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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. 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






2. General category of portable computer devices such as smart phones and tablets (e.g. - iPads)






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






4. A computer database program that can store and manipulate students' grades.






5. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software






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






7. 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






8. A single block in a spreadsheet grid - formed by the intersection of a row and a column that may contain numerical values - words - or character data - and formulas or calculation commands.






9. Information provided to students regarding how well they are doing during practice.






10. An instructional plan for an individual student (usually one with special needs) that describes the student's current level of proficiency and also establishes short- and long-term goals for future focus. An IEP is typically developed through a confe






11. The incorrect or less appropriate alternative answers for a given multiple-choice question. Also called foils.






12. 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






13. '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






14. Can be either software that supports the on-screen creation of music scores with several parts or tracks - or a hardware component of a music synthesizer workstation






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






16. 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






17. A collection of information systematized by computer software to allow storage and easy retrieval through keyword searching; the program designed to accomplish these tasks






18. Computer software that continuously analyzes a student's test responses and presents more or less difficult questions based on the student's performance






19. A unique vocal distortion technique made possible with vocal-editing software






20. 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






21. Activity when students submit their written or artistic products to a website






22. 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 -






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. Individuals who are learning English as their majority language for everyday uses - employment - and educational purposes. ELL also stands for English Language Learning






27. Television-like display screen that uses a cathode ray tube.






28. An image format that allows transfer of artwork between any software packages that use PostScript printing files; a vector graphics file format.






29. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.






30. 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






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






32. A collection of a person's work products over time - arranged so that he or she and others can see how skills have developed and progressed - and presented in an electronic form such as a website or multimedia product; websites created by students to






33. 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 -






34. 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






35. Inhibited functioning created by excessive demands being placed on memory and/or other cognitive processes.






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






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






38. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic






39. 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






40. 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






41. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment






42. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.






43. 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






44. A large-capacity magnetic storage medium for computer data. Also called a fixed disk - it remains sealed within the case of most computers to protect it from dust - smoke - and other contaminants.






45. In contrast to lossless compression - lossy compression refers to a technique of shrinking file sizes by giving away some precision of detail. JPEG images are an example of a file that is compressed this way. By reducing the quality of a picture when






46. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.






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






48. Can be defined as a pleasing arrangement of parts - whether it be music - poetry - or color. In visual experiences - harmony is something that is pleasing to the eye. It engages the viewer and creates an inner sense of order. There are three formulas






49. 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.






50. In printing - halftone refers to the technique of simulating shades of gray or color by varying the size of dots in a grid - or the number of pixels in a given area.