Ed121 - Chapter 7 Quiz
Joey was born with a birth defect that left him unable to use his vocal cords and consequently to speak. Yet Joey has successfully completed his high school studies and looks forward to a challenging college career. How has assistive technology helped Joey communicate in class?
He makes use of a voice output device that produces synthesized sound.
Located in a remote region of New Hampshire, Carr High School has several students who are ready to enroll in calculus and others who wish to take Latin, but there aren't any teachers who can teach either course. Based upon the most recent advances in education, which proposal represents the best solution for Carr High School's problem?
Instituting a distance education program whereby the students can enroll in calculus and Latin
What is the most significant benefit of instituting distance education within a school district?
It provides a way to provide educational equity between rural and poorer students and those who come from larger, more affluent districts.
Which of the following allows the social studies teacher to do something innovative with technology?
Online activities Virtual field trips GIS software Correct Response All of the above
A framework that helps us conceptualize how technology is used to enhance teaching and learning is called
Technological pedagogical content knowledge
In what way can using graphing calculators aid students in understanding mathematical concepts?
They allow students to more easily organize and analyze data.
When elementary school classes all over the world add ozone measurements from their community to an online database and then analyze the data and draw conclusions, this is an example of using technology as
a cognitive tool.
The use of new technology in the classroom, which includes the computer, CD-ROMs, and multimedia, can enhance the curriculum by
accessing data banks from diverse sources. creating simulations to solve real-life problems. linking students in different states or countries to one another. Correct Response doing all of the above.
When Mrs. Sanchez creates a multimedia project to individualize for her gifted and talented students, she is using her computer as a
facilitator of instruction.
When a new technology is first introduced in the classroom, it is often proclaimed that
it will be the end of instruction as we now know it.
Students who use word processors to write are likely to
make more substantial revisions.
Digital imagery allows students to view
processes that are too fast or too slow to be observed under regular conditions.
The Berkeley public school district has just invested a considerable sum of money in computers for classroom use. If the administration and the faculty want to encourage widespread, habitual use of computers by the students, they should ensure
that the students have adequate access to computers during and after class.
Equity concerns regarding the integration of technology revolve around
the potential for increased resource disparities between rich and poor schools and students' home access.
Teachers will be able to use computers effectively only if
they receive proper training in their use. they have on-site support. each teacher has adequate access to appropriate hardware and software. Correct Response all of the above are true.
