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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. The legal rights to an original work produced in any tangible medium of expression - including written works - works of art - music - photographs - and computer software.






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






3. 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






4. Subject matter expert who volunteers to work closely with students online






5. Sometimes referred to as the ADDIE model - the current version of systems approach of instructional design is a process comprised of a series of phases: analysis - design - development - implementation - and evaluation. Currently - almost all ISD mod






6. 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






7. 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.






8. '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






9. A type of mnemonic in which an unfamiliar new word is linked to a similar-sounding familiar word - which is used to create a visual image that incorporates the meaning of the new word.






10. The selection and arrangement of information - activities - methods - and media to help students meet predetermined learning goals.






11. The use of the computer in the delivery of instruction.






12. A computer language that contains instructions that resemble natural language and that does not require knowledge of the inner workings of the computer to use successfully.






13. An assessment instrument consisting of a series of statements with which students indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement; created by psychologist Rensis Likert






14. 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.






15. The use of graphical symbols instead of text commands to control common computer functions such as copying programs and disks; a GUI is where the user clicks on a visual screen that has icons - windows and menus - by using a pointing device - such as






16. Professional organization for music educators






17. An animation key frame is a single still image defined throughout an animated sequence that occurs at a pivotal point in that sequence.






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






19. An event - object - or circumstance that prompts a behavior.






20. Adaptive technologies are designed specifically for persons with disabilities. These are devices that extend the abilities of an individual with special needs in ways that provide physical access (i.e. - wheelchairs - braces) and sensory access (i.e.






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






22. Ancillary feature of word processors that identifies a range of grammatical and format errors such as improper capitalization - lack of subject-verb agreement - split infinitives - and so on.






23. Input device - used primarily with games - that moves on-screen figures or a cursor with a handle that moves in all directions






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






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






26. A revision of the HTML standard that provides many of the features of a Flash environment without using Flash






27. Short for metamorphosing; refers to an animation technique in which one image gradually turns into another; also known as tweening






28. Small - multi-purpose devices such as cellphones - e-books - and 'smart' pens that make it easy to view - communicate - and share information - regardless of location






29. A collection of components that includes the computer and all of the devices used with it.






30. The use of the computer as a device for mediating communication between teacher and students and among students - often over distances. Electronic mail and computer conferencing are two types of application software commonly used in CMC.






31. 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






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






33. A set of instructions that tells the computer how to do something.






34. 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






35. An individual who gains access to computer systems without authorization.






36. Texts in digital form that may be read on a computer or e-book readers; becoming a popular alternative to printed texts






37. Resource for students with hearing impairments in which the teacher wears a wireless microphone and students with auditory processing learning disabilities wear receivers that amplify the teacher's voice and serve to focus attention






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






39. The practice of collecting data from all the information available and searching it to see relationships among the data elements






40. 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






41. An instructional method that involves showing how to do a task as well as describing why - when - and where it is done. Provides a real or lifelike example of the skill or procedure to be learned.






42. Online sites that allow users to input sentences and paragraphs of text in one language and get a translation into another language






43. Within a computer - this is an area that stores instructions (programs) and information that can be readily accessed by the processor.






44. A liquid crystal display device used with a computer or VCR for large-group display.






45. A type of instructional activity that provides students with an opportunity to practice using what they are learning.






46. The process of translating principles of learning and instruction into plans for instructional materials and activities.






47. Software products (e.g. - Microsoft Works and AppleWorks) that have several applications in a single package (e.g. - word processing - spreadsheet - presentation functions -database programs)






48. 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






49. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades






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