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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. 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
Fair Use
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
Modem
Antivirus software
2. Feedback that tells students specifically what they can do to correct their performance.
logic bomb
Corrective Feedback
Chat
Instructional appeal
3. A type of computer virus that is set to 'go off' (i.e. - carry out its program) at a certain time
logic bomb
Bulletin Board (BB)
Knowledge
Digitizer
4. Combinations of type characters that resemble human faces when turned sideways. Used to indicate emotion or intent on e-mail or in chat rooms.
Emoticons
mainstreaming
DVD
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
5. The manner in which individuals identify themselves based on their (or their ancestors') country of origin.
Keyboard
Gesture-Recognition System
Design
Ethnicity
6. Software programs designed to perform a specific function for the user - such as processing text - performing calculations - and presenting content lessons.
Handicap
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Applications
music editor
7. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment
Icon
multiple intelligences theory
Animation
Mailing list
8. Any pictorial representation of information such as charts - graphs - animated figures - or photographic reproductions.
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Flowcharting
Behavior
Graphic
9. 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
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Copyright
Analogy
10. Email additions; may be documents - graphics - or software.
Megabyte
Attachments
Conditions
Halftone
11. A computer system that stores and manipulates a database of information about geographic locations; users see data pertaining to a geographic location overlaid on a map of the area
Hypermedia
Applications
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
12. 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
Computer Platforms
interactive whiteboard activity software
Instructional game
music synthesizer
13. An event - object - or circumstance that comes after a behavior and is attributable to the behavior.
Mass storage
music synthesizer
Domain
Consequence
14. Software that provides on-screen blank musical bars on which the user enters the musical key - time - and individual notes that constitute a piece of sheet music
music editor
Hypermedia
Intelligence
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
15. 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
Graphics Tablet
Chat Room
long-term memory (LTM)
Discovery Learning
16. The third phase in the Plan - Implement - Evaluate model. Focus is on assessment techniques used to determine the level of learning students have achieved and/or the effectiveness of the instructional materials.
Hits
Cookie
Evaluation
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
17. 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
Instructional plan
Animation - path
Field
Applications
18. 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
Clip Art
Fair Use Guidelines
Compression and extraction tools
music sequencer
19. A collection of components that includes the computer and all of the devices used with it.
Computer System
Designing Instruction
Learning
Firewall
20. Software tools used to enhance and format photos that are then imported into desktop publishing systems or webpage products
Accommodation
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Image Editing Programs
Handheld Technologies
21. 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
Memory
JPEG (also JPG)
Cooperative Learning
Constructivism
22. A dynamic instructional method in which individuals talk together - share information - and work cooperatively toward a solution or consensus. This method encourages classroom rapport and actively involves students in learning.
Intelligence
Computer System
Discussion
Likert scale
23. 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.
CLI
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Impairment
Cell
24. 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
Blood Pressure Devices
Handheld Technologies
Flash
Cookie
25. 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
music sequencer
Google Docs
Disability
Grammar Checker
26. Calculator with probes or sensors connected to it to allow gathering of numerical data
Instructional design
Database
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Instruction
27. An activity in which students with disabilities participate in one or more selected classes in general education
mainstreaming
HTML 5
English Language Learners (ELL)
Lossy compression
28. 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
Evaluation
Macro
MUD
Image Formats
29. Originally called OAK - a high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. An object-oriented language similar to C++ - it has become popular for its ability to do interactive graphic and animation activities on web pages; a computer la
Google Docs
Java
Handicap
long-term memory (LTM)
30. 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
Digital Divide
Full Immersion Systems
Library/media specialist
Icon
31. Device consisting of a transmitter - which senses the heartbeat from the heart's electrical impulses - and a wristwatch receiver - which receives and records each beat through radio transmission from the transmitter
Accommodation
Attitudes
Heart Rate Monitor
learning communities
32. A magnification system in which a video camera is mounted on a frame with a television monitor. Users place materials on the desktop below the camera - set the desired magnification level - move the materials around as necessary - and information app
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
music sequencer
Full Immersion Systems
33. A device that allows analog audio or video to be captured in a form that the computer can use.
Assessment Rubric
Digitizer
Digital Camera
Attitudes
34. Also referred to as a domain designator - a required part of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) on the Internet that indicates what kind of group owns the server; examples include '.edu -' '.com -' and '.org'
Domain Name
ASP.NET
Firewall
Instructional efficiency
35. The practice of collecting data from all the information available and searching it to see relationships among the data elements
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
logic bomb
Formula
Data Mining
36. The process of translating information into some meaningful form that can be remembered.
Discussion
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Javascript
Encoding
37. 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
mobile device
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Computer
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
38. A collection of information systematized by computer software to allow storage and easy retrieval through keyword searching; the program designed to accomplish these tasks
Cell
Course Management System (CMS)
Database
Instructional plan
39. A measure of the difference between what learners know before and after instruction; for example - Posttest - Pretest = Achievement.
Foreign Language (FL)
Instructional effectiveness
ARPAnet
laptop computer
40. A highlighted position indicator used on the computer screen.
Cursor
Graphic
Intelligence
Bit
41. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.
Highlighting
Encoding
Cognitive Overload
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
42. A 4.72-inch-diameter disc on which a laser has digitally recorded information such as audio - video - or computer data.
Compensation
Instruction
Compression and extraction tools
Compact Disc (CD)
43. Flaming messages are messages which express overly strong feelings. Spam is the term for e-mail junk mail - which should not be for¬warded. Chain letters are letters that have been forwarded from several previous e-mail readers. According to netiquet
Bookmark
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
Culture
Mass storage
44. Use of online systems to access personal data in order to accomplish identity theft and do other malicious acts
Laser printer
High-Level Language
Declarative Information
Hacking
45. 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
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
Conditions
Educational Technology
App
46. Online environments in which users can interact through their graphic representations (i.e. - avatars)
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
Directory File Structure
Avatar Spaces
Auto-correct
47. In printing - halftone refers to the technique of simulating shades of gray or color by varying the size of dots in a grid - or the number of pixels in a given area.
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
Halftone
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
Motivation
48. 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
CLI
Highlighting
Interface
Frame
49. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.
Mailing list
Event Driven
Audiographics
Heuristic
50. An animation key frame is a single still image defined throughout an animated sequence that occurs at a pivotal point in that sequence.
Animation key frame
mainstreaming
Ergonomics
Database filters and queries