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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. An assessment instrument consisting of a series of statements with which students indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement; created by psychologist Rensis Likert






2. 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






3. Calculator with probes or sensors connected to it to allow gathering of numerical data






4. Resource for students with hearing impairments in which the teacher wears a wireless microphone and students with auditory processing learning disabilities wear receivers that amplify the teacher's voice and serve to focus attention






5. A type of instructional activity designed to determine how well students have mastered lesson objectives.






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






7. 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 -






8. Professional organization for music educators






9. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates under what circumstances students are expected to perform.






10. System in which a camera or sensor reads body movements and communicates them to a computer - which processes the gestures as commands and uses them to control devices or displays






11. Also known as a web browser - software designed to allow a computer user to go to Internet websites that are connected to each other via the World Wide Web (WWW)






12. The specific items used in a lesson and delivered through various media formats - such as video - audio - print - and so on.






13. Software that enables the user to enter - edit - store - retrieve - sort - and search through computer databases.






14. Applications software that is designed specifically to deliver or assist with student instruction on a topic; software that can be used to enhance teaching and learning in many ways. Drill and practice - educational games - tutorials - simulation - a






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






16. 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






17. Customized keyboards created for users with special needs (e.g. - enlarging the keys to provide more space for the student to press a key; removing keys that are not relevant for a given software; programming multi-step functions like save - print -






18. The process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and activities.






19. The process of determining which digital tools and which methods for implementing them are the most appropriate responses to given educational needs and problems






20. A student-centered and teacher-guided instructional approach that engages students in investigating real world questions that they choose within a broad thematic framework. This instruction complements traditional instruction by providing a vehicle f






21. Channels of communication that carry messages with an instructional purpose; the different ways and means by which information can be delivered to or experienced by a learner.






22. '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






23. Coined by a Boeing researcher in 1990 - it refers to a computer-generated environment in which a real-life scene is overlaid with information that enhances our understanding and uses of it






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






25. Classroom display that allow teachers or students to interact with the computer through a touch sensitive board on which the computer screen is projected.






26. An online activity in which students look at a database of caches listed at a geocaching website (e.g. - http://www.geocaching.com) - decide on a cache to hunt for - use GPSs to help them locate it - and share their experiences with others involved i






27. 'Lossless' compression such as the GIF format is generally safer for recompression since it utilizes 'lossless' compression. Meaning when the GIF image is compressed - no information is lost from its contents. On the other hand - formats that utilize






28. A type of instructional activity designed to help students understand - remember - and apply new information.






29. The belief system that holds that humans construct all knowledge in their minds by participating in certain experiences; knowledge is the result of constructing both mechanisms for learning and one's own unique version of the knowledge - colored by b






30. A term coined by Lloyd Morrisett - former president of the Markle Foundation - used to describe the gap between those individuals who have access to technology such as computer software - the Internet - and so on and those who do not.






31. The use of the computer in the management of instruction - including applications such as student record keeping - performance assessment - and monitoring students' progress.






32. Short for metamorphosing; refers to an animation technique in which one image gradually turns into another; also known as tweening






33. A procedure of instruction selected to help learners achieve objectives or understand the content or message of instruction (e.g. - presentation - simulation - drill and practice - cooperative learning).






34. A way to store addresses of frequently used websites on your computer; in a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly






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. For learners of English and foreign languages - activities in which they use computers in language testing - teaching - and learning in and out of class






37. Using technology to accommodate difficulties individuals have with performing specific tasks - e.g. - providing speech recognition software to those with physical disabilities that limit their use of a pencil or a keyboard






38. 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






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






40. Each individual category of information recorded in a database; the smallest unit of information in a database






41. The adaptive use of previously acquired knowledge to analyze and understand new situations.






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






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






44. A measurement appraisal process that is ongoing - developmentally appropriate - and dynamic; the process of gathering evidence of learning.






45. The physical components of the computer system; the mechanical - magnetic - electronic - and electrical components making up a computer system






46. Software that assists teachers in preparing individual educational plans (IEPs) required by law for students with special needs; automates the process by providing on-screen prompts that remind teachers of the required components in the plan






47. Comprehension exercises with certain words removed to require students to fill in the blanks






48. 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






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






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







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