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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Category of visuals that are generally exhibited on display boards - (e.g. - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards) and are not projected.






2. On the Internet - a way of transferring files from one computer to another using common settings and transmission procedures; also - to transfer files; computer users can use a File Transport Protocol (or FTP) client to transfer files to and from com






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating






8. Applying scientific knowledge about human learning to the practical tasks of teaching and learning; the subset of educational technology that deals directly with teaching and learning applications (as opposed to educational administrative application






9. 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






10. 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






11. Programs that allow users to create and manipulate geometric constructions and provide environments in which to make discoveries and conjectures related to geometry concepts and objects






12. The use of audio teleconferencing accompanied by the transmission of still pictures and graphics via slow-scan video - fax - or an electronic graphics tablet.






13. 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






14. 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






15. Short for 'web log -' a web page that serves as a publicly accessible location for discussing a topic or issue; began as personal journals and expanded to become public discussion forums in which anyone can give opinions on a topic






16. A unique electronic address for an individual or organization - analogous to a postal address.






17. 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.






18. 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






19. 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






20. '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






21. On computer networks - a location for person-to-person real-time (synchronous) interaction by typing messages.






22. Using a computer system to administer and score assessment measures; also - computer adaptive testing - computer-based testing






23. Electronically transmitted private messages that can be sent from individuals to other individuals or groups.






24. A small pictorial or graphical representation of a computer hardware function or component - or a computer software program - commonly associated with a graphical user interface.






25. 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






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






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






28. The products created by a database program; any collection of data stored in a computer or on a computer medium






29. 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






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






31. Classroom display that allow teachers or students to interact with the computer through a touch sensitive board on which the computer screen is projected.






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






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






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






35. A synchronous form of Internet communication in which individuals type messages to one another






36. The set of high-speed data lines connecting the major networks that make up the Internet.






37. 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






38. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades






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






40. Also referred to as a domain designator - a required part of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) on the Internet that indicates what kind of group owns the server; examples include '.edu -' '.com -' and '.org'






41. A network created in 1969 by the U.S. government-funded Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to enable communications among important defense sites in the event of a worldwide catastrophe such as a nuclear attack; later became the Internet






42. 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






43. Customized keyboards created for users with special needs (e.g. - enlarging the keys to provide more space for the student to press a key; removing keys that are not relevant for a given software; programming multi-step functions like save - print -






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






45. The second phase of the Plan - Implement - Evaluate model. Focus is on the use of instructional materials and activities designed to help students achieve the outcomes specified in the instructional plan.






46. Stories that can be read from a computer screen - on mobile devices - or as print books with interactive buttons; also known as interactive storybooks






47. Pages or items listed as results of an Internet or database search






48. For learners of English and foreign languages - activities in which they use computers in language testing - teaching - and learning in and out of class






49. Alpha testing is the early testing phase of the project. The full functionality of the alpha version of the software program may not yet be implemented. This early review allows the client to evaluate the project.






50. The process of determining which digital tools and which methods for implementing them are the most appropriate responses to given educational needs and problems