Technology Integration (The and Now)

Module 1: Technology

Artificial Intelligence - is a flexible rational agent that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal.

Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology - CARET is a project of the International Society for Technology in Education in partnership with Educational Support Systems. CARET was founded in 2000 with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Digital Divide - the gulf between those who have ready access to computers and the Internet, and those who do not.

Educational Technology - the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.

Electronic Portfolio - is a collection of electronic evidence assembled and managed by a user, usually on the Web. Such electronic evidence may include input text, electronic files, images, multimedia, blog entries, and hyperlinks.

Firewall - A firewall is a network security system, either hardware- or software-based, that controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on a set of rules.

Global Positioning System - that provides location and time information in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.

Hacker - is any highly skilled computer expert capable of breaking into computer systems and networks using bugs and exploits.

Handheld Computer - is a computer that can conveniently be stored in a pocket and used while you're holding it.

Hardware - is the collection of physical elements that constitutes a computer system. Computer hardware is the physical parts or components of a computer, such as the monitor, keyboard, computer data storage, hard disk drive , graphic cards, sound cards, memory (RAM), motherboard, and so on, all of which are tangible physical objects.

Instructional Technology - is the theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management, and evaluation of processes and resources for learning.

Laptop Computer - is a small, portable personal computer with a "clamshell" form factor, an alphanumeric keyboard on the lower part of the "clamshell" and a thin LCD or LED computer screen on the upper portion, which is opened up to use the computer. Laptops are folded shut for transportation, and thus are suitable for mobile use.

National Educational Technology Standards -  describe performance-based skills that students should be expected to demonstrate.

No child left behind - was a U.S. Act of Congress which reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; it included Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students. It supported standards-based education reform based on the premise that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals could improve individual outcomes in education.

Radio-frequency identification - is the use of radio waves to read and capture information stored on a tag attached to an object.

Software - is that part of a computer system that consists of encoded information or computer instructions, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built.

Software Piracy - is the illegal copying, distribution, or use of software.

Tablet PC - is a thin, flat mobile computer with a touchscreen display, which in 2016 is usually colour, processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single device. Tablets often come equipped with sensors, including digital cameras, a microphone, and an accelerometer.

Technology Education - is the study of technology, in which students "learn about the processes and knowledge related to technology.

Virtual Reality - refers to computer technologies that use software to generate realistic images, sounds and other sensations that replicate a real environment (or create an imaginary setting), and simulate a user's physical presence in this environment, by enabling the user to interact with this space and any objects depicted therein using specialized display screens or projectors and other devices.

Virtual System - are multiple, logical firewall.

Virus -  is a type of malicious software program that, when executed, replicates by reproducing itself  or infecting other computer programs by modifying them.

Virus Protection Software -  is designed to prevent viruses, worms and Trojan horses from getting onto a computer as well as remove any malicious software code that has already infected a computer.

Wireless Connectivity - is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and enterprise (business) installations avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment locations.