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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. 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.
Compensation
Cell
music synthesizer
Computer-Based Instruction (CBI)
2. The incorrect or less appropriate alternative answers for a given multiple-choice question. Also called foils.
Distractors
Domain Name
Event Driven
Cookie
3. Good lighting consists of three elements: key light - fill light - and back light. The key light is usually located about 45 ° to the right or left of the camera - while the fill light is commonly located 30° to 45 ° from the camera - opposite the ke
Enactive Learning
Lighting
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Heuristic
4. Hardware such as a keyboard - mouse - or joystick through which the user sends instructions to the computer.
music synthesizer
Input device
Beta version
joystick
5. A type of information that includes facts - concepts - principles - and the relationships among them.
Internet
Declarative Information
Likert scale
English Language Learners (ELL)
6. A single networked delivery system that combines sophisticated computer-assisted instruction (CAI) with computer-managed instruction (CMI). Intellectual skills A type of learning that refers to a variety of thinking skills - including concept learnin
Criteria
mobile device
ADDIE model
Integrated learning system (IIS)
7. 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.
Asynchronous
Demonstration
Input/Output Device
Mouse
8. Classroom display that allow teachers or students to interact with the computer through a touch sensitive board on which the computer screen is projected.
Chat
Individualized education program (IEP)
Assessment
Electronic Whiteboard
9. Software that is given away free of charge - but whose author still retains all rights.
Java
Auto-correct
Freeware
Multimedia authoring programs
10. Software that enables the user to enter - edit - store - retrieve - sort - and search through computer databases.
Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)
Domain
Cell
Database Management System (DBMS)
11. A compact disc format for storing motion video and computer data. Sometimes called digital video disc or digital versatile disc; a standard single-layer - single-sided DVD can store 4.7GB of data. These high-capacity optical discs can store large fil
DVD
instant messaging (IM)
Ergonomics
Assessment Rubric
12. A field of study focusing on the design of technology systems that align with human characteristics - needs - and capabilities.
joystick
Ergonomics
Domain Name
Behavior
13. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget - learning depends on this process so it is important for teachers to confront students with new experiences or data to advance their cognitive de
Image Formats
Equilibration
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Email Address
14. A small text file transferred to a web browser through an Internet server for the purpose of tracking the Internet usage habits of the person using the browser
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Cookie
Home Page
FM Amplification System
15. A shortcut to encoding a series of actions in a computer program. Provides the means to perform a number of separate steps through a single command.
Evaluation Activity
Macro
information and communication technology (ICT)
Graphic Document Makers
16. In a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly
Favorites File
Authoring Software
Files
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
17. Software designed to maintain and calculate student grades
Cursor
Impairment
Grammar Checker
Electronic Gradebook
18. An object-oriented scripting language that - like Java - is used to create dynamic websites
Inkjet printer
FAQ
Downloading
Javascript
19. An input accessory lets the computer user input data into the computer - whereas an output device allows the computer to communicate its results to the world outside. Input/output devices are also called I/O devices. The computer keyboard - display a
Input/Output Device
Hard Copy
Bandwidth
Instructional method
20. A first step in web development that involves planning what the website will look like.
instructional software
malware
Design
Cognitive Load
21. Systems that allow individuals to view and examine the world through multiple layering of geographic data within a spatial environment; use of technology for visualization - analysis - and measurement of features and phenomena
Feedback
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Geospatial Technologies
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
22. In cognitive load theory - cognitive processes that are required for making sense of material a person is trying to learn can overwhelm learner's cognitive capacity unless strategies are in place to handle it by learning theorist Robert Gagné as bein
ASCII format
Essential Processing
logic bomb
Javascript
23. A major category of locations on the Internet. Major domains include com (company) - edu (educational institution) - gov (government) - net (network) - and org (organization).
Iris
Monitor
Cooperative Learning
Domain
24. The setting or physical surroundings in which learning takes place - including the classroom - science or computer laboratory - gymnasium - playground - and so on.
Direct Observation
Data Mining
music synthesizer
Learning environment
25. Multiuser dungeon (or dimension or domain); a location on the Internet where several users at a time can interact with each other's avatars (graphic representations of each other); also known as a MUD Object Oriented or MOO
Electronic Mail (email)
Computer
MUD
Lighting
26. A device that assists with analyzing and monitoring physical fitness levels by counting calories
Accelerometer
Conditions
Design
Criteria
27. The set of high-speed data lines connecting the major networks that make up the Internet.
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
Label
Backbone
Artificial intelligence (AI)
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
Firewall
Full Immersion Systems
Bandwidth
Cursor
29. A technique that reduces the amount of a graphic that shows or prints.
Image Capture
Mouse
Cropping
Foreign Language Dictionaries
30. An event - object - or circumstance that comes after a behavior and is attributable to the behavior.
Antivirus software
Cloud Computing
CRT
Consequence
31. Software available in both CD and the Web formats. Electronic encyclopedia - including not only pictures - but sound and video as well. They also have powerful key word searching capabilities. In addition to electronic encyclopedias - research journa
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Electronic reference software
Augmented Reality
Database filters and queries
32. A type of mnemonic in which mental pictures are used to represent new information.
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
Imagery
Instructional efficiency
Iris
33. 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
Keyboard
learning hierarchies
Avatar
Hardware
34. 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
Formula
Blog
Input device
Gesture-Recognition System
35. Typeface used in word processing or desktop publishing; the appearance of the text itself - which can be altered through the selection of various typefaces and sizes of type. These include many typefaces common to the printing field - such as Times -
Input/Output Device
Evaluation
Antecedent
Font
36. Using a computer system to administer and score assessment measures; also - computer adaptive testing - computer-based testing
MUD
Laser printer
Evaluation
Computer-Assisted Testing (CAT)
37. 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
App
Musical Educators National Conference (MENC)
Interactive media
Instructional plan
38. A machine that processes information according to a set of instructions.
Inkjet printer
Computer
Instructional method
Graphic
39. '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
Alternative Keyboard
Bulletin Board (BB)
Lossless and lossy compressions
Event Driven
40. A three-dimensional representation of a real object; it may be larger - smaller - or the same size as the object represented.
Model
Home Page
Equilibration
DVD
41. Also known as a web browser - software designed to allow a computer user to go to Internet websites that are connected to each other via the World Wide Web (WWW)
Advance Organizer
Computer
FAQ
Browser
42. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating
Audio Teleconferencing
Cybercheating
CPU
Compensation
43. The most common input device; resembles the key layout of a typewriter.
Instruction
Keyboard
inquiry-based learning
Hacker
44. 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
Cognitive Overload
microcomputer
Compensation
Crowdsourcing
45. A teaching and learning model based on behavioral and cognitive theories; students receive information from teachers and do teacher-directed activities
Field
Directed Instruction
long-term memory (LTM)
Bandwidth
46. 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
Modem
Backbone
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Cooperative Learning
47. 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
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
DVD
Impairment
Circular reference
48. 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
Authoring Software
Hands-On/Minds-On Science
ADDIE model
Flaming - spam - and chain letter
49. The process of selectively receiving information from the environment.
Email Address
Attention
Input/Output Device
Bitmap and vector graphics
50. A term coined by Lloyd Morrisett - former president of the Markle Foundation - used to describe the gap between those individuals who have access to technology such as computer software - the Internet - and so on and those who do not.
link
Analogy
Digital Divide
Applications