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EDU 225 final
technology for teachers final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What organization has led a federally funded initiative to develop standards for technology for both teachers and students? | International Society for Technology in Education |
| The initials NCLB from chapter 1 stand for No Child Left Behind. True or False. | True |
| Each state's Department of Education is responsible for setting the requirements for teacher licensure/certification. True or False. | True |
| NCATE, the National Council for Accreditation of Technology Education, changed their teacher preparation guidelines in response to NETS. True or False. | False |
| The ISTE include the following 5 areas: 1:Facilitate&Inspire Student Learning&Creativity2:Design&Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences&Assessments3:Model Digital-Age Work & Learning4:Promote and Model Digital Citizenship & Responsibility5: ________ | Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership |
| True or False: There are three general types of variables that can interfere with the communication cycle. They include environmental factors, psychological factors, and personal filters. | True |
| Environmental factors that may interfere with the communication process include environmental conditions that cause the message to be distorted or even blocked. Which of the following is NOT an environmental factor. | Student is depressed |
| True or False: A personal filter can include a student's religious beliefs. | True |
| Behaviorists view all behavior as a response to internal stimuli. True or False. | False |
| Which learning perspective states that learning is based on unique experiences and how one thinks during those experiences. | Constructivist |
| Who developed the Theory of Multiple Intelligences. | Howard Gardner |
| Which intelligence is missing from Gardner's Multiple Intelligences?Linguistic, Musical, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Intrapersonal, Naturalistic, Existential, Logical-Mathematical, Interpersonal | Spatial |
| The step by step process that includes designing, creating, evaluating, and revising instruction is called what? | systems approach |
| The following is the NETS.T Standard 2: As an instructor, you are to design and develop what type of learning experiences and assessments? | digital age |
| True or False: performance objectives specify what the learner will be able to do when the instructional event concludes. | true |
| What researcher is most responsible for the taxonomy that describes levels of cognition? | Benjamin Bloom |
| This level of cognition includes memorizing, recognizing, or recalling factual information. | knowledge |
| A 'blank' is a detailed rating scale that can help you make objective evaluations and assessments. | rubric |
| Which of the following is not a student-centered strategy in achieving lesson objectives? | lecture |
| During the pedagogical cycle, what would the instructor do during the 'build bridges to prior knowledge' phase? | this is where the instructor would connect concepts of the new knowledge, with concepts previously learned. As a teacher, you want to continually add to the knowledge base of your students. |
| NCATE has created standards that all schools of education must meet to prepare future educators. One standard focuses on diversity. "Candidates develop classroom/school climates that ______ diversity." What is the missing word? | value |
| True or False: The term students with special needs refers to both students with disabilities and those who are gifted. | true |
| What kind of software helps students to visually organize and relate abstract concepts. | Concept Mapping software |
| True or False: Text-to-speech features read aloud whatever students have written to provide needed auditory feedback for some learners. | true |
| What does ALD stand for and how do they help students? | Assistive Listening Devices help to reduce the effect of poor acoustics in classrooms. |
| _________ are acrylic or metal covers with holes for each of the keys that are placed atop the computer keyboard. | keyguards |
| The first key issue in technology implementation for students with special needs is what? | is determining which technology solution will be most effective. |
| Please define "Differentiated Instruction" | is an approach that recognizes and targets instruction to the varying abilities in the same classroom. |
| According to your text, the most common type of scanner is what? | flat-bed scanner |
| What does OCR stand for and what does it do? | Optical Character Recognition: it turns scanned documents into word-processing documents so they can be edited. |
| A _______ (or picture element) is a single dot in the image captured by the digital camera. | pixel |
| Millions of dots make up a single digital image. The higher the number of dots capture, the clearer the image will be. Thus, a digital camera's ___________ is indicated by the number of megapixels it can capture. | resolution |
| A ________ tablet lets you use a stylus with an electronic pad to draw diagrams or create artwork. | graphics |
| A _______ _________ is a computer monitor screen that responds to human touch. | touch screen |
| ___________ technology is the ability to wirelessly connect unlike devices. | bluetooth |
| Name two differences between an overhead projector and an LCD projector. | LCD projector connect to the computer, usually mounted to the ceiling, lightweight…Overhead projectors use transparencies, have to be in front of the screen, bulky, etc… |
| Wireless response systems, also called _________, can be used to get instantaneous feedback from your students. | clickers |
| What are electronic books (or e-books)? | electronic versions of books for portable readers like Kindle, Nook, PDA’s, tablets, etc. |
| According to your textbook, educational computer software can be divided into two major categories. Please name them. | administrative and academic software |
| Classroom ______________ software is usually customized software written for educators to help them manage school and classroom tasks. | management |
| __________ is software that is offered to users without charge. | Freeware |
| ____ _______ are the purchased rights to use a single copy of a software application for multiple computers/users as defined by the license. | site license |
| What does WYSIWYG stand for? | What you see is what you get |
| A ___________ is a document that has been preformatted for a specific use but contains no data. | template |
| What feature is NOT found in most presentation software? | Querying |
| Found in our textbook, what can be used to help you determine the value of the software you want to use in your classroom? With this, you are able to rate the features found in the software. | Evaluation Rubric |
| _________ provide students an opportunity to interact with model environments that promote discovery learning. | Simulations |
| Hypermedia and web ____________ ___________ enable teachers to create their own hypermedia tutorials and web pages to support their curriculum. | authoring systems |
