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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Proposed by learning theorist Albert Bandura as learning that occurs through actions - rather than by observation






2. Resource for students with hearing impairments in which the teacher wears a wireless microphone and students with auditory processing learning disabilities wear receivers that amplify the teacher's voice and serve to focus attention






3. Music-making equipment controlled by a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) device






4. 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.






5. Various techniques designed to direct attention to certain aspects of information - including the use of bold - underlined - or italicized print; color - labels - and arrows for pictorial information; and speaking more loudly or more slowly to highli






6. An authoring specification on the Internet for how data will be collected at a website - CGI programs are written in a language such as PERL






7. 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.






8. A computer network covering a limited geographical area - such as a single building or even a single room within a building; in a typical local area network (or LAN) configuration - one computer is designated as the file server which stores all of th






9. One of the first browser programs designed to allow Internet resources to be displayed graphically rather than just in text






10. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.






11. Hardware such as a keyboard - mouse - or joystick through which the user sends instructions to the computer.






12. Within a computer - this is an area that stores instructions (programs) and information that can be readily accessed by the processor.






13. A response made by an individual.






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






15. 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.






16. 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






17. A rule of thumb or flexible guideline that can be adapted to fit each instructional situation.






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






19. A measure of the difference between what learners know before and after instruction; for example - Posttest - Pretest = Achievement.






20. Software that assists teachers in preparing individual educational plans (IEPs) required by law for students with special needs; automates the process by providing on-screen prompts that remind teachers of the required components in the plan






21. The process of translating information into some meaningful form that can be remembered.






22. An assessment instrument consisting of a series of statements with which students indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement; created by psychologist Rensis Likert






23. A device that includes a display screen connected to a computer and digital projector; allows information projected on the screen to be manipulated with special pens or one's hands and also allows drawings or notes from a given session to be saved an






24. A type of problem solving that requires students to actively participate in real or hypothetical problem situations that reflect the types of experiences actually encountered in the discipline under study






25. 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.






26. 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






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






28. A type of learning that refers to the ability to perform complex physical actions in a smooth - coordinated manner.






29. Compression is the process to reduce file size through 'zipping' or 'archiving'. The compressed or zipped file can be from a large file or can contain several files that have been squeezed into a single file. After compression - the extraction proces






30. Software tools that simplify the activity of making highly graphic materials such as awards certificates and greeting cards by offering sets of clip art and pre-designed templates to which people add their own content






31. Motivation in which the act itself is the reward.






32. Not occurring at the same time - form of distance communications in which information and messages are left for the receiver to read later; contrasts with synchronous communications - in which information and messages are sent and received immediatel






33. According to learning theorists Benjamin Bloom and B. F. Skinner - an instructional approach in which students learn a sequence of objectives that define mastery of the subject; students pass tests on each objective to demonstrate they have mastered






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






35. 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






36. 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.






37. Program stored on individual computers or on the school or district network in order to prevent access to Internet sites with inappropriate materials






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






39. The systematic process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and activities.






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






41. An individual who gains access to computer systems without authorization.






42. The iris is used to control the opening behind the lens that allows light to enter the camera. When lighting is low the iris may be opened to let in more light. And when the light level is high the iris can be partially closed to let in less light. B






43. Approximately a billion bytes - or 1 -000 megabytes.






44. In cognitive load theory - the use of working memory that results in productive - engaged learning






45. Also known as a hot link or hot spot. On the Internet - a piece of text or an image that has been programmed into a web page to send the browser to another Internet location; in a multimedia product - a piece of text or an image that has been program






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. 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






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






50. 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