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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1
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1. An object-oriented scripting language that - like Java - is used to create dynamic websites

2. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.

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

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

5. On computer networks - a location for person-to-person real-time (synchronous) interaction by typing messages.

6. 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

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.

8. The term authoring suggests writing. Authoring programs are designed to help teachers and students produce courseware and programs. These authoring programs help the user develop computer programs in computer languages that can be otherwise quite dif

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

10. A type of mnemonic in which mental pictures are used to represent new information.

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

12. The interest - or value - that instructional materials or activities have for the learner.

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

14. Software tools that simplify the activity of making highly graphic materials such as awards certificates and greeting cards by offering sets of clip art and pre-designed templates to which people add their own content

15. A single silicon chip that contains all of the CPU circuits for a computer system.

16. 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

17. A type of learning that refers to feelings - beliefs - and values that lead individuals to make consistent choices when given the opportunity.

18. Piagetian view of how children learn by fitting new experiences into their existing view of the world

19. Software that uses e-mail to deliver topic specific information to a targeted group of respondents.

20. 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

21. Condition that occurs when an impairment limits an individual from performing an activity in a manner normally expected for human beings (communicating with others - hearing - movement - manipulating objects - etc.)

22. 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

23. A teaching and learning model based on behavioral and cognitive theories; students receive information from teachers and do teacher-directed activities

24. Also known as information design uses pictures - symbols - colors - and words to communicate ideas - illustrate information - or express relationships visually.

25. Motivation in which the act itself is the reward.