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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. A hybrid (online and in-person) distance education approach that provides students with opportunities to explore real-world issues through authentic learning experiences within collaborative learning environments






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






3. A measure of the difference between what learners know before and after instruction; for example - Posttest - Pretest = Achievement.






4. 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.






5. 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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






9. The setting or physical surroundings in which learning takes place - including the classroom - science or computer laboratory - gymnasium - playground - and so on.






10. Software tools that automatically draw and print desired charts or graphs from data entered by users






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.






12. Video games that provide physical activity or exercise through interactive play






13. A computer dedicated to managing a computer network and providing resources to other computers on the network (the clients). The file server is usually faster and has larger storage capabilities than the client machines.






14. 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






15. An authoring specification on the Internet for how data will be collected at a website - CGI programs are written in a language such as PERL






16. In desktop publishing - the first letter of a paragraph that is enlarged to 'drop' down two or more line. Drop caps are often seen at the beginning of newsletter article - where the top of the first letter of the first word lines up with the top of t






17. One of the first browser programs designed to allow Internet resources to be displayed graphically rather than just in text






18. An instructional designer's roles and responsibilities include: researching K-12 educator user requirements for portal development - multi-media tools and video-mediated learning - determining the screen layout - creating the flowcharts - and specify






19. Abbreviation for application - software that normally has an extension of .app and refers to any Internet application specifically designed to run on mobile devices such as smartphones






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






21. A type of instructional activity that leads students to want to learn and to put in the effort required for learning.






22. In order to display a full-color graphic image on a 256-color monitor - computers simulate the colors it cannot display by way of dithering - which is combining pixels from a 256-color palette into patterns that approximate other colors. At a distanc






23. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.






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






25. Learning is a persisting change in human performance or performance potential [brought] about as a result of the learner's interaction with the environment. To change (or have the capacity to change) one's level of ability or knowledge.






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






27. 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






28. Type of virtual reality (VR) system in which i a user places a headset (e.g. - goggles or a helmet) over the eyes to provide a channel through which the wearer 'sees' (i.e. - is immersed in) a computer-generated environment






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






30. 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






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






32. Devices that record data over time with sensors






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






34. Sequences of frames shown in a linear way with presentation software (e.g. - PowerPoint)






35. Applications software that is designed specifically to deliver or assist with student instruction on a topic; software that can be used to enhance teaching and learning in many ways. Drill and practice - educational games - tutorials - simulation - a






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. A camera that stores pictures in computer compatible digital format rather than on film.






39. Pictures of people that focus on just the head or from mid-chest and up are called mug shots. Mug shots are often used in newsletters - newspapers - school yearbooks and company directories. Mug shots of feature columnists may appear next to their co






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






41. A set of guidelines used to reliably appraise or judge products or performances.






42. Use of the computer to orchestrate text - images - audio - and video to support a storytelling narrative with multimedia.






43. An online system of web course design and delivery tools; Desire-to-Learn and BlackBoard are examples






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






45. A filter of an electronic database program allows application of a set of selection criteria or sorting instructions to the records in a table. When a database is closed - the selection criteria and/or sorting instructions will be wiped out. In contr






46. 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.






47. A worldwide collection of computer networks that can exchange information by using a common software standard; sometimes referred to (erroneously) as synonymous with the World Wide Web (WWW) - which is actually a subset of the Internet






48. A form of assessment that indicates whether or not students have learned what they must know before progressing to the next portion of the instruction.






49. 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






50. Devices that assist with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by monitoring and reporting blood pressure







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