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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. A printed copy of computer output.
Hash Tag
Hard Copy
Accommodation
Groupware
2. 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
Accelerometer
Disequilibrium
Highlighting
File Server
3. One of several digital formats for video that are able to be used with video editing software
Inclusion
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Evaluation Activity
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
4. A major category of locations on the Internet. Major domains include com (company) - edu (educational institution) - gov (government) - net (network) - and org (organization).
High-Level Language
Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Domain
integrating educational technology
5. Also called a mail server - this is the computer or software that operates an e-mail discussion list on the Internet. Interested individuals subscribe to the list and subsequently receive all e-mail that is sent to the listserv; on the Internet - a p
ASP.NET
integrated packages
Listserv
Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD)
6. Device consisting of a transmitter - which senses the heartbeat from the heart's electrical impulses - and a wristwatch receiver - which receives and records each beat through radio transmission from the transmitter
Fair Use Guidelines
DVD
Bitmap and vector graphics
Heart Rate Monitor
7. A statement that likens something new to something familiar. Analogies are typically used either to make abstract information more concrete or to organize complex information.
Analogy
Application Activity
Key word
Instruction
8. Calculator with probes or sensors connected to it to allow gathering of numerical data
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Constructivism
Calculator-Based Lab (CBL)
Case Study
9. A form of evaluation that involves having a knowledgeable person come into the classroom to watch a lesson in process - to comment on how well the materials and activities work - and to make suggestions for improvements.
Avatar Spaces
Classroom Observation
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Electronic reference software
10. 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
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Content expert
Bitmap and vector graphics
Impairment
11. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; a standard way of representing text - which allows different computer brands to 'talk' to one another. It is sometimes referred to as plain text or unformatted text.
ASCII format
Graphic Document Makers
Full Immersion Systems
Hash Tag
12. A set of guidelines used to reliably appraise or judge products or performances.
Interlacing
Computer Conferencing
e-books (ebooks)
Assessment Rubric
13. 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.
learner-centered instruction
Educational Media
Input/Output Device
Audio Teleconferencing
14. 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
Concept Map
Animation - path
Cursor
Chat
15. A school specialist who helps students and teachers to become effective users of ideas and information by providing access to materials - providing instruction - and working with teachers to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual
Label
Library/media specialist
Antecedent
Interface
16. 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
Formula
Essential Processing
Instructional designer
learning communities
17. An instructional method that involves small heterogeneous groups of students working toward a common academic goal or task. Its use promotes positive interdependence - individual accountability - collaborative/social skills - and group processing ski
Cooperative Learning
Computer Conferencing
Dithering
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
18. A type of computer virus that is set to 'go off' (i.e. - carry out its program) at a certain time
Exergaming
Font
logic bomb
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
19. Piagetian view of how children change their views of the world by incorporating new experiences
Generative Processing
Accommodation
link
Information activity
20. Guidelines limiting the rights of copyright holders and allowing portions of copyrighted materials to be used for educational purposes; guidelines for portion - time - amount - and distribution of copyrighted materials for educational purposes.
Fair Use Guidelines
Digital Divide
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Files
21. Programs that allow teachers to author and display lessons for use with interactive whiteboard systems
Formula
Intelligence
morphing
interactive whiteboard activity software
22. 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.
Discussion
Mass storage
Evaluation
malware
23. Also called a personal computer - a stand-alone - desktop - or laptop computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for use by an individual
Distractors
Chat Room
microcomputer
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
24. Feedback that tells students specifically what they can do to correct their performance.
Hacker
LCD screen
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
Corrective Feedback
25. 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
ARPAnet
Crowdsourcing
Declarative Information
link
26. 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
Instructional efficiency
Advance Organizer
interactive whiteboard activity software
Compensation
27. The most common input device; resembles the key layout of a typewriter.
Learning Theory
Charting/Graphing Tool
Keyboard
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format
28. 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
Hardware
laptop computer
Charting/Graphing Tool
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
29. The application of technological processes and tools which can be used to solve problems of instruction and learning with an emphasis on applying the most current digital and information tools.
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI)
Designing Instruction
Educational Technology
Intelligence
30. 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
Computer-Managed Instruction
Laser printer
Instructional method
Geographic Information System (GIS)
31. A teaching and learning model based on behavioral and cognitive theories; students receive information from teachers and do teacher-directed activities
Intelligence
Forms Makers
Directed Instruction
Intelligent tutoring system
32. System in which a camera or sensor reads body movements and communicates them to a computer - which processes the gestures as commands and uses them to control devices or displays
Alternative Keyboard
Gesture-Recognition System
Chat Room
Image Editing Programs
33. 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
Computer Program
High-Level Language
Discovery Learning
instructional software
34. Liquid crystal display screen - commonly used in computers and also in conjunction with display panels and projectors as large-group display devices.
Motor skills
Alpha testing
Blog
LCD screen
35. Pages or items listed as results of an Internet or database search
Computer-Managed Instruction
learner-centered instruction
Electronic reference software
Hits
36. 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
Learning
Blog
Drop cap
Computer Conferencing
37. 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
logic bomb
Authoring Software
Macro
Bitmapped (BMP) Graphics
38. Approximately a billion bytes - or 1 -000 megabytes.
Compensation
Gigabyte
Avatar
inquiry-based learning
39. A computer system set up to allow notices to be posted and viewed by anyone who has access to the network
Bulletin Board (BB)
Contingencies Of Reinforcement
multiple intelligences theory
Inkjet printer
40. A computer input device that permits the development of graphic images by translating drawing on the tablet into onscreen images.
Graphics Tablet
Instructional method
Educational Technology
Browser
41. 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
Computer-Managed Instruction
FAQ
interactive or dynamic geometry software
Instructional effectiveness
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.
Intrinsic motivation
Bookmark
Distance Education
Motivation
43. Electronically transmitted private messages that can be sent from individuals to other individuals or groups.
Compensation
Electronic Mail (email)
Firewall
Mailing list
44. A collection of information systematized by computer software to allow storage and easy retrieval through keyword searching; the program designed to accomplish these tasks
Graphic Document Makers
Database
Charting/Graphing Tool
Declarative Information
45. 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
music editor
Accelerometer
information literacy
Instructional designer
46. A machine that processes information according to a set of instructions.
microcomputer-based lab (MBL)
Computer
Groupware
Electronic reference software
47. 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
Digital Divide
IEP Generator
Gesture-Recognition System
Firewall
48. A measure of how much learners achieve per unit of time or dollar spent; for example - (Posttest - Pretest)/Time - or (Posttest - Pretest)/Cost.
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
Instructional efficiency
Discussion
Haptic Interface
49. 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
Case Study
Likert scale
Logo
Foreign Language (FL)
50. Advanced calculators that can graph equations - as well as perform calculation functions involved in higher-level math and science problems; allows users to enter equations and shows graphs that result from those equations
Geospatial Technologies
Data Mining
Graphing Calculator
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