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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Input/output devices that provide for storage and retrieval of programs and other types of data that must be stored over a long period of time. Also referred to as external or auxiliary memory.
Compensation
Mass storage
Information activity
Backbone
2. Applying scientific knowledge about human learning to the practical tasks of teaching and learning; the subset of educational technology that deals directly with teaching and learning applications (as opposed to educational administrative application
Instructional technology
Charting/Graphing Tool
Google Docs
Accelerometer
3. 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
MUD
Local-area network (LAN)
Electronic Slide Shows
File Server
4. 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
Formula
Case Study
Hands-On/Minds-On Science
Computer Gradebook
5. A measurement appraisal process that is ongoing - developmentally appropriate - and dynamic; the process of gathering evidence of learning.
Accelerometer
Interactive multimedia
Motivation activity
Assessment
6. Piagetian view of how children change their views of the world by incorporating new experiences
Accommodation
logic bomb
link
Hard Disk
7. A response made by an individual.
multimedia
Culture
Geocaching
Behavior
8. Advanced calculators that can graph equations - as well as perform calculation functions involved in higher-level math and science problems; allows users to enter equations and shows graphs that result from those equations
Graphing Calculator
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Halftone
Highlighting
9. Condition that occurs when an impairment limits an individual from performing an activity in a manner normally expected for human beings (communicating with others - hearing - movement - manipulating objects - etc.)
Antivirus software
Disability
Algorithm
Learning environment
10. Refers to the attitudes - values - customs - and behavior patterns that characterize a social group.
Culture
Animation - path
Inkjet printer
Iris
11. 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
Learning style
Asynchronous
Accelerometer
Algorithm
12. 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
Interactive media
ActionScript
Firewall
Key word
13. A type of mnemonic in which an unfamiliar new word is linked to a similar-sounding familiar word - which is used to create a visual image that incorporates the meaning of the new word.
Equilibration
Key word
Corrective Feedback
MP3
14. 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
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
intranet
Flowcharting
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
15. Program stored on individual computers or on the school or district network in order to prevent access to Internet sites with inappropriate materials
information visualization
Filtering Software
Groupware
Downloading
16. 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
Cognitive Overload
Intrinsic motivation
Frame
Digital Literacy
17. Guidelines limiting the rights of copyright holders and allowing portions of copyrighted materials to be used for educational purposes; guidelines for portion - time - amount - and distribution of copyrighted materials for educational purposes.
Distributed Education
Fair Use Guidelines
Digitizer
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
18. A computer database program that can store and manipulate students' grades.
Designing Instruction
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Computer Gradebook
Instructional appeal
19. A graphic representation of a real person in cyberspace; a three dimensional image that a person can choose to represent himself or herself in a virtual reality environment
Event Driven
Avatar
Animation - path
Directed Instruction
20. Online sites that allow users to input sentences and paragraphs of text in one language and get a translation into another language
Megabyte
Internal memory
Foreign Language (FL)
language translators (machine translation)
21. 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 -
Bitmap and vector graphics
Bandwidth
Domain Name
Cropping
22. A revision of the HTML standard that provides many of the features of a Flash environment without using Flash
interactive whiteboard activity software
HTML 5
Cloud Computing
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
23. On the Internet - a way of transferring files from one computer to another using common settings and transmission procedures; also - to transfer files; computer users can use a File Transport Protocol (or FTP) client to transfer files to and from com
Computer
Crowdsourcing
Mosaic
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
24. 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.
FM Amplification System
Algorithm
Evaluation
Foreign Language (FL)
25. 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
Filtering Software
instructional software
File Server
Instructional activity
26. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
Graphic Document Makers
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
microcomputer
27. 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
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
link
malware
Java applets
28. A first step in web development that involves planning what the website will look like.
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
Backbone
Design
Foreign Language (FL)
29. 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
Clip Art
Animation
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Compression and extraction tools
30. 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
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
Electronic reference software
Antecedent
instructional software
31. 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
Cyberbullying
App
Cognitive Overload
Instructional effectiveness
32. 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
Circular reference
Applications
Alternative Keyboard
Label
33. A combination input and output device that allows a computer to communicate with another computer over telephone or cable TV lines; (short for modulator-demodulator) converts digital computer information into sound (and vice versa) for transmission o
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
Likert scale
Modem
Geographic Information System (GIS)
34. 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
Fair Use
Digital Camera
English Language Learners (ELL)
Crowdsourcing
35. 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
Electronic Slide Shows
long-term memory (LTM)
Behavior
Data Mining
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
information and communication technology (ICT)
Instructional materials
morphing
Disequilibrium
37. A built-in feature of word-processing software that automatically detects and corrects misspelled words and incorrect capitalization
Demonstration
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Auto-correct
Javascript
38. A single silicon chip that contains all of the CPU circuits for a computer system.
Dithering
Microprocessor
Mug shots
multiple intelligences theory
39. In language learning international class-to-class partnerships in which projects and casks are developed by the partner teachers in the collaborating institutions; students work with students of other cultures to provide authentic writing and researc
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Intrinsic motivation
Backbone
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
40. Professional organization for music educators
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Frame
Fair Use
Interactive media
41. Term coined in 1984 by the president of the Aldus Corporation to refer to the activity of using software to produce documents that gives users a high degree of control over the composition and layout of material on a printed page - including both tex
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
Conditional Information
Consequence
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
42. An image format used for drawn images - illustrations - clip art - or animations; It is universally acceptable on the Web. Images in the this format are restricted to 256 colors (best - actually 216 'web-safe' colors). The format is suited to images
Accommodation
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
music sequencer
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
43. An asynchronous communication medium in which two or more individuals exchange messages using personal computers connected via a network or telephone lines.
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Computer Conferencing
inert knowledge
44. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; a standard way of representing text - which allows different computer brands to 'talk' to one another. It is sometimes referred to as plain text or unformatted text.
ASCII format
DVD
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
Email Address
45. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world
Icon
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Impairment
Assimilation
46. General category of portable computer devices such as smart phones and tablets (e.g. - iPads)
mobile device
Iris
Internet
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
47. An internal network or a subset of the Internet - usually available only to the members of the organization that set it up; as a provision for security - some technical department set up Intranets which are parts of the Internet used internally withi
intranet
Field
FAQ
Animation key frame
48. A type of hypermedia authoring software from Adobe that has become commonly used to create interactive web-based animations
inquiry-based learning
Computer Gradebook
Crowdsourcing
Flash
49. A form of evaluation that involves having a knowledgeable person come into the classroom to watch a lesson in process - to comment on how well the materials and activities work - and to make suggestions for improvements.
Evaluation Activity
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
Filtering Software
Classroom Observation
50. In a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly
Distractors
Content expert
malware
Favorites File