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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems
Educational Technology
interactive whiteboard activity software
Intrinsic motivation
Cropping
2. 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
Multimedia authoring programs
Classical Conditioning
music editor
ActionScript
3. An animation key frame is a single still image defined throughout an animated sequence that occurs at a pivotal point in that sequence.
Encoding
Digitizer
Animation key frame
Inclusion
4. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.
Knowledge
ASCII format
CPU
Database Management System (DBMS)
5. A branch of computer science concerned with the design of computers and software that are capable of responding in ways that emulate the decision-making capabilities of the human mind.
Algorithm
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
6. Antidote utilities to detect - eliminate and protect from viruses - worms and Trojans. It typically contains an engine - a resident virus shield - virus databases or DAT files - a task scheduler - an e-mail scanner - and an update manager. It guards
Java applets
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
integrated packages
Antivirus software
7. An electronic go-between by which the computer communicates with a peripheral device.
Lossless and lossy compressions
Interface
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Drop cap
8. A type of information that describes the potential usefulness of facts - concepts - and principles.
Lossy compression
music sequencer
Intrinsic motivation
Conditional Information
9. A camera that stores pictures in computer compatible digital format rather than on film.
Interactive media
Digital Camera
Home Page
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
10. One of the first browser programs designed to allow Internet resources to be displayed graphically rather than just in text
Animation
Mosaic
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Circular reference
11. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
microcomputer
Heuristic
Application Activity
12. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.
Digital Literacy
Advance Organizer
File Server
e-books (ebooks)
13. Program stored on individual computers or on the school or district network in order to prevent access to Internet sites with inappropriate materials
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Mouse
Filtering Software
e-books (ebooks)
14. A type of instructional activity that leads students to want to learn and to put in the effort required for learning.
Enactive Learning
Motivation activity
Multimedia authoring programs
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
15. An individual's preferred ways for processing and organizing information and for responding to environmental stimuli.
Enactive Learning
Learning style
Charting/Graphing Tool
Backbone
16. Occurs when it is necessary to keep a certain position that is not relative to the new cell location. It is possible by inserting a dollar sign - $ - before the column letter or a $ before the row number - or sometimes both to lock the cell location
Formative Evaluation
Computer System
Absolute address or absolute positioning
Browser
17. 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
Intelligence
Blood Pressure Devices
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Geographic Information System (GIS)
18. A graphical means of illustrating the logical flow of a computer program.
Flowcharting
Learning
music synthesizer
Field
19. 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
Constructivist Learning
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Case Study
mobile device
20. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform
ActionScript
Disequilibrium
Flowcharting
Course Management System (CMS)
21. 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.
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
Mass storage
Display Boards
CLI
22. (short for Command Line Interface) the interface is where the user types a text command and the computer responds according to that command.
CLI
Local-area network (LAN)
Browser
Fair Use
23. 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
Motivation activity
Gesture-Recognition System
Digital Literacy
Database Management System (DBMS)
24. A distance education technology that uses a speakerphone to extend a basic telephone call and permits instruction and interaction between individuals or groups at two or more locations.
Assistive Technology
Harmony
Audio Teleconferencing
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
25. Professional organization for music educators
Cursor
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Bandwidth
Analogy
26. Growing problem of online harassment in social networks
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Cyberbullying
Formative Evaluation
Computer Program
27. A measure of the difference between what learners know before and after instruction; for example - Posttest - Pretest = Achievement.
Instructional effectiveness
Flowcharting
Cursor
Animation key frame
28. An instructional arrangement whereby students with disabilities receive instruction and services in a general education setting with regular education peers.
Animation key frame
Mailing list
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)
Inclusion
29. 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
Disequilibrium
Input/Output Device
Chat
Instructional method
30. Video games that provide physical activity or exercise through interactive play
Learning in context
Database
MUD
Exergaming
31. 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
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Byte
Conditional Information
Constructivist Learning
32. On computer networks - a location for person-to-person real-time (synchronous) interaction by typing messages.
Cycle Of Continuous Improvement
Chat Room
Model
multiple intelligences theory
33. Software that is given away free of charge - but whose author still retains all rights.
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Circular reference
Freeware
Input device
34. A technique that reduces the amount of a graphic that shows or prints.
meta-analysis
Cropping
microcomputer
Inkjet printer
35. A unique electronic address for an individual or organization - analogous to a postal address.
Culture
Email Address
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Bookmark
36. 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
Essential Processing
Circular reference
instructional software
Cloud Computing
37. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
meta-analysis
Motivation activity
ADDIE model
38. A single networked delivery system that combines sophisticated computer-assisted instruction (CAI) with computer-managed instruction (CMI). Intellectual skills A type of learning that refers to a variety of thinking skills - including concept learnin
Heuristic
Integrated learning system (IIS)
Graphing Calculator
High-Level Language
39. 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
mobile device
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Laser printer
Evaluation
40. Types of computer systems identified by their operating systems - e.g. - PCs with Windows operating systems or Macintoshes with Mac-OS operating systems
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Behavior
Computer Platforms
meta-analysis
41. 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.
Cloud Computing
Motivation
Electronic Mail (email)
Consequence
42. Activity when students submit their written or artistic products to a website
Classroom Observation
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory)
mastery learning
Electronic Publishing
43. Online environments in which users can interact through their graphic representations (i.e. - avatars)
Avatar Spaces
Heart Rate Monitor
Computer
Graphics Tablet
44. A committee composed of the parent - administrator - assessment personnel - regular education teacher - special education teacher - and other pertinent representatives who meet on a regular basis to make decisions in regard to admission - services -
Freeware
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
Assimilation
Display Boards
45. 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
integrating educational technology
MUD
Instructional appeal
46. The term authoring suggests writing. Authoring programs are designed to help teachers and students produce courseware and programs. These authoring programs help the user develop computer programs in computer languages that can be otherwise quite dif
Email Address
Instructional materials
Multimedia authoring programs
Computer System
47. 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
Disequilibrium
Formative Evaluation
Compensation
Instructional designer
48. A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink.
Mouse
Inkjet printer
Byte
Computer System
49. Content experts are also called subject matter experts (or SMEs). A content expert's roles and responsibilities include: researching the content - helping with storyboard - and writing all of the text. For many multimedia projects in education - SME
Electronic Storybooks
Content expert
Copyright
Computer Algebra System (CAS)
50. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world
integrated packages
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Inkjet printer
Assimilation