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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A type of learning that refers to the ability to perform complex physical actions in a smooth - coordinated manner.
Digital Literacy
Motor skills
Interactive media
Image Editing Programs
2. Circular reference of electronic spreadsheet formula happens when you enter a formula that includes functions referring back to the cell in which the formula is contained. When this happens - users receive an error message referring to circular refer
Backbone
Instructional design
Circular reference
Hacking
3. 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
Hard Disk
Library/media specialist
Image Editing Programs
Image Capture
4. Computer software that continuously analyzes a student's test responses and presents more or less difficult questions based on the student's performance
English Language Learners (ELL)
Hacking
Instructional game
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
5. Instructional format that combines elements of face-to-face teaching and learning with elements of distance education. Also known as blended learning.
Hybrid Learning
link
Behavior
Blood Pressure Devices
6. 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
Cybercheating
Hash Tag
Instruction
Essential Processing
7. Software tools that create documents and web pages with 'fillable' forms
Forms Makers
Distractors
Enactive Learning
instructional software
8. Fundamental to most operating systems is the concept of files and directories (or folders). A file system in most operating resembles an inverted tree with the roots at the top and branches at the bottom. This tree structure uses directories or folde
Charting/Graphing Tool
Disability
Directory File Structure
LCD screen
9. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.
Megabyte
Modem
Computer Conferencing
Hash Tag
10. Calculator with probes or sensors connected to it to allow gathering of numerical data
Input device
Cyberbullying
Mosaic
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
11. Computer actions or programs - such as hypermedia software - that respond to events in the environment; for example - a mouse action event that occurs when the user clicks on a button.
Alpha testing
Computer Conferencing
Event Driven
Equilibration
12. A type of learning that refers to the ability to recall specific information.
Assessment
Haptic Interface
Electronic Publishing
Knowledge
13. 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.
Computer-Managed Instruction
Hard Disk
Firewall
Lossless and lossy compressions
14. 'Image map' allows graphics to respond to mouse clicks to lead to more than one place from a single graphic. Clickable maps can be based on graphical maps such as floor plans - road maps - regional maps - and the like. The imagemapper - or simple ima
FM Amplification System
Computer System
Database Management System (DBMS)
imagemap
15. A mathematical expression that directs an electronic spreadsheet to perform various kinds of calculations on the numbers entered in it; in a spreadsheet - a command inserted in a cell and used to do calculations on data
Formula
Files
Directory File Structure
Instructional effectiveness
16. A three-dimensional representation of a real object; it may be larger - smaller - or the same size as the object represented.
Compression and extraction tools
Electronic reference software
Model
Mass storage
17. A type of learning that refers to feelings - beliefs - and values that lead individuals to make consistent choices when given the opportunity.
Instructional effectiveness
Circular reference
Attitudes
Distributed Education
18. The continuous evaluation of instruction before - during - and after implementation - which leads to continual revision and modification in order to increase student learning.
inquiry-based learning
Evaluation
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
Mug shots
19. Computer programs used to develop multimedia or Web applications; programs used to create documents utilizing point and click features but require some knowledge of the program; authoring programs such as Adobe Flash can be used to create multimedia
Computer Gradebook
Declarative Information
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Authoring Software
20. 'Lossless' compression such as the GIF format is generally safer for recompression since it utilizes 'lossless' compression. Meaning when the GIF image is compressed - no information is lost from its contents. On the other hand - formats that utilize
Grammar Checker
interactive whiteboard activity software
Imagery
Lossless and lossy compressions
21. Category of visuals that are generally exhibited on display boards - (e.g. - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards) and are not projected.
Animation - path
Filtering Software
Directed Instruction
Displayed Visuals
22. 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
Local-area network (LAN)
Electronic Storybooks
Animation - path
Adventure Learning (AL)
23. 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
interactive whiteboard activity software
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
music sequencer
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
24. Ancillary feature of word processors that identifies a range of grammatical and format errors such as improper capitalization - lack of subject-verb agreement - split infinitives - and so on.
Groupware
DVD
Grammar Checker
Internal memory
25. Use of online systems to access personal data in order to accomplish identity theft and do other malicious acts
Gesture-Recognition System
Hacking
Fair Use
interactive whiteboard activity software
26. A unique electronic address for an individual or organization - analogous to a postal address.
Backbone
Digital Storytelling
interactive whiteboard
Email Address
27. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.
Learning
Audiographics
Constructivism
Avatar Spaces
28. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
Instructional design
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Intelligent tutoring system
microcomputer
29. Tools offered through a special Google site that provide users access to online programs for word processing - spreadsheets - and presentations; the site offers storage of documents on a Google server and allows for sharing of documents among multipl
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Discovery Learning
Groupware
Google Docs
30. Online environments in which users can interact through their graphic representations (i.e. - avatars)
Cursor
Avatar Spaces
Dithering
Mass storage
31. Stories that can be read from a computer screen - on mobile devices - or as print books with interactive buttons; also known as interactive storybooks
Attention
Electronic Storybooks
Distributed Education
MUD
32. Video games that provide physical activity or exercise through interactive play
Exergaming
Model
Electronic Publishing
ASP.NET
33. The interest - or value - that instructional materials or activities have for the learner.
Instructional appeal
Foreign Language (FL)
Model
Graphic
34. System in which a camera or sensor reads body movements and communicates them to a computer - which processes the gestures as commands and uses them to control devices or displays
learning communities
Computer
intranet
Gesture-Recognition System
35. 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
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Assimilation
High-Level Language
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
36. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic
Iris
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Concept Map
information visualization
37. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; a standard way of representing text - which allows different computer brands to 'talk' to one another. It is sometimes referred to as plain text or unformatted text.
ASCII format
Constructivism
Grammar Checker
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
38. 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.
Modem
Audio Teleconferencing
Assistive Technology
information literacy
39. Channels of communication that carry messages with an instructional purpose; the different ways and means by which information can be delivered to or experienced by a learner.
Bitmap and vector graphics
Attitudes
Educational Media
Information activity
40. Online sites that allow users to input sentences and paragraphs of text in one language and get a translation into another language
language translators (machine translation)
Bitmap and vector graphics
Attitudes
Geographic Information System (GIS)
41. 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
Evaluation
Avatar Spaces
Laser printer
Internal memory
42. Acronym for 'frequently asked questions.' Used on the Internet to disseminate basic information and to reduce repetitive queries.
Electronic Mentor
Local-area network (LAN)
FAQ
Distractors
43. 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
Learning in context
FM Amplification System
App
Digital Storytelling
44. A worldwide radio-navigation system made possible by a bank of orbiting satellites and their ground stations to pinpoint exact geographic locations on earth; a device that cross-references a GPS signal with mapping software and shows the location to
CPU
Javascript
Electronic reference software
Global Positioning System (GPS)
45. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.
laptop computer
Datafile
Criteria
Interface
46. Type of virtual reality (VR) system in which i a user places a headset (e.g. - goggles or a helmet) over the eyes to provide a channel through which the wearer 'sees' (i.e. - is immersed in) a computer-generated environment
Educational Technology
Audio Teleconferencing
Applications
Full Immersion Systems
47. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.
e-books (ebooks)
Design
Mailing list
Electronic Whiteboard
48. A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink.
Inkjet printer
Groupware
Haptic Interface
Database filters and queries
49. 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
learning hierarchies
Geocaching
information visualization
Educational Media
50. Any practical device used to make information easier to remember - including rhymes - acronyms - and acrostics.
Interactive media
Cooperative Learning
Mnemonic
Backbone