ED 780 Ed Tech
Which of the following is the best assessment tool to use if you want your students to build a long-term view and reflection on their own learning?
A Digital portfolio
A teacher searched for resources to use in her lessons. Which of the following resource qualifies as an OER?
A photograph from Wikimedia Commons with a Creative Commons license
Of the following descriptions of teachers, which one best describes a connected educator?
A teacher who chooses to learn with others through online communities
Which of the following learning theorists is associated with the integration strategy of providing the practice that students need to store information in long-term memory?
Atkinson and Shiffrin
Which of the following professional learning experiences would not qualify as a connected learning community?
Attending a required professional development talk at school given by an educational visionary
Which learning theorist would be associated with the integration strategy of using video and videoconferencing to give example behaviors or models from which students can learn?
Bandura
Ms. Bahramipour went to a local edtech meetup and discovered a new educational app that she wants to use in her class. What's the optimal next step for her to use the app?
Check the legitimacy of the app with the school's technology specialist
Which of the following assessment software systems has adaptive features that change in relation to students' performance?
Computer-based testing systems
Mr. Bashara finds that students in his honors algebra class can solve algebra equations, but they claim they will never use these math skills in the future. He finds a software package that has "virtual stores" in which students must solve various algebra equation problems in order to know the optimal purchase of everyday items. Of the following purposes for using problem-solving software, which one least matches Mr. Bashara's intent for using this specific software?
Develop content-free component problem-solving skills (strategies or subskills)
Which of the following statements uses objectivist language and is based on objectivist beliefs?
Every U.S. schoolchild should demonstrate mastery of the same set of basic skills
Which of the following needs expressed as a question to be answered is not involved in Phase 3 of the TTIPP model?
For what periods of time should Mr. Gargle request access to music lab computers?
As teachers begin to use OER in their lessons, they have identified a range of benefits for teaching and learning. All of the following benefits with OER have been noted by teachers except
Having simple and easy access to high-quality content for their subject areas
Which of the following needs that is expressed as a question to be answered is not involved in Phase 1 of the TTIPP model?
How should Mr. Gargle share the results of his lesson with peer colleagues?
What is the easiest software to use to build a graphical, visual representation of patterns or trends from a set of data?
Infographic
What does a personal rationale for using educational technology provide for a teacher or teacher leader?
It influences what educational technology to explore as a possibility for the classroom or to solve important educational problems.
Mr. Hooker decides to join an adventure learning project that has scientists and explorers going on a 7-week expedition to understand the effects of global warming on sea life. They will be collecting data from a ship in the Pacific Ocean near Alaska and sharing the data in an online environment that hosts learning activities about science, mathematics, social studies, and English language arts for his students. Which of the following types of web content does this learning project use?
Live content
Of the following scenarios, which one depicts a teacher leader?
Mr. Duffy, a seventh grade English language arts teacher, was dissatisfied with the educational technology software available and thought the developers needed more teacher input. He created an edtech meetup in his city to cultivate teacher-developer conversations to help make better educational products
Mr. Simons, a physics teacher, notices that a website he uses for instruction has numerous advertisements for science games that appear on the page as students work through the activities that he prepared. What safety or security issue does this represent?
Online Marketing
A teacher decides to use the evaluation framework for web content to help decide whether and how to use a live-streamed webinar in which a local author will read from her young adult novel and answer questions about the book. The webinar is hosted by a local bookstore. On the bookstore website, the teacher finds information about the author, the time of the webinar, and information about the software needed but no information about how the webinar might be used for classroom teaching. What affordance in the evaluation framework would be characterized as having low or no availability?
Pedagogical Context
What technology tool would be best used to notify students and parents about an upcoming field trip, permission slips, and fees?
Remind App
Which of the following learning theorists is associated with the integration strategy of using a computer-delivered tutorial to provide all the Events of Instruction for a given topic in order to create consistent conditions for learning?
Robert M Gagne
The main purpose of representation software is to
Show content concepts
Which of the following integration strategies represents a directed strategy?
Students attending a school that does not offer advanced courses, such as calculus and physics, take online courses in which they independently watch videos of teacher lectures and take tests.
