1. Educators who come from a vocational background and belong to the ITEA professional organization use this
term to refer to uses of technology for teaching and learning.
A) technology education
B) educational technology
C) instructional technology
D) instructional systems
2. According to this textbook, how are the terms “educational technology” and “instructional technology” related?
A) They are interchangeable terms for the same thing.
B) Educational technology is a subset of instructional technology.
C) Instructional technology is a subset of educational technology.
D) The first is used by vocational educators and the second by instructional designers.
3. What is one thing educators have learned from the history of technology in education?
A) To be effective, teachers must keep up with new technology-based methods.
B) The most successful teachers are ones who integrate technology the most.
C) Despite technological innovations, human teachers will always be very important.
D) Due to technological innovations, human teachers will be phased out gradually.
4. This practice, in which explicit photos or text messages are sent using cell phones or the Internet, has become a
social issue that concerns both teachers and parents.
5.
A) sexting
B) idosing
C) cyberporn
D) malware
6. School systems must constantly educate teachers and students on ways to prevent these kinds of attacks, in
which people use online systems to access students’ personal data for malicious purposes.
A) downloading
B) hacking
C) spamming
D) spying
7. Which of the following knowledge domains does not belong to the Tech-PACK model?
A) content knowledge
B) theoretical knowledge
C) pedagogical knowledge
D) technological knowledge.
8. This is the reason that technological interventions that could help students with special needs often go unused.
A) Schools say they lack funds to purchase them.
B) Schools do not know how to match interventions to needs.
C) Teachers do not know about the available technologies.
D) Teachers find it difficult to implement interventions in schools.
9. This is one strategy schools are using to confirm that students signed up for an online course are actually the
ones doing the work of the course.
A) Having students sign contracts prior to courses
B) Using software to track students’ answer patterns
C) Implementing stiff penalties for online fraud
D) Using remote systems to monitor students visually
10. The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), an educational technology professional
organization, has developed these to guide students, teachers, and school administrators.
A) ICT Competency Frameworks
B) ISTE Standards
C) 21st Century Skill Statements
D) Technology Competency Standards
11. This individual championed an early educational technology emphasis on using computer programming
languages such as Logo to teach problem solving.
A) Arthur Luehrmann
B) Andrew Molnar
C) Lloyd Morrisett
D) Seymour Papert
12. Many educators believe that lower computer usage by students correlates with this outcome.
A) Lower performance on mathematics tests
B) Higher rates of delinquency and behavior problems
C) Lower entrance into technical careers
D) Higher incidence of school dropouts
13. The United Nations organization UNESCO collaborated with industry partners to create this focus on skills that
teachers require to bring about human capacity development.
A) ICT Competency Framework
B) ISTE Technology Framework
C) 21st Century Skill Framework
D) Technology Education Skills Framework
14. When students claim that materials they found online were ones they created themselves, it is called this.
A) software piracy
B) hacking
C) academic fraud
D) cybercheating
15. When students download copies of marketed software or media without paying for them, it is called this.
A) academic fraud
B) hacking
C) software piracy
D) cybercheating
1. Though many educators tend to think of technology as devices, Saettler reminds us that the historical function
of educational technology was tools and ________ rather than items of equipment.
2. Schools are requiring students/parents to sign this in order to assure they address online safety concerns.
3. This is the term for any unsolicited e-mail message or website posting, usually sent for the purpose of
advertising products or services or soliciting funds.
4. This is the term for the activity in which e-mails falsely claim to be a legitimate business in order to get people
to send private information that is then used for identity theft.
5. The provision for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in this law requires, among other things, that students pass
high stakes tests, which drives a trend toward using technology in ways that help students prepare for the tests.
6. This phrase originally referred to a discrepancy in access to technology resources among socioeconomic groups.
7. Logic bombs, worms, and Trojan horses are all types of this software or malware.
8. This was the year many people say was the birth of the World Wide Web, since it was when the first browser
(Mosai
C) was released.
9. Electronic versions of these allow students to demonstrate their achievement of required skills as they go
through their teacher education programs.
10. Arthur Luehrmann coined this term during the microcomputer era to refer to the set of skills students would
need to use computers effectively.
11. According to the National Forum on Education Statistics, this is the term for instruction in which (K-12)
students and teachers are separated by time and/or location and interact via computers and/or
telecommunications technologies.
12. This kind of online storage uses a service that connects users with a distant computer server.
13. Flash drives (a.k.a., thumb drives), memory sticks, CDs, and various types of DVDs are examples of these.
14. This term refers to all input and output devices that make computers more functional.
1. Discuss at least three (3) of the things we have learned from the history of educational technology that can help
us shape today’s technology uses.
2. Since teachers’ rationale for using technology in the classroom should be based on solving educational
problems, discuss how technology can help address the problem of how to motivate and engage students.
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