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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. The term authoring suggests writing. Authoring programs are designed to help teachers and students produce courseware and programs. These authoring programs help the user develop computer programs in computer languages that can be otherwise quite dif
Designing Instruction
Automaticity
Icon
Multimedia authoring programs
2. 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
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Cognitive Load
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Geospatial Technologies
3. A printed copy of computer output.
Educational Technology
Hard Copy
Image Editing Programs
Learning in context
4. A computer language that contains instructions that resemble natural language and that does not require knowledge of the inner workings of the computer to use successfully.
Home Page
High-Level Language
mainstreaming
Electronic Storybooks
5. The application of technological processes and tools which can be used to solve problems of instruction and learning with an emphasis on applying the most current digital and information tools.
Bitmap and vector graphics
Educational Technology
Chat
integrated packages
6. Pictures of people that focus on just the head or from mid-chest and up are called mug shots. Mug shots are often used in newsletters - newspapers - school yearbooks and company directories. Mug shots of feature columnists may appear next to their co
learner-centered instruction
Discussion
Mug shots
Label
7. The most common input device; resembles the key layout of a typewriter.
Content expert
Classroom Observation
Keyboard
Intrinsic motivation
8. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.
Event Driven
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Lighting
Advance Organizer
9. 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
Compact Disc (CD)
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Icon
learner-centered instruction
10. 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.
Database
Chat
Extraneous Processing
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
11. The collection of all related records in a database.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Compression and extraction tools
Backbone
Datafile
12. 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
Google Docs
Database
long-term memory (LTM)
Individualized education program (IEP)
13. A type of learning that refers to the ability to recall specific information.
information and communication technology (ICT)
Knowledge
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Feedback
14. 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
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Full Immersion Systems
Modem
Hash Tag
15. Refers to the attitudes - values - customs - and behavior patterns that characterize a social group.
Culture
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Displayed Visuals
Motor skills
16. 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
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Grammar Checker
Inclusion
long-term memory (LTM)
17. 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
Downloading
information and communication technology (ICT)
Browser
Font
18. A series of steps needed to solve a particular problem or perform a particular task; a methodical - logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier -- but also more error-prone -- use of heu
Geospatial Technologies
Algorithm
Essential Processing
Mailing list
19. Sometimes referred to as the ADDIE model - the current version of systems approach of instructional design is a process comprised of a series of phases: analysis - design - development - implementation - and evaluation. Currently - almost all ISD mod
integrating educational technology
information visualization
Hard Copy
ADDIE model
20. 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
Course Management System (CMS)
Cooperative Learning
Avatar
Image Formats
21. 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'
Megabyte
Domain Name
Graphics Tablet
Digital Literacy
22. 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.
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Downloading
Mass storage
Library/media specialist
23. The setting or physical surroundings in which learning takes place - including the classroom - science or computer laboratory - gymnasium - playground - and so on.
Learning environment
Heuristic
Cooperative Learning
Essential Processing
24. 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
Criteria
Instructional activity
Interlacing
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
25. A measure of how much learners achieve per unit of time or dollar spent; for example - (Posttest - Pretest)/Time - or (Posttest - Pretest)/Cost.
Applications
CLI
Declarative Information
Instructional efficiency
26. The use of the computer in the management of instruction - including applications such as student record keeping - performance assessment - and monitoring students' progress.
learner-centered instruction
Constructivism
Computer-Managed Instruction
Culture
27. The beta version of instructional software is a full-functioning version of the product with all known problems resolved. Both the client and the design team review the beta version to search for problems that will need to be addressed. Since the bet
Firewall
Beta version
Handheld Technologies
Assimilation
28. Classroom surfaces used for writing and displaying information - including chalkboards - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards - magnetic boards - and flip charts.
imagemap
Forms Makers
Display Boards
Electronic Storybooks
29. An individual's preferred ways for processing and organizing information and for responding to environmental stimuli.
Library/media specialist
Applications
Learning style
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
30. A term used on the Twitter system for a prefix to a message (Tweet)consisting of a pound sign (#)and a topic name (e.g. - #ripstevejobs). Users begin a Tweet with a hash tag to allow others to identify posts and create their own messages on that topi
Hash Tag
Assimilation
music editor
inquiry-based learning
31. 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
Bitmap and vector graphics
Digital Literacy
Imagery
Disability
32. 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
Database filters and queries
DVD
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Event Driven
33. The legal rights to an original work produced in any tangible medium of expression - including written works - works of art - music - photographs - and computer software.
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
Copyright
Designing Instruction
Cloze Exercises
34. A first step in web development that involves planning what the website will look like.
Library/media specialist
Design
Attachments
Interactive multimedia
35. The software capability to copy images from web pages or computer applications and store them on your own computer.
Image Capture
Declarative Information
ADDIE model
English as a Second Language (ESL)
36. 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
Fair Use
Culture
Beta version
37. One of the first browser programs designed to allow Internet resources to be displayed graphically rather than just in text
Educational Technology
Mosaic
Applications
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
38. The specific items used in a lesson and delivered through various media formats - such as video - audio - print - and so on.
Font
Instructional materials
Field
Local-area network (LAN)
39. 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
App
Intelligent tutoring system
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
40. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.
Computer Gradebook
Distance Education
Computer Program
Electronic Whiteboard
41. The process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and activities.
mainstreaming
Designing Instruction
Conditional Information
App
42. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades
Electronic Gradebook
Computer Program
Hypertext
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
43. A form of assessment that indicates whether or not students have learned what they must know before progressing to the next portion of the instruction.
Fair Use Guidelines
Audio Teleconferencing
Corrective Feedback
Formative Evaluation
44. Each individual category of information recorded in a database; the smallest unit of information in a database
Field
Dithering
Culture
Full Immersion Systems
45. 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.
ARPAnet
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Application Activity
Implementation
46. 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.
Circular reference
CRT
Assistive Technology
Keyboard
47. Antidote utilities to detect - eliminate and protect from viruses - worms and Trojans. It typically contains an engine - a resident virus shield - virus databases or DAT files - a task scheduler - an e-mail scanner - and an update manager. It guards
Antivirus software
meta-analysis
Mug shots
Equilibration
48. 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
Model
High-Level Language
Handheld Technologies
Applications
49. A computer system set up to allow notices to be posted and viewed by anyone who has access to the network
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Electronic Portfolio (e-portfolio)
Digitizer
Bulletin Board (BB)
50. The purpose of interlacing is to have a partial image initially appear on screen rather than having to wait for the entire image to download. The main advantage of interlacing is that end users know what type of graphic image they are about to view a
morphing
Computer Program
Firewall
Interlacing