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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Term coined in 1984 by the president of the Aldus Corporation to refer to the activity of using software to produce documents that gives users a high degree of control over the composition and layout of material on a printed page - including both tex






2. Professional organization for music educators






3. Typeface used in word processing or desktop publishing; the appearance of the text itself - which can be altered through the selection of various typefaces and sizes of type. These include many typefaces common to the printing field - such as Times -






4. 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






5. Pre-developed applications created with the Java programming language; make possible web page features such as animations and special effects - graphics and buttons - interactive displays -web data collection forms - and chatrooms






6. 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






7. An input accessory lets the computer user input data into the computer - whereas an output device allows the computer to communicate its results to the world outside. Input/output devices are also called I/O devices. The computer keyboard - display a






8. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates under what circumstances students are expected to perform.






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






10. The process of taking a series of individual pictures -- called frames -- and stringing them together in a timed sequence to give the appearance of continuous motion. Animations are motion files - either in 2-D animation or 3-D animation. On the Web






11. Applications software that is designed specifically to deliver or assist with student instruction on a topic; software that can be used to enhance teaching and learning in many ways. Drill and practice - educational games - tutorials - simulation - a






12. Media formats that allow or require some level of physical activity from the user - which in some way alters the sequence of presentation.






13. In a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly






14. New term for information technology or educational technology; refers to all technologies used in education and training - as well as strategies for using them; originally in more common use outside the U.S. - but becoming more popular worldwide due






15. Teaching/learning model based on cognitive learning theory; holds that learners should generate their own knowledge through experience-based activities rather than being taught it by teachers






16. 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






17. Groups of people who 'meet -' usually via email - webpages - or other electronic means - to support each other's learning; in distance education - strategic - ongoing efforts by the instructor to encourage student-to-student interaction - as well as






18. 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.






19. The third phase in the Plan - Implement - Evaluate model. Focus is on assessment techniques used to determine the level of learning students have achieved and/or the effectiveness of the instructional materials.






20. A blueprint for instructional lessons based on analyses of the learners - the context - and the task to be learned. Planning involves the process of deciding what methods of instruction are best for bringing about desired changes in student knowledge






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






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






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






24. An image format used for drawn images - illustrations - clip art - or animations; It is universally acceptable on the Web. Images in the this format are restricted to 256 colors (best - actually 216 'web-safe' colors). The format is suited to images






25. Growing problem of online harassment in social networks






26. The legal rights to an original work produced in any tangible medium of expression - including written works - works of art - music - photographs - and computer software.






27. 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






28. 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






29. A technique that reduces the amount of a graphic that shows or prints.






30. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure






31. '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






32. Small - stand-alone - portable personal computer system






33. 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






34. 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






35. Video games that provide physical activity or exercise through interactive play






36. An individual's preferred ways for processing and organizing information and for responding to environmental stimuli.






37. Approximately a million bytes - or 1000 kilobytes.






38. 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






39. In language learning international class-to-class partnerships in which projects and casks are developed by the partner teachers in the collaborating institutions; students work with students of other cultures to provide authentic writing and researc






40. Pavlovian view of learning as involuntary physical responses to outside stimuli (e.g. - dogs salivate automatically at the sight of a dog food can)






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






42. 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.






43. Devices that record data over time with sensors






44. A type of instructional activity designed to help students understand - remember - and apply new information.






45. A term used on the Twitter system for a prefix to a message (Tweet)consisting of a pound sign (#)and a topic name (e.g. - #ripstevejobs). Users begin a Tweet with a hash tag to allow others to identify posts and create their own messages on that topi






46. A type of instructional activity that leads students to want to learn and to put in the effort required for learning.






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






48. 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






49. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world






50. Software used by architects and others to aid in the design of structures such as houses and cars