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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A type of learning that refers to the ability to recall specific information.
Assistive Technology
Blog
Foreign Language (FL)
Knowledge
2. A collection of eight bits - equivalent to one alphanumeric character.
Instructional method
Byte
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Compact Disc (CD)
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
Graphic Document Makers
Fair Use Guidelines
Likert scale
Demonstration
4. 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.
Bitmap and vector graphics
Advance Organizer
Concept Map
Cell
5. Sometimes called paint or raster graphics - in which each pixel directly corresponds to a spot on the display screen. When scaled to larger sizes - this type of graphic looks jagged or aliased; Developed originally for use on Disk Operating System (D
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Datafile
link
6. Electronically transmitted private messages that can be sent from individuals to other individuals or groups.
Declarative Information
Mnemonic
MP3
Electronic Mail (email)
7. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by counting calories
Accelerometer
Font
Highlighting
Digitizer
8. Refers to the attitudes - values - customs - and behavior patterns that characterize a social group.
Culture
Files
instant messaging (IM)
Mouse
9. A large-capacity magnetic storage medium for computer data. Also called a fixed disk - it remains sealed within the case of most computers to protect it from dust - smoke - and other contaminants.
Input device
Distance Education
Hard Disk
Computer Program
10. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates under what circumstances students are expected to perform.
Conditions
Formula
Computer Conferencing
Exergaming
11. Adaptive technologies are designed specifically for persons with disabilities. These are devices that extend the abilities of an individual with special needs in ways that provide physical access (i.e. - wheelchairs - braces) and sensory access (i.e.
CMYK graphics
Assistive Technology
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Drill And Practice
12. A term introduced by Whitehead in 1929 to mean skills that students learn in isolation but do not know how to transfer later to problems that require them
Antivirus software
inert knowledge
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Body Composition Analyzer
13. 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
information literacy
link
microcomputer
Enactive Learning
14. 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
Electronic Mail (email)
Information activity
Constructivist Learning
Applications
15. In order to display a full-color graphic image on a 256-color monitor - computers simulate the colors it cannot display by way of dithering - which is combining pixels from a 256-color palette into patterns that approximate other colors. At a distanc
Dithering
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Google Docs
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
16. 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.
Alternative Keyboard
Mass storage
MUD
Home Page
17. 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.
Data Loggers
Authoring Software
long-term memory (LTM)
Evaluation
18. A type of instructional activity designed to determine how well students have mastered lesson objectives.
Compact Disc (CD)
Evaluation Activity
ActionScript
Interactive multimedia
19. Using a computer system to administer and score assessment measures; also - computer adaptive testing - computer-based testing
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Alpha testing
Auto-correct
laptop computer
20. An event - object - or circumstance that prompts a behavior.
Displayed Visuals
Antecedent
Authoring Software
Avatar
21. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.
Cognitive Overload
Instructional game
Harmony
Hard Copy
22. Combinations of type characters that resemble human faces when turned sideways. Used to indicate emotion or intent on e-mail or in chat rooms.
Java applets
LCD screen
Backbone
Emoticons
23. A filter of an electronic database program allows application of a set of selection criteria or sorting instructions to the records in a table. When a database is closed - the selection criteria and/or sorting instructions will be wiped out. In contr
ActionScript
Inkjet printer
Database filters and queries
Graphic Document Makers
24. 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
Criteria
Global Positioning System (GPS)
App
ARPAnet
25. Activity when students submit their written or artistic products to a website
Electronic Publishing
Fair Use Guidelines
Instructional technology
Instructional design
26. The manner in which individuals identify themselves based on their (or their ancestors') country of origin.
information literacy
Hash Tag
Ethnicity
ADDIE model
27. Term for the distribution of applications - processing power - and storage across many computers accessible via the Internet.
Hash Tag
Cloud Computing
Disequilibrium
Audio Teleconferencing
28. Storage inside the computer. The CPU in a personal computer retrieves and deposits information in the computer's internal memory. Also called main memory.
Datafile
Internal memory
laptop computer
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
29. Liquid crystal display screen - commonly used in computers and also in conjunction with display panels and projectors as large-group display devices.
meta-analysis
mobile device
LCD screen
Harmony
30. The second phase of the Plan - Implement - Evaluate model. Focus is on the use of instructional materials and activities designed to help students achieve the outcomes specified in the instructional plan.
Hacking
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Implementation
Label
31. A graphical means of illustrating the logical flow of a computer program.
Flowcharting
Augmented Reality
MP3
HTML 5
32. 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.
Fair Use Guidelines
Hits
Mouse
Image Formats
33. 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
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Forms Makers
Flash
Geospatial Technologies
34. Digitally encoded information permanently recorded on a compact disc; Also known as compact disc - read-only memory. It is a compact disc used to store computer data. CD-ROMs have a maximum capacity of 650MB.
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Digital Divide
35. A shortcut to encoding a series of actions in a computer program. Provides the means to perform a number of separate steps through a single command.
Motivation
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
multimedia
Macro
36. Computer actions or programs - such as hypermedia software - that respond to events in the environment; for example - a mouse action event that occurs when the user clicks on a button.
Extraneous Processing
Instructional materials
Interface
Event Driven
37. 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)
Laser printer
Avatar Spaces
Event Driven
38. On computer networks - a location for person-to-person real-time (synchronous) interaction by typing messages.
Chat Room
Circular reference
Artificial intelligence (AI)
MUD
39. In cognitive load theory - cognitive processes that are required for making sense of material a person is trying to learn can overwhelm learner's cognitive capacity unless strategies are in place to handle it by learning theorist Robert Gagné as bein
microcomputer
Advance Organizer
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Essential Processing
40. Music-making equipment controlled by a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) device
LCD projector
Course Management System (CMS)
music synthesizer
Groupware
41. A computer dedicated to managing a computer network and providing resources to other computers on the network (the clients). The file server is usually faster and has larger storage capabilities than the client machines.
File Server
Computer Program
ASCII format
Designing Instruction
42. The amount of working memory that is available to a learner to process new information and that is taken up at a given time by a learning task
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Cognitive Load
43. 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
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Learning in context
Design
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
44. 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
Bit
Asynchronous
Copyright
Generative Processing
45. Actively collaborating with learners to determine what learning means and how it can be enhanced within each individual learner. An emphasis is placed on drawing on the learner's own unique talents - capacities - and experiences.
learner-centered instruction
High-Level Language
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Digitizer
46. '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
Files
Fair Use
imagemap
Domain Name
47. 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
Audiographics
Foreign Language (FL)
Constructivist Learning
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
48. A type of learning that refers to the ability to perform complex physical actions in a smooth - coordinated manner.
Geocaching
Motor skills
Assistive Technology
Memory
49. 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
Icon
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
Favorites File
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
50. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
Directory File Structure
Instructional effectiveness
Flash