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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Email additions; may be documents - graphics - or software.






2. According to information-processing learning theorists - one of the three kinds of memory or 'stores' the brain uses to process information - much like a computer; LTM can hold information indefinitely after it is linked to prior knowledge already in






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






4. A graphical representation of interrelated concepts that students can use as a learning aid or that teachers can use as an aid in content organization; tools designed to help people think through and explore ideas or topics by developing these visual






5. Professional organization for music educators






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. Originally - the ability to use computer devices and software to locate and use information; now refers to skills in using the information that technological devices carry - in addition to skills in using the devices themselves






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






12. Approximately a billion bytes - or 1 -000 megabytes.






13. According to learning theorist Jerome Bruner - a more effective way of children learning concepts by discovering them during their interaction with the environment; an instructional method that uses an inductive - or inquiry - method to encourage stu






14. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades






15. Refers to the attitudes - values - customs - and behavior patterns that characterize a social group.






16. 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






17. Sections programmed to display on a web page; the contents of each frame are actually different web pages displayed on one screen; the term refers to a single complete graphic image that is displayed chronologically with other graphic images. A singl






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






19. An electronic go-between by which the computer communicates with a peripheral device.






20. Storage inside the computer. The CPU in a personal computer retrieves and deposits information in the computer's internal memory. Also called main memory.






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Pages or items listed as results of an Internet or database search






25. 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






26. Multiuser dungeon (or dimension or domain); a location on the Internet where several users at a time can interact with each other's avatars (graphic representations of each other); also known as a MUD Object Oriented or MOO






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






28. One of the rights accorded to the owner of copyright is the right to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords. This right is subject to certain limitations found in sections 107 through 118 of the copyright law






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






30. Can be either software that supports the on-screen creation of music scores with several parts or tracks - or a hardware component of a music synthesizer workstation






31. An asynchronous communication medium in which two or more individuals exchange messages using personal computers connected via a network or telephone lines.






32. The products created by a database program; any collection of data stored in a computer or on a computer medium






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






34. 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.






35. 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






36. An instructional method that involves small heterogeneous groups of students working toward a common academic goal or task. Its use promotes positive interdependence - individual accountability - collaborative/social skills - and group processing ski






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






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






39. A graphical means of illustrating the logical flow of a computer program.






40. A rule of thumb or flexible guideline that can be adapted to fit each instructional situation.






41. 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 -






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






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






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






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






46. Piagetian view of how children change their views of the world by incorporating new experiences






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






48. 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






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






50. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software