -- and stringing them together in a timed sequence to give the appearance of continuous motion. Animations are motion files - either in 2-D animation or 3-D animation. On the Web






46. Learning is a persisting change in human performance or performance potential [brought] about as a result of the learner's interaction with the environment. To change (or have the capacity to change) one's level of ability or knowledge.






47. Systems that allow individuals to view and examine the world through multiple layering of geographic data within a spatial environment; use of technology for visualization - analysis - and measurement of features and phenomena






48. An instructional method that involves showing how to do a task as well as describing why - when - and where it is done. Provides a real or lifelike example of the skill or procedure to be learned.






49. 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






50. Instructional format that combines elements of face-to-face teaching and learning with elements of distance education. Also known as blended learning.