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TechnologyTerms CH13
technological terms from Chapter 13 in Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Prof
Term | Definition |
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Assistive technology | A set of adaptive tools that support students with disabilities in learning activities and daily life tasks. |
Simulation | Programs, either in software or Web-based form, that model a system or process. |
Bulletin board | An electronic message center for a given topic. |
Hypermedia | A linked form of multimedia that allows learners to make connections to different points in the program based on their background knowledge and learning progress. |
Chat Room | A site on the Internet where many people can simultaneously communicate in real time. |
Internet | The complex web of interconnections among computers that allows people to communicate and share information worldwide. |
URL | (uniform resource locator). A series of letters and/or symbols that acts as an address for a site on the Internet. |
Distance Education | Organized instructional programs in which teachers and learners, though physically separated, are connected through technology. |
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. |
Websites | A location on the World Wide Web identified with a uniform resource locator (URL). |
Icons | Pictures displayed on computer screens that act as symbols for some action or item. |
Spreadsheet Program | Computer programs that are used to organize and manipulate numerical data. |
Tutorial | A software program that delivers an entire integrated instructional sequence similar to a teacher’s instruction on the topic. |
Database program | A computer program that allows users to store, organize, and manipulate information, including both text and numerical data. |