Exam 5: Technology, Digital Media, and Curricul

A learning model refers to how individuals learn, including how they prefer to receive information, express themselves, and process information.

A ____ is an instructional planning chart to assist a teacher in identifying curriculum objectives.

Critical Thinking Case 5-1 As a teacher you want to provide the best learning environment for your students. You would like your students to work in small groups on various activities. Which of the following would be the best learning environment to use?

Many educators teach their students to use a(n) ____________________, which is looking for the most important or fundamental part of a topic.

As shown in the accompanying figure, a curriculum ____ defines what a student is expected to know at certain stages of education.

A(n) ____ is an outline that specifies the school district's procedures for purchasing equipment and software and training teachers to use and then integrate technology into their classroom curriculum.

____ are a digital representation of nontext information such as a drawing or photograph.

Digital media applications, like those in the accompanying figure tend to distract and discourage students.

For authentic learning to take place, teachers must involve students in the process of ____ information to make informed decisions.

A facilitator of learning motivates students to want to learn, guides the student learning process, and promotes a learning atmosphere and an appreciation for the subject.

Motivating students to learn is one area that all educators constantly are trying to achieve.

____ is the combination of all technology parts, such as hardware and software, together with each subject-related area of curriculum to enhance learning.

Using technology tools with students with varying abilities cannot assist in addressing the different learning styles.

When you have unclear student objectives, you can select your materials and determine the focus and purpose of the lesson or project.

The best strategy for technology integration is to put the technology into the hands of untrained teachers, make it inaccessible, and let them decide how best to use it in their classrooms at the point of instruction.

Providing a knowledge base on which students can build is called active instruction.

The most important advantage of using a computer lab is that all students are provided with ____ using computer technology.

The term ____ refers to visual frames played back at speeds of 15 to 60 frames per second.

A KWHL chart adds the ____ component to the instructional planning tool.

A cognitive scaffold is a mental bridge to build an understanding of complicated concepts, built in part using applications like the one in the accompanying figure.