When considering a type of web content, a teacher determines that all the affordances (boundaries, authority, stability, pedagogical context, and disciplinary context) are maximally available. Thus, the boundaries are strong, the authority of the content is high, the stability of the content is high, the pedagogical context is provided, and the disciplinary context is provided as well. Of the following scenarios involving the use of this web content, which scenario would be most likely to occur when all the affordances are maximally available?
Students would follow predetermined steps in the web content and engage in no critical thinking
Which of the following statements captures the mind-sets that teacher leaders need to lead?
Teacher leaders are creative, have the capacity to take action, and work within a community.
If your participation in the PLS selection committee led to choosing and implementing a product with optimal PLS features and a track record of achievement success, what is a major challenge the Wildcats School District could face after adopting the PLS?
Teachers think the PLS is the total solution to address low achievement and have students use it everyday to replace all their instruction
What instructional benefits have researchers identified related to the use of tutorial software?
Tutorial software has no negative and a small positive impact on learning
Which learning theorist would be associated with the integration strategy of using visual technologies to show highly graphic, real-world examples in order to scaffold learners at novice levels and bridge the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)?
Vygotsky
Which of the following learning theorists would be associated with the integration strategy of using programmed instruction to give students consistent, rapid stimuli and reinforcement to shape behavior?
B F Skinner
Mr. Thomas is planning to have his social studies class go on a virtual field trip using Google Expeditions for students to see Aztec and Mayan Ruins. He has access to Google Cardboard viewers and mobile phones. Of the following elements that make virtual field trips more successful, which will not be possible with Google Expeditions?
Collaborating with personnel in the Aztec or Mayan Ruins to enhance student learning
Research studies have examined a range of technologies and strategies for introducing K-12 students to computer programming. Across these studies, which of the following has not been found to be true?
Computer programming is an individual learning process
Ms. Rowena's third grade students just finished reading A Wrinkle in Time. She wants them to describe Meg, Charles, and Calvin and then write about whether they would venture near the black shadow. Students need to start by outlining their ideas. What tool should Ms. Rowena's students use?
Concept mapping software
In Mr. Minen's seventh grade social studies class, election time is nearing. He breaks the class into five groups of six. Each group chooses one candidate to run for class president. Each group must develop a platform for its candidate and then determine which platform most resonates with the class members. What type of software will students use for this first step in their information-gathering process?
Data and analysis software
What data and analysis tool would you not use to create a graph representing trends in data that you collected?
Database software tool
Users' activities on the web, such as social networking posts, can leave a permanent trail of data that, if deemed socially undesirable by viewers, can negatively impact a person's future opportunities such as college acceptance, employment, or even friendships. What is this trail called?
Digital Footprint
What tool facilitates scheduling appointments with students, parents, or colleagues?
Google Calendar
Teachers and students can design and develop websites in two main ways. They can use WYSIWYG web editors that offer visual web development with no coding, or they can use programming languages to code websites. Of the following, which is a WYSIWYG visual web development tool?
Google sites
All multimodal creative expressions by students are developed through a six-step design process. Ms. Steel has plans for her students to engage in digital storytelling using an app called Storybird. From a design process perspective, what will her students' first step be in their digital storytelling activity?
Identify the topic of the story
A teacher signs up to use EcoMUVE, a virtual world that allows students to enter an imaginary world and solve ecological challenges in a pond ecosystem. What integration strategy is this teacher implementing?
Immersive exploration, collaboration, and problem solving
Ms. Imada's science class is an academically diverse group; some students learn concepts very quickly and others need much more time to review and work on them. Some students need to review topics they find particularly difficult; others miss topics when they have been absent. The students who learn quickly want to jump ahead and learn advanced topics on their own. A tutorial would meet all these instructional needs because:
It provides a complete teaching sequence (instruction, practice items, testing) on each content topic
The Wildcats School District needs a way to make sure that its students are meeting the state's standards. It wants to use a software system that collects data on students' progress on each standard in a given core topic and gives teachers and principals reports on how well classes, schools, and the whole district are doing. The materials are available online in the form of videos and instructional software. What are the key features of this personalized learning system (PLS) that would excite teachers?