| A teacher doesn't have to purchase an authoring system to create hypermedia tutorials. What program did you use the week before last to create a quiz (also a hypermedia tutorial)? | PowerPoint |
| Using only information from chapter 8, what program/software would you use if you wanted to create cards or letters for parents, or write a field trip report, or the make a classroom banner? | desktop publishing |
| _____ ____ images offer educators ready-made artwork that can easily added to word-processed documents, presentations, or desk-top published pages. | clip art |
| What do each of the initials mean for HTML? | hypertext markup language |
| ________ and _________ software is used to question learners on key content points, giving them the opportunity to practice their knowledge. | drill and practice |
| Integrated Learning Systems (ILS) include both _______ and ________ components. | academic and administrative |
| According to chapter 8, another name for concept maps is what? | mind maps |
| Modems translate digital and analog signals back and forth. True or False | True |
| High speed option for home owners in the form of phone lines, what does DSL stand for? | Digital subscriber lines |
| A TCP is necessary to connect to the Internet from a home computer. True or False | False |
| The Internet offers many great communication tools: these tools can offer both ________ (same time) and ____________ (time-shifted) communications over the Internet. | synchronous , asynchronous |
| When sending an email, what do the following initials represent? Cc and Bcc | Carbon Copy, Blind carbon copy |
| URLs are designations for specific locations on the World Wide Web. What do the initials URL stand for? | Uniform resource locators |
| An electronic mailing list (sometimes known as a _________) is a tool that automatically delivers email to those who subscribe to the list. | listserv |
| This allows users at either end of a synchronous connection not only the opportunity to hear each other, but to see video images of each other as well, all in real time. | videoconferencing |
| Which extension is not part of graphic files? (.bmp, .jpg, .wav, .png) | .wav |
| Web pages are written by using a language called HTML. What does HTML stand for? | hypertext markup language |
| A ______ is a web site in which content is written collaboratively so that anyone with a computer and Internet can edit and add to the information posted. | wiki |
| _______ are virtual online spaces that support the posting of personal commentary on the web. | weblogs or blogs |
| What does RSS stand for? | really simple syndication |
| To find information about current education news, national standards, programs, grants, etc from the Department of Education, what website URL would I search? | www.ed.gov |
| What is the world's largest database of education information, containing more than one million abstracts of documents and journal articles? | ERIC |
| What Google tool offers teachers and students a three-dimensional view of the earth as it would appear from earth? | Google Earth |
| The term _____ refers to the second generation of the web, which emphasizes communication, collaboration, and sharing. | Web 2.0 |
| There are significant concerns related to the use of the Internet in schools: three of these issues include acceptable use, privacy, and ________. | Filtering |
| There are 9 dimensions when evaluating an academic web site: which ones aren't included in this list? Goal, User Friendliness, Navigability, Authority, Dates, Content, Handicapped Access | Design, Links |
| The audio format MP3 stands for: Motion Picture _______ Group, audio layer 3. | Experts |
| According to our book, the two most common formats of audio files available on the Internet are WAV files and MP3 files. True or False. | True |
| What are the following: Windows Media Player, Winamp, RealNetworks' RealPlayer, and Apple iTunes? | Digital media players |
| In regards to broadcast TV, what does terrestrial mean? | land-based |
| Streaming video makes motion video over the Internet practical. True or False. | True |
| When using the video evaluation rubric, what dimension is missing out of the following list: support materials, accuracy and currency, technical quality, and relevance to curriculum. | engagement |
| What accompanies a video and usually provides the viewer with a series of brief questions on key ideas presented in the same sequence as that in which they are presented in the video. | Video study guide |
| What has been owned by Google since 2006 and is one of the most popular Internet video resources? | youtube |
| _______ _______ can be broadly defined as the delivery of instruction to students who are seperated from their teacher by time and/or location. | distance education |
| Two other terms used often to describe distance education are: distributed learning and ________ classrooms. | virtual |
| In the mid 1800s, correspondence courses used what type of systems to offer instruction? | |
| In the 1950s, college credit was offered via what type of technology? | broadcast tv |
| True or False: synchronous instruction takes place at the same time. | True |
| According to our text, this is a bundled resource tool that schools purchase and use to create fully integrated online classrooms. | LMS |
| According to our text, these five issues deal with implementing distance and alternative delivery systems:Teacher & Student Readiness, Preparation & Classroom Management Time, Technical Support, Instructional Support, and what? | copyright |
| The TEACH Act was passed in 2002 to deal with issues over copyright in the digital era. TEACH stands for: The Technology Education and Copyright ___________ Act. | harmonization |
| This type of planning takes into account long-range goals as well as short-term objectives. | strategic planning |
| According to our text, the inequity of access to technology is sometimes called what? | digital divide |
| _____ _____ guidelines describe circumstances under which a teacher can use copyrighted materials in face-to-face instruction. | fair use |
| The _______ Act offers similar guidelines for the use of copyrighted materials in distance learning. | TEACH |
| For schools to be ADA compliant in regards to digital information, web sites presented by a school should meet what requirements? | Caption multimedia presentations, Offer text alternatives for nontext images, Avoid using color as the designator for navigation, Provide verbal time-out warnings for pages that might expire unless users act |
| This type of software blocks out unacceptable Internet sites so students cannot access them. | filtering software |
| Copying software to share with others or installing software on multiple machines when only one copy was purchased is software _______. | piracy |
| True or False: The Digital Divide also occurs along ethnic, gender, disability, and education lines. | True |
| According to our text, and many studies, ____ are more encouraged to engage in technology-related activities...which may ultimately lead to the gender difference with the digital divide. | boys |
| ____________ is a phenomenon where the Interent, cell phones or other devices are used to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person. | cyberbullying |