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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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.






2. An instructional arrangement whereby students with disabilities receive instruction and services in a general education setting with regular education peers.






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.






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






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.






6. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.






7. According to learning theorist B. E Skinner - experiences (positive reinforcement - negative reinforcement - punishment) that shape desired behavioral responses






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 -






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






10. A printed copy of computer output.






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






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






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






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 -






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






16. A highlighted position indicator used on the computer screen.






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






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)






19. Comprehension exercises with certain words removed to require students to fill in the blanks






20. Sequences of frames shown in a linear way with presentation software (e.g. - PowerPoint)






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.






22. An activity in which students with disabilities participate in one or more selected classes in general education






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






24. Professional organization for music educators






25. A camera that stores pictures in computer compatible digital format rather than on film.






26. A type of instructional activity that provides students with an opportunity to practice using what they are learning.






27. A type of instructional activity designed to determine how well students have mastered lesson objectives.






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






29. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.






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.






31. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.






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






33. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.






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






35. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems






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






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






38. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by determining the percent of body fat






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.






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






41. A condition that arises when an individual is unable to fulfill a role due to an impairment or disability






42. Acronym for 'frequently asked questions.' Used on the Internet to disseminate basic information and to reduce repetitive queries.






43. A collection of eight bits - equivalent to one alphanumeric character.






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






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.






46. A file format for storing and sending video sequences on a network






47. A computer input device that permits the development of graphic images by translating drawing on the tablet into onscreen images.






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






49. Term for the distribution of applications - processing power - and storage across many computers accessible via the Internet.






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