Vocab words for Technology Competency Unit in FTC5
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| Assistive technology | a set of adaptive tools that support students with disabilities in learning activities and daily life tasks
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| messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network
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| simulation | programs, either in software or Web-based form, that model a system or process
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| bulletin board | an electronic message center for a given topic
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| 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
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| software | the programs and other operating information used by a computer
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| URL | Uniform resource locator. A series of letters and/or symbols that acts as an address for a site on the Internet
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| chat room | A site on the Internet where many people can simultaneously communicate in real time
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| Internet | the complex web of interconnections among computer that allows people to communicate and share information worldwide
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| distance education | organized instructional programs in which teachers and learners, though physically separated, are connected through technology
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| 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
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| websites | a location on the World Wide Web identified with a uniform resource locator
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| pixel | a minute area of illumination on a display screen
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| icon | pictures displayed on computer screens that act as symbols for some action or item
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| spreadsheet program | computer programs that are used to organize and manipulate numerical data
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| computer literacy | the ability to use computers and related technology efficiently
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| instructional technology | a combination of the processes and tools involved in addressing educational needs and problems
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| tutorial | a software program that delivers an entire integrated instructional sequence similar to a teacher's instruction on the topic
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| database program | a computer program that allows users to store, organize, and manipulate information including both text and numerical data
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| RAM | random access memory. same time to read or write data item no matter the physical location
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| plotters | a printer that interprets commands from a computer to make line drawings on a paper with 1+ automated pens
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| port | a hole or connection found on a computer
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| Expansion slot | Place in a computer where an expansion card (printed circuit board) can be inserted.
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| CD-ROM | compact disc-read only memory. an optical memory device for a computer
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| Video Port | a socket in the back of the computer used to connect it to a monitor
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| Processor | A processor core is a processing unit that reads instructions and performs specific actions, everything is processed by this
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