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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A collection of eight bits - equivalent to one alphanumeric character.
Byte
Displayed Visuals
Laser printer
Freeware
2. A type of hypermedia authoring software from Adobe that has become commonly used to create interactive web-based animations
Digital Divide
Classical Conditioning
Flash
Educational Media
3. 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'
Alternative Keyboard
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Consequence
Domain Name
4. An electronic go-between by which the computer communicates with a peripheral device.
Interface
Attention
Hash Tag
Halftone
5. 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
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Hypertext
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Animation key frame
6. Hardware such as a keyboard - mouse - or joystick through which the user sends instructions to the computer.
Input device
morphing
Instructional method
English Language Learners (ELL)
7. 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.
Listserv
Hard Disk
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Email Address
8. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating
Multimedia authoring programs
Chat
Cybercheating
logic bomb
9. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment
multiple intelligences theory
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
LCD screen
Educational Technology
10. A single silicon chip that contains all of the CPU circuits for a computer system.
Imagery
Intelligent tutoring system
Microprocessor
imagemap
11. Devices that record data over time with sensors
Data Loggers
ASCII format
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Foreign Language (FL)
12. A network created in 1969 by the U.S. government-funded Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to enable communications among important defense sites in the event of a worldwide catastrophe such as a nuclear attack; later became the Internet
Java
Hard Copy
ARPAnet
Assessment Rubric
13. An event - object - or circumstance that prompts a behavior.
morphing
Antecedent
inert knowledge
Foreign Language Dictionaries
14. Software tools used to enhance and format photos that are then imported into desktop publishing systems or webpage products
Image Editing Programs
Conditions
Instructional game
Compact Disc (CD)
15. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.
Gigabyte
Downloading
Animation - path
intranet
16. The selection and arrangement of information - activities - methods - and media to help students meet predetermined learning goals.
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Instruction
Essential Processing
Directory File Structure
17. Typeface used in word processing or desktop publishing; the appearance of the text itself - which can be altered through the selection of various typefaces and sizes of type. These include many typefaces common to the printing field - such as Times -
Font
Authoring Software
App
Formative Evaluation
18. 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
Backbone
Crowdsourcing
logic bomb
Fair Use
19. Small - stand-alone - portable personal computer system
laptop computer
ARPAnet
Groupware
Augmented Reality
20. An activity in which students with disabilities participate in one or more selected classes in general education
Digital Camera
mainstreaming
Electronic reference software
Learning
21. A type of information that describes the potential usefulness of facts - concepts - and principles.
Conditional Information
Digital Camera
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
22. 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
Datafile
microcomputer
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Hypertext
23. A three-dimensional representation of a real object; it may be larger - smaller - or the same size as the object represented.
Email Address
e-books (ebooks)
Model
Memory
24. 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
Augmented Reality
Criteria
Font
Demonstration
25. A type of learning that refers to feelings - beliefs - and values that lead individuals to make consistent choices when given the opportunity.
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Cropping
Attitudes
Lighting
26. Short for malicious software - any software specifically designed to damage - destroy - disrupt operations - or spy on the operation of computers
malware
Crowdsourcing
File Server
Forms Makers
27. (short for Command Line Interface) the interface is where the user types a text command and the computer responds according to that command.
CLI
inquiry-based learning
Email Address
Electronic reference software
28. For learners of English and foreign languages - activities in which they use computers in language testing - teaching - and learning in and out of class
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Mug shots
Electronic Mail (email)
Instructional efficiency
29. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform
ActionScript
Internet
Discussion
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
30. According to learning theorist Robert Gagné - a sequenced set of building block skills a student must learn in order to learn a higher-order skill
Emoticons
learning hierarchies
Directory File Structure
Learning Theory
31. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.
Mailing list
Discovery Learning
Application Activity
Demonstration
32. Programs that allow users to create and manipulate geometric constructions and provide environments in which to make discoveries and conjectures related to geometry concepts and objects
Designing Instruction
Lossless and lossy compressions
Mosaic
interactive or dynamic geometry software
33. The specific items used in a lesson and delivered through various media formats - such as video - audio - print - and so on.
Constructivist Learning
mastery learning
Instructional materials
Avatar
34. A level of skill that allows a person to respond immediately (i.e. - automatically) with the correct answer to a problem
ASP.NET
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Automaticity
Electronic Slide Shows
35. The interest - or value - that instructional materials or activities have for the learner.
Exergaming
Educational Technology
Directed Instruction
Instructional appeal
36. 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
Firewall
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
LCD projector
Hash Tag
37. Software that is given away free of charge - but whose author still retains all rights.
Analogy
Graphics Tablet
Gigabyte
Freeware
38. A collection of components that includes the computer and all of the devices used with it.
Computer System
Hard Copy
inquiry-based learning
Logo
39. The iris is used to control the opening behind the lens that allows light to enter the camera. When lighting is low the iris may be opened to let in more light. And when the light level is high the iris can be partially closed to let in less light. B
Image Editing Programs
Iris
Google Docs
Hits
40. Combines detailed information about a subject area and common student mistakes with a model of student performance to diagnose a given student's level of understanding. Also provides instruction designed to meet that student's individual needs. Somet
CMYK graphics
FAQ
Intelligent tutoring system
Encoding
41. A statement that likens something new to something familiar. Analogies are typically used either to make abstract information more concrete or to organize complex information.
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
Analogy
Firewall
Auto-correct
42. A type of learning that refers to the ability to perform complex physical actions in a smooth - coordinated manner.
Icon
JPEG (also JPG)
Electronic Storybooks
Motor skills
43. 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-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Directed Instruction
Mouse
Cognitive Load
44. 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
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Hybrid Learning
Instructional technology
Auto-correct
45. 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.
Learning style
Motivation
Macro
Megabyte
46. 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
Digital Divide
Graphics Tablet
long-term memory (LTM)
47. 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
Electronic Storybooks
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
Interactive multimedia
Clip Art
48. 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.
Animation key frame
Global Positioning System (GPS)
High-Level Language
Animation - path
49. A file format for storing and sending video sequences on a network
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Information activity
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Graphic Document Makers
50. Stories that can be read from a computer screen - on mobile devices - or as print books with interactive buttons; also known as interactive storybooks
Charting/Graphing Tool
Mnemonic
Electronic Storybooks
Circular reference
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