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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Input device - used primarily with games - that moves on-screen figures or a cursor with a handle that moves in all directions






2. Email additions; may be documents - graphics - or software.






3. One of the rights accorded to the owner of copyright is the right to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords. This right is subject to certain limitations found in sections 107 through 118 of the copyright law






4. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.






5. A graphical representation of interrelated concepts that students can use as a learning aid or that teachers can use as an aid in content organization; tools designed to help people think through and explore ideas or topics by developing these visual






6. An abnormality or loss of function in a physical - anatomical - or psychological structure; may be congenital (present at birth) or acquired through accident or disease






7. Online sites that function like other dictionaries in that they give definitions for words and phrases in common usage - but provide the additional capability of looking up the word or phrase in one language (e.g. - French or German) and get the defi






8. An instructional software function that presents items for students to work on (usually one at a time) and gives feedback on correctness; a series of practice exercises designed to increase fluency in a new skill or to refresh an existing one. Use of






9. 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






10. The software capability to copy images from web pages or computer applications and store them on your own computer.






11. A target language - or language of study - when the language being studied is spoken mainly in other countries






12. Piagetian view of condition children experience when they confront new and unfamiliar features of their environment that do not fit with their current views of the world






13. According to learning theorist Jerome Bruner - a more effective way of children learning concepts by discovering them during their interaction with the environment; an instructional method that uses an inductive - or inquiry - method to encourage stu






14. An asynchronous communication medium in which two or more individuals exchange messages using personal computers connected via a network or telephone lines.






15. Computer software that continuously analyzes a student's test responses and presents more or less difficult questions based on the student's performance






16. Occurs when it is necessary to keep a certain position that is not relative to the new cell location. It is possible by inserting a dollar sign - $ - before the column letter or a $ before the row number - or sometimes both to lock the cell location






17. 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 -






18. A computer database program that can store and manipulate students' grades.






19. A machine that processes information according to a set of instructions.






20. A measurement appraisal process that is ongoing - developmentally appropriate - and dynamic; the process of gathering evidence of learning.






21. 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






22. A high-level programming language originally designed as an artificial intelligence (AI) language but later popularized by Seymour Papert (based on the learning theories of Jean Piaget) as an environment to allow children to learn problem-solving beh






23. A response made by an individual.






24. Similar to distance education - the notion of supporting learners - who may be situated locally or at a distance - with learning resources that may be distributed in space and time.






25. A common term in science education reform - synonymous with immersing students in authentic learning experiences






26. The incorrect or less appropriate alternative answers for a given multiple-choice question. Also called foils.






27. A school specialist who helps students and teachers to become effective users of ideas and information by providing access to materials - providing instruction - and working with teachers to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual






28. The continuous evaluation of instruction before - during - and after implementation - which leads to continual revision and modification in order to increase student learning.






29. A type of information that includes facts - concepts - principles - and the relationships among them.






30. 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






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






32. A system of information representation in which the information-text - graphics - animation - audio - and/or video is stored in interlinked nodes; software that allows information stored in various media or various parts of media to be connected (oft






33. Growing problem of online harassment in social networks






34. 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.






35. Devices that record data over time with sensors






36. Television-like display screen that uses a cathode ray tube.






37. 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.






38. A set of related principles explaining changes in human performance or performance potential in terms of the causes of those changes.






39. 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






40. Each individual category of information recorded in a database; the smallest unit of information in a database






41. Texts in digital form that may be read on a computer or e-book readers; becoming a popular alternative to printed texts






42. The process of selectively receiving information from the environment.






43. 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'






44. Short for malicious software - any software specifically designed to damage - destroy - disrupt operations - or spy on the operation of computers






45. 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






46. A level of skill that allows a person to respond immediately (i.e. - automatically) with the correct answer to a problem






47. 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






48. In desktop publishing - the first letter of a paragraph that is enlarged to 'drop' down two or more line. Drop caps are often seen at the beginning of newsletter article - where the top of the first letter of the first word lines up with the top of t






49. 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






50. 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