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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. 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.
imagemap
Event Driven
malware
integrating educational technology
2. Refers to the attitudes - values - customs - and behavior patterns that characterize a social group.
Digital Camera
Culture
Authoring Software
Grammar Checker
3. 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
Instructional plan
ARPAnet
Cropping
Chat Room
4. Within a computer - this is an area that stores instructions (programs) and information that can be readily accessed by the processor.
Learning Theory
Memory
link
Information activity
5. A question typically used at the beginning of a lesson to direct students' attention to particularly important aspects of the new information.
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Focusing Question
Circular reference
Instructional technology
6. An event - object - or circumstance that prompts a behavior.
Learning Theory
learner-centered instruction
Interlacing
Antecedent
7. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software
mobile device
Lighting
Cursor
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
8. 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
Internet
Home Page
Full Immersion Systems
Authoring Software
9. A procedure of instruction selected to help learners achieve objectives or understand the content or message of instruction (e.g. - presentation - simulation - drill and practice - cooperative learning).
Electronic Slide Shows
Instructional method
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Electronic Mentor
10. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform
ActionScript
Database
Avatar
Cookie
11. 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
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Formula
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Drop cap
12. According to the American Library Association (ALA) - it is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate - evaluate - and use effectively the needed information
information literacy
Impairment
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) format
Learning style
13. The process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and activities.
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Designing Instruction
Avatar Spaces
joystick
14. The specific items used in a lesson and delivered through various media formats - such as video - audio - print - and so on.
Charting/Graphing Tool
Instructional materials
Cybercheating
multiple intelligences theory
15. Approximately a billion bytes - or 1 -000 megabytes.
Gigabyte
Assimilation
Attention
Avatar Spaces
16. A device that allows analog audio or video to be captured in a form that the computer can use.
Compact Disc (CD)
Digitizer
Image Formats
Disability
17. A computer system set up to allow notices to be posted and viewed by anyone who has access to the network
Emoticons
Bulletin Board (BB)
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
Gesture-Recognition System
18. The most common input device; resembles the key layout of a typewriter.
Formula
Keyboard
Assistive Technology
Cloud Computing
19. The software capability to copy images from web pages or computer applications and store them on your own computer.
Bitmap and vector graphics
Directed Instruction
Image Capture
Local-area network (LAN)
20. Classroom surfaces used for writing and displaying information - including chalkboards - multipurpose boards - bulletin boards - magnetic boards - and flip charts.
Display Boards
Lossy compression
Evaluation
Firewall
21. Sometimes called paint or raster graphics - in which each pixel directly corresponds to a spot on the display screen. When scaled to larger sizes - this type of graphic looks jagged or aliased; Developed originally for use on Disk Operating System (D
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
Charting/Graphing Tool
Likert scale
intranet
22. Program stored on individual computers or on the school or district network in order to prevent access to Internet sites with inappropriate materials
Algorithm
Memory
Charting/Graphing Tool
Filtering Software
23. 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
Foreign Language Dictionaries
Laser printer
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Downloading
24. A combination input and output device that allows a computer to communicate with another computer over telephone or cable TV lines; (short for modulator-demodulator) converts digital computer information into sound (and vice versa) for transmission o
High-Level Language
Modem
mobile device
Circular reference
25. A special education law that requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.
Electronic Gradebook
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Blu-Ray Disc
Declarative Information
26. 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
Constructivist Learning
Computer Conferencing
Demonstration
Geographic Information System (GIS)
27. The set of high-speed data lines connecting the major networks that make up the Internet.
CMYK graphics
Flash
Backbone
Declarative Information
28. 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
learning communities
Hardware
Heart Rate Monitor
Antivirus software
29. The collection of all related records in a database.
Imagery
Google Docs
long-term memory (LTM)
Datafile
30. A type of instructional activity that provides students with an opportunity to practice using what they are learning.
Cell
Application Activity
Avatar Spaces
Audiographics
31. A type of information that includes facts - concepts - principles - and the relationships among them.
Fair Use
information visualization
Intelligent tutoring system
Declarative Information
32. Individuals who are learning English as their majority language for everyday uses - employment - and educational purposes. ELL also stands for English Language Learning
Database
Cognitive Load
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
English Language Learners (ELL)
33. A 4.72-inch-diameter disc on which a laser has digitally recorded information such as audio - video - or computer data.
long-term memory (LTM)
Compact Disc (CD)
ADDIE model
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
34. 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
Discussion
Content expert
Mug shots
Avatar
35. 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.
Educational Media
multimedia
Constructivist Learning
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
36. Video games that provide physical activity or exercise through interactive play
Exergaming
mastery learning
imagemap
music editor
37. Software tools that automatically draw and print desired charts or graphs from data entered by users
Google Docs
microcomputer
Foreign Language (FL)
Charting/Graphing Tool
38. Storage inside the computer. The CPU in a personal computer retrieves and deposits information in the computer's internal memory. Also called main memory.
Internal memory
integrating educational technology
Input device
Lighting
39. According to learning theorist Howard Gardner - nine different and relatively independent types of intelligence that may be fostered by differentiated instruction and assessment
multiple intelligences theory
Database filters and queries
Lighting
Attachments
40. 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
interactive whiteboard
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Keyboard
Freeware
41. An agreement created by a school or other educational organization that describes the risks involved in Internet use; outlines appropriate - safe student behavior on the Internet; asks students if they agree to use the Internet under these conditions
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Halftone
Graphic
42. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.
Data Loggers
Instructional activity
Domain Name
Attention
43. Comprehension exercises with certain words removed to require students to fill in the blanks
Geographic Information System (GIS)
logic bomb
Graphics Tablet
Cloze Exercises
44. A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink.
Extraneous Processing
Inkjet printer
Freeware
Learning Theory
45. Software that is given away free of charge - but whose author still retains all rights.
Key word
Interlacing
Freeware
Fair Use Guidelines
46. The central processing unit - or brain - of the computer - which controls the functions of the rest of the system and performs all numeric calculations.
CPU
Flowcharting
Blended Intercultural Collaborations
Essential Processing
47. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.
Compression and extraction tools
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
link
Label
48. Small - stand-alone - portable personal computer system
Criteria
laptop computer
Domain Name
Label
49. The adaptive use of previously acquired knowledge to analyze and understand new situations.
Intelligence
Audiographics
Asynchronous
Drop cap
50. A worldwide radio-navigation system made possible by a bank of orbiting satellites and their ground stations to pinpoint exact geographic locations on earth; a device that cross-references a GPS signal with mapping software and shows the location to
Graphing Calculator
Domain Name
ASCII format
Global Positioning System (GPS)
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