Exam 1: Integrating Educational Technology Into the Curriculum

You want to incorporate the NETS-S into your curriculum. Which of the following standards would be addressed by having students use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues?

____is a series of instructions that tells the components of a computer, like those in the accompanying figure how to perform tasks.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a national organization that focuses on infusing 21^st century skills into education, as illustrated in the accompanying figure, and focuses on higher education, not K-12 education.

Students must have the capability to gather information, evaluate, and determine if the information they have found is valid, appropriate, and ____, and then be able to synthesize how they will use the information.

____________________ learning is when you are learning how to apply teaching principles, knowledge, and ideas to authentic and practical classroom lessons and projects that can benefit your students.

When Macintosh computers first appeared they introduced a pointing device called a ____.

Several national and international organizations support education and educators in the use of technology. The leading organization is the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Briefly describe ISTE along with the three standards it has developed.

Most experts are predicting that the use of mobile devices by students in the United States in their formal and informal educational experiences is still many years away.

You want to incorporate the NETS-S into your curriculum. Which area of the ARCS Motivational Model should you change if students do not see value in the lesson?

Technologies that allow users to create new forms of interaction, expression, communication and entertainment in a digital format are referred to as digital media, examples of which appear in the accompanying figure.

As shown in the accompanying figure, a(n) ____________________ is a letter-sized notebook computer that you interact with by touching the screen with your finger.

Teachers must have knowledge of ____ literacy, which is the ability to use computers, mobile devices, digital media, and other technologies like those in the accompanying figure combined with a variety of teaching and learning strategies to enhance students' learning.

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is a nonprofit group that promotes the use of technology to support and improve teaching and learning.

____ are great activities for teachers to help students understand and take responsibility for legal and ethical issues.

Digital media like the kind shown in the accompanying figure allow teachers to use a combination of technology tools to appeal to an array of ____.

VLE stands for ____________________.

Today's students prefer to work in ____ groups to solve complicated problems rather than to problem-solve individually.

The ____________________ was developed by John M. Keller as a model that would attribute differences in student learning to the amount of effort students were willing to put forth.

When students feel that learning is ____ to their lives, they will become motivated to learn.

The first decade of the 21^st century is known as the age of technology .