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Technology
Vocab words for Technology Competency Unit in FTC5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assistive technology | a set of adaptive tools that support students with disabilities in learning activities and daily life tasks |
| messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network | |
| 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 |
| software | the programs and other operating information used by a computer |
| URL | Uniform resource locator. A series of letters and/or symbols that acts as an address for a site on the Internet |
| chat room | A site on the Internet where many people can simultaneously communicate in real time |
| Internet | the complex web of interconnections among computer that allows people to communicate and share information worldwide |
| 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 |
| pixel | a minute area of illumination on a display screen |
| icon | 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 |
| computer literacy | the ability to use computers and related technology efficiently |
| instructional technology | a combination of the processes and tools involved in addressing educational needs and problems |
| 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 |
| RAM | random access memory. same time to read or write data item no matter the physical location |
| plotters | a printer that interprets commands from a computer to make line drawings on a paper with 1+ automated pens |
| port | a hole or connection found on a computer |
| Expansion slot | Place in a computer where an expansion card (printed circuit board) can be inserted. |
| CD-ROM | compact disc-read only memory. an optical memory device for a computer |
| Video Port | a socket in the back of the computer used to connect it to a monitor |
| Processor | A processor core is a processing unit that reads instructions and performs specific actions, everything is processed by this |
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