Term | Definition |
Assistive technology | a set of adaptive tools that support students with disabilities in learning activities and daily life tasks |
e-mail | 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 |