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Technology
Term | Definition |
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Tutorial | A software program that delivers an entire integrated instructional sequence similar to a teacher’s instruction on the topic |
Icon | Pictures displayed on computer screens that act as symbols for some action or item. |
Hypermedia | Pictures displayed on computer screens that act as symbols for some action or item. |
Simulation | Programs, either in software or Web-based form, that model a system or process. |
Database program | A computer program that allows users to store, organize, and manipulate information, including both text and numerical data. |
Spreadsheet program | Computer programs that are used to organize and manipulate numerical data. |
Internet | The complex web of interconnections among computers that allows people to communicate and share information worldwide. |
Website | A location on the World Wide Web identified with a uniform resource locator (URL). |
URL | Uniform resource locator; a series of letters and/or symbols that acts as an address for a site on the Internet |
Bulletin board | An electronic message center for a given topic. |
Chat room | A site on the Internet where many people can simultaneously communicate in real time. |
Problem-based learning | An instructional strategy that uses a problem and the data gathered in attempts to solve it as the focal point of a lesson. |
Assitive technology | A set of adaptive tools that support students with disabilities in learning activities and daily life tasks. |
Distance education | Organized instructional programs in which teachers and learners, though physically separated, are connected through technology. |
Pixel | the smallest element of an image that can be individually processed in a video display system. (think each dot is a pixel) |
RAM | Random access memory; a computer storage location that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations within DRAM on a memory module. |
Port | Can have 3 definitions; place or input on your computer that information goes into and out of; This is a number that indicates what kind of protocol a server on the Internet is using |
Expansion slot | a socket on the motherboard that is used to insert an expansion card (or circuit board), which provides additional features to a computer such as video, sound, advanced graphics, Ethernet or memory. |
CD-ROM | Compact Disc Read-Only Memory; CD that can be read by a computer with an optical drive. The "ROM" part of the term means the data on the disc is "read-only," or cannot be altered or erased |
Plotters | a computer printer for printing vector graphics |
Computer Literacy | knowledge and ability to utilize computers and related technology efficiently, with a range of skills covering levels from elementary use to programming and advanced problem solving. |
Instructional Technology | Design, development, use, management and evaluation of process and resources for learning. Instructional technology aims to promote the application of validated, practical procedures in the design and delivery of instruction. |
Video Port | used for connecting a computer monitor to the computer, or it can be used for connecting a television to the computer. |
Processor | a small chip that resides in computers and other electronic devices. Its basic job is to receive input and provide the appropriate output |
Software | general term that describes computer programs; the programs and other operating information used by a computer |
messages that are sent electronically from one computer to another |