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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. The physical components of the computer system; the mechanical - magnetic - electronic - and electrical components making up a computer system






2. A collection of components that includes the computer and all of the devices used with it.






3. An instructional plan for an individual student (usually one with special needs) that describes the student's current level of proficiency and also establishes short- and long-term goals for future focus. An IEP is typically developed through a confe






4. A graphical means of illustrating the logical flow of a computer program.






5. Software tools that automatically draw and print desired charts or graphs from data entered by users






6. Types of computer systems identified by their operating systems - e.g. - PCs with Windows operating systems or Macintoshes with Mac-OS operating systems






7. A statistical method designed by Gene V Glass (1976) to summarize results across studies and measure the size of the effect a 'treatment' such as technology-based methods has over and above traditional methods






8. A video or computer display device. The most common output device for personal computers.






9. A printed copy of computer output.






10. Either software or devices with software that help carry out complex numeric calculations involved in higher-level math problems (e.g. - Maple)






11. Refers to the attitudes - values - customs - and behavior patterns that characterize a social group.






12. A unique electronic address for an individual or organization - analogous to a postal address.






13. High definition DVD format






14. A type of information that describes the potential usefulness of facts - concepts - and principles.






15. 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






16. A type of computer virus that is set to 'go off' (i.e. - carry out its program) at a certain time






17. An instructional approach that provides an appealing environment in which learners invest effort to follow prescribed rules in order to attain a challenging goal; designed to increase motivation by adding game rules to a learning activity






18. Software that provides on-screen blank musical bars on which the user enters the musical key - time - and individual notes that constitute a piece of sheet music






19. Software that enables the user to enter - edit - store - retrieve - sort - and search through computer databases.






20. Stands for 'Joint Photographic Experts Group -' an image format used for photographs; it is a format for encoding photographs that uses fewer bytes than the pixel-by-pixel approaches of GIF. It supports many colors and it is possible to obtain good q






21. 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






22. 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






23. Ways of storing digitized images for use in webpages and multimedia products - e.g. - GIF - JPEG






24. 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.






25. Graphics generally use RGB (Red - Green - and Blue) or CMYK colors. While graphics on the Web or designed for on-screen display are RGB images - both commercial offset printing and inkjet desktop printing utilize CMYK. Dots of cyan (blue) - magenta (






26. 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






27. 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






28. The interest - or value - that instructional materials or activities have for the learner.






29. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.






30. Originally called OAK - a high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. An object-oriented language similar to C++ - it has become popular for its ability to do interactive graphic and animation activities on web pages; a computer la






31. Any practical device used to make information easier to remember - including rhymes - acronyms - and acrostics.






32. 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






33. Designates a type of learning of English that occurs after a student achieves some level of proficiency in another - native language; more commonly-used term is now English Language Learning or ELL






34. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.






35. Activity when students submit their written or artistic products to a website






36. Learning is a persisting change in human performance or performance potential [brought] about as a result of the learner's interaction with the environment. To change (or have the capacity to change) one's level of ability or knowledge.






37. 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






38. 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.






39. A computer system set up to allow notices to be posted and viewed by anyone who has access to the network






40. An internal network or a subset of the Internet - usually available only to the members of the organization that set it up; as a provision for security - some technical department set up Intranets which are parts of the Internet used internally withi






41. 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.






42. A first step in web development that involves planning what the website will look like.






43. 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






44. 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 -






45. A graphic representation of a real person in cyberspace; a three dimensional image that a person can choose to represent himself or herself in a virtual reality environment






46. The set of high-speed data lines connecting the major networks that make up the Internet.






47. 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.






48. 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






49. 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.






50. A hybrid (online and in-person) distance education approach that provides students with opportunities to explore real-world issues through authentic learning experiences within collaborative learning environments