Kauchak Ch 13
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- uniform resource locator (URL)
- series of letters or symbols that acts as an address for an internet site
- multimedia
- combo of media, including text, graphics, pictures, audio, and video that are designed to communication info
- icons
- pictures displayed on computer screens that act as symbols for some action or item
- chat room
- site on the internet where many people can simultaneously communicate in real time
- educational technology
- combo of the processes and tools involved in addressing educational needs and problems
- database program
- computer program that allows users to store, organize, and manipulate info, including both text and numbers
- World Wide Web
- system on the internet that allows people to access or view documents
- computer-mediated communication
- telecommunication between people via email
- problem-based learning
- instructional strategy that uses a problem and that data gathered in attempts to solve it as the focal point of a lesson
- tutorial
- a software program that delivers an entire integrated instructional sequence similar to a teacher's instruction on the topic
- assistive technology
- a set of adaptive tools that support students with disabilities in learning activities and daily life activities
- website
- location on the web indentified with a URL
- hypermedia
- linked form of multimedia that allows learners to make connections to different points in the program based on their background knowledge and learning progress
- spreadsheet programs
- computer programs that are used to organize and manipulate numerical data
- bulletin board
- electronic message center for a given topic
- drill-and-practice programs
- software designed to provide extensive practice with feedback
- internet
- complex web of interconnections among computers that allows people to communicate and share info worldwide
- simulations
- programs, either in software of web-based form, that model a system or processes
- distance learning
- organized instructional programs in which teachers and learners, though physically separated, are connected through technology