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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. 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.
Discussion
Listserv
Database filters and queries
Cookie
2. An instructional arrangement whereby students with disabilities receive instruction and services in a general education setting with regular education peers.
Inclusion
Constructivism
Mug shots
Criteria
3. An instructional method that involves showing how to do a task as well as describing why - when - and where it is done. Provides a real or lifelike example of the skill or procedure to be learned.
Halftone
Bit
Demonstration
Modem
4. A printer that combines laser and photocopying technology to produce very high-quality output - comparable to that produced in typesetting. Laser printers can produce text as well as high-quality graphics and can achieve print densities of up to 1 -2
Ethnicity
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Attitudes
Laser printer
5. The use of the computer as a device for mediating communication between teacher and students and among students - often over distances. Electronic mail and computer conferencing are two types of application software commonly used in CMC.
Learning Theory
Database
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
Geospatial Technologies
6. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.
Computer Program
Java applets
Corrective Feedback
Cooperative Learning
7. According to learning theorist B. E Skinner - experiences (positive reinforcement - negative reinforcement - punishment) that shape desired behavioral responses
Application Activity
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
8. 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 -
Lossy compression
Augmented Reality
information literacy
Bitmap and vector graphics
9. A type of information that describes the potential usefulness of facts - concepts - and principles.
Conditional Information
Designing Instruction
Culture
Mass storage
10. A printed copy of computer output.
Hard Copy
Instructional design
Encoding
link
11. 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
Database
Chat
Learning style
Essential Processing
12. A form of education in which some means - electronic or otherwise - is used to connect people with instructors and/or resources that can help them acquire knowledge and skills; structured learning that takes place without the physical presence of the
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Body Composition Analyzer
MUD
Distance Education
13. A set of related principles explaining changes in human performance or performance potential in terms of the causes of those changes.
Learning Theory
Handicap
Alpha testing
Lighting
14. A communications service that allows users to create a private chat room which only members of a mutually agreed upon list may enter; the system alerts a user when someone from the IM list is online; IM also designates the act of instant messaging -
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Microprocessor
long-term memory (LTM)
instant messaging (IM)
15. Either software or devices with software that help carry out complex numeric calculations involved in higher-level math problems (e.g. - Maple)
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Frame
CRT
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
16. A highlighted position indicator used on the computer screen.
Listserv
Intelligent tutoring system
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Cursor
17. 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
Electronic reference software
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Accommodation
Implementation
18. Also known as a web browser - software designed to allow a computer user to go to Internet websites that are connected to each other via the World Wide Web (WWW)
Learning Theory
Browser
Attitudes
interactive or dynamic geometry software
19. Comprehension exercises with certain words removed to require students to fill in the blanks
Application Activity
Harmony
Inkjet printer
Cloze Exercises
20. Sequences of frames shown in a linear way with presentation software (e.g. - PowerPoint)
Electronic Slide Shows
Compression and extraction tools
Blu-Ray Disc
Domain
21. 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.
Electronic Mentor
Antecedent
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
IEP Generator
22. An activity in which students with disabilities participate in one or more selected classes in general education
Evaluation
Learning environment
Computer
mainstreaming
23. 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
Bulletin Board (BB)
Distractors
Augmented Reality
Backbone
24. Professional organization for music educators
instant messaging (IM)
mastery learning
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Local-area network (LAN)
25. A camera that stores pictures in computer compatible digital format rather than on film.
MP3
Graphing Calculator
Digital Camera
Instructional design
26. A type of instructional activity that provides students with an opportunity to practice using what they are learning.
Graphic Document Makers
Learning Theory
Application Activity
Foreign Language (FL)
27. A type of instructional activity designed to determine how well students have mastered lesson objectives.
interactive whiteboard activity software
Evaluation Activity
Graphic Document Makers
Conditional Information
28. A type of information that includes facts - concepts - principles - and the relationships among them.
Compensation
Browser
Declarative Information
Hard Copy
29. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.
Megabyte
Compensation
Electronic Slide Shows
Global Positioning System (GPS)
30. An internal state that leads people to choose to work toward certain goals and experiences. Defines what people will do rather than what they can do.
Motivation
interactive whiteboard
Augmented Reality
Handheld Technologies
31. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.
MP3
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
Domain
Equilibration
32. The term describes the data-carrying capacity of a transmission line. In other words - how much data flows on a given transmission path. It can apply to network connections - system buses - or any 'pipe' through which data pours. High-bandwidth conne
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Bandwidth
Digital Divide
Mosaic
33. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.
Label
Compression and extraction tools
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Input device
34. Receiving information over a network from another computer; to bring information (e.g. - text files -images) to a computer from the Internet or other network or from a computer to a disc
Display Boards
Downloading
Model
Files
35. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems
interactive whiteboard activity software
Extraneous Processing
Inkjet printer
Hard Disk
36. A compact disc format for storing motion video and computer data. Sometimes called digital video disc or digital versatile disc; a standard single-layer - single-sided DVD can store 4.7GB of data. These high-capacity optical discs can store large fil
Imagery
DVD
Focusing Question
Chat Room
37. Using technology to accommodate difficulties individuals have with performing specific tasks - e.g. - providing speech recognition software to those with physical disabilities that limit their use of a pencil or a keyboard
Compensation
Hash Tag
Cybercheating
Email Address
38. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by determining the percent of body fat
Alternative Keyboard
MUD
Google Docs
Body Composition Analyzer
39. 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.
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
Instructional plan
Bookmark
Educational Technology
40. 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
Designing Instruction
Conditional Information
inert knowledge
imagemap
41. A condition that arises when an individual is unable to fulfill a role due to an impairment or disability
Augmented Reality
Animation - path
Handicap
Cognitive Load
42. Acronym for 'frequently asked questions.' Used on the Internet to disseminate basic information and to reduce repetitive queries.
Lighting
Body Composition Analyzer
FAQ
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
43. A collection of eight bits - equivalent to one alphanumeric character.
Learning environment
Byte
Database Management System (DBMS)
Browser
44. A type of computer virus that is set to 'go off' (i.e. - carry out its program) at a certain time
meta-analysis
logic bomb
Individualized education program (IEP)
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
45. 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.
Avatar
joystick
Key word
Electronic Mail (email)
46. A file format for storing and sending video sequences on a network
Auto-correct
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Interactive multimedia
47. A computer input device that permits the development of graphic images by translating drawing on the tablet into onscreen images.
Absolute address or absolute positioning
Algorithm
Interactive multimedia
Graphics Tablet
48. The continuous evaluation of instruction before - during - and after implementation - which leads to continual revision and modification in order to increase student learning.
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
IEP Generator
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
Keyboard
49. Term for the distribution of applications - processing power - and storage across many computers accessible via the Internet.
Beta version
Alternative Keyboard
Cloud Computing
Firewall
50. 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
Educational Media
Individualized education program (IEP)
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Antecedent