It will alert teachers to concepts that students are having trouble with and point them to instructional materials that are available to teach the concepts and skills
Which learning theorist would be associated with the integration strategy of letting students explore simulations and problem-solving software on their own and have opportunities to discover concepts rather than having them be told?
Jerome Bruner
Which of the following statements uses constructivist language and is based on constructivist beliefs?
Knowledge considered important enough to learn should be shaped by our background experiences
Ms. Jackson wants to become a connected educator. She particularly wants to build an online professional network so she can connect with other educators to provide and receive feedback and support. Of the following strategies, which one is not likely to help Ms. Jackson become a connected educator?
Ms. Jackson wants to become a connected educator. She particularly wants to build an online professional network so she can connect with other educators to provide and receive feedback and support. Of the following strategies, which one is not likely to help Ms. Jackson become a connected educator?
Which one of the following criteria is not a prominent consideration for Ms. Imada when selecting tutorial software?
Multiuser functionality so students can collaboratively work through the tutorial together
Open educational resources (OER) often are licensed using Creative Commons (CC) licenses that allow OER content to be used in accordance with the 5R permissions. All of the following are permitted activities except
Removing (deleting) a source
Of the following, what is not a significant challenge in using representation software?
Students lacking engagement when creating interactive representations
Which of the following ideas is not part of the turn-around pedagogy concept?
Teachers offer extra time for students to build test-taking skills
What major benefit are Mr. Bashara's students developing as they engage with this problem-solving software?
The problem-based learning increases knowledge transfer to everyday situations
Which of the following is not typically involved in teacher leadership?
The pursuit of challenges assigned by a principal
Fishman and Dede (2016) identified several types of digital technology that are apt to transform teaching and learning environments assuming that a teacher has the sufficient technological infrastructure and supportive pedagogy. Which technology is not part of Fishman and Dede's list?
Use of presentation tools
When selecting a problem-solving software, Mr. Bashara knew he should look for software that clearly develops specific problem-solving ability(ies). What is the best way for him to know whether the software does this?
Use the software himself and confirm whether it achieves the desired problem-solving ability
Which of the following integration strategies represents a constructivist technology integration strategy?
Use video scenarios to present complex problems that students have never seen before; encourage them to "think outside the box" and show how they went about finding their solutions
You are assigned to a committee to choose the personalized learning system (PLS) for the school. When you start examining the products, the answer to which of the following questions would be least helpful to you in making a suggestion or decision?
What is the cost of the PLS for the district?
Which of the following needs expressed as a question to be answered is involved in Phase 2 of the TTIPP model?
What is the relative advantage to Mr. Gargle's proposed technology lesson idea to use computers and MIDI synthesizers using the RAT assessment model?
What question asks about a sound rationale for educational technology?
Why should the teacher or students use technology?
Which of the following technology integration strategies cannot be used by both directed and constructivist approaches?
Working with other students in a team to understand a problem and propose a researched solution, which is presented as a public service announcement (PSA) video
Ms. Klancher searches for and finds historical photographs of women inventors from the Library of Congress to use for an activity for International Women's Day. Which of the following types of web content did Ms. Klancher access?
archived content
Which of the following has been shown to be a benefit of integrating data and analysis software into teaching and learning?
increased comprehension of abstract concept
Teacher and student web developers can leverage perspectives from multiple disciplines to design better websites. A student, Jason, wants to create a website that compiles oral histories that he has begun to collect from the African American settlers of the city in which he lives. What design principles or perspectives might best assist his web development project?
music and sound aesthetics
Jason starts creating some of his web pages and developing snippets of audio oral histories when his teacher checks in with him. His teacher notices that Jason has begun the web development process without engaging in the most important and difficult step. What step did Jason miss?
story boarding or wireframing
If you want to make your instruction more interactive and responsive to students' understandings, which of the following assessment systems might be the best to use?
student response system (SRS)
What is the best explanation for transmediation?
taking information learned through one medium and changing it into another medium
