Educational Technology Test #1 (quizzes)

Students born after 2004 are members of what population group?

iGeneration

Which of the following statements best describes how teachers are using technology in school?

Almost all teachers use technology for lesson planning, curriculum design, professional communication and student information management.

Combining different forms of knowledge to meet diverse instructional needs is known as Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). All of the following are elements of TPACK except

Conceptual knowledge

A Federal Communication Commission survey found that half of all schools have a slower Internet connection than the average American home, resulting in which of the following problems?

Connectivity gap

The ISTE Standards for Teachers emphasize the importance of which of the following educational goals?

Defining essential skills and attitudes needed by technology-using teachers

As digital citizens, students are expected to do which of the following?

Follow the acceptable use policies of schools

Assessing what students are learning regularly throughout a lesson is known as what type of evaluation?

Formative

All of the following are examples of how technology tools support assessment and evaluation except

Hard copy portfolios

Which of the following is an example of a high stakes test?

High school graduation exam

Engaging students in projects where they investigate relevant questions in a subject field is an example of which of the following teaching and learning approaches?

Inquiry learning

Technology changes teaching and learning in all the following ways except

Offering students standardized learning experiences

Which of the following statements best describes the impact of e-books on students reading habits?

Overall book readership is remaining stable while e-book readership is increasing.

All of the following terms are used to describe active learning except

Rote Learning

The digital disconnect refers to the differences that

Students perceive between themselves and their teachers about the use of technology

The ISTE Standards for Teachers emphasize all of the following goals except

Teachers will expand their knowledge of technology hardware

All of the following are seen as effective ways for teachers to teach digital citizenship except

Telling students not to use technology inappropriately and punishing them if they do

Educational games and simulations develop students' talents as problem solvers and critical thinkers in which of the following ways?

There are problems that must be solved through critical thinking about strategy and results.

Computer technology has impacted the development of literacy in which of the following ways?

Understanding the Internet, mass media and digital information is now more important.

According to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, which of following terms describes the knowledge, competencies, and understandings that students will need to succeed in a highly technological society?

21st century skills

What statement best describes a teacher's professional learning network (PLN)?

A collection of instructional and professional materials stored in an online format

A digital native most commonly refers to

A student who has grown up immersed in technology at home and in school

Which of the following statements summarizes sociologists Bertram Bruce and Maureen Hogan's evaluation of the impacts of technology on people and society?

As technology becomes more common, people tend to take it for granted

Learning assessments should occur at which of the following points during lesson design, development and delivery?

At all points before, during and after the lesson

All of the following are examples of using educational software and Web-based tools to promote problem solving and inquiry learning except A: Students in history class watching an online simulation of the battle of Gettysburg B: Students in English class copying teacher notes about Shakespeare from a whiteboard C: Students in science class completing a virtual lab about equilibrium D: Students in math class playing a digital game to learn about integers

B: Students in English class copying teacher notes about Shakespeare from a whiteboard

Effective group activities create all of the following student learning outcomes except

Completing an assignment or activity on their own without help from other learners

Larry Cuban's research on the history of computer use in schools includes all of the following findings except

Computers are used to teach students how to do careful Internet research and analysis.

All of the following are examples of technology-based learning environments except

Copying notes from a PowerPoint presentation

Students who understand the importance of online literacy, ethics, safety and creativity are described by which of the following terms?

Digital citizens

Which statement is true about the ISTE Standards for Students and the 21st Century Student Outcomes for Learning?

Each emphasizes how technology creates new teaching and learning experiences for students.

All of the following statements are part of the Understanding by Design (UbD) approach to lesson development except

Identifying multiple choice test questions

Interactive educational software, websites, and apps as well as online tutoring systems offer what type of feedback to learners?

Immediate self-correcting feedback

According to Sir Ken Robinson, which of the following describes how students' creativity is expressed in schools

It emerges often in unexpected ways from hunches and random experiences.

The call for new learning environments in the ISTE standards includes which of the following recommendations?

Less teacher talk and more adult-student interaction and discussion

When asked about their level of engagement when teachers used different instructional methods, students said they were least engaged by

Listening to teacher lectures

Internet literacy is described as students being able to do which of the following?

Locate, evaluate, and use information effectively.

All of the following are ways that teachers can use technology to provide enriching and productive learning experiences for students except

Maintaining student grades and attendance records

Studies of student engagement in school have shown that

Many students at every grade level report feeling detached and alienated from school.

Which of the following terms best describes students using more than one technology at the same time

Media multitasking

Which of the following statements is based on Rogers's model of innovation in organizations?

Most teachers eventually adopt new practices and ideas for change.

All of following statements are true about teacher use of technology except

Most teachers use technology to engage students in higher-level thinking.

Metacognitive thinking by students involves which of the following?

Ongoing self-reflection about one's learning progress

Social media technologies are most useful for teaching which of the following skills and competences?

Online communication and networking

Which of the following terms describes how the lack of access to the latest technologies prevents lower income students from having optimal learning experiences?

Participation gap

All of the following are primary goals of the National Council of Teachers of English's call for 21st century literacies except A: Pass high stakes tests delivered online B: Design and share information in online environments such as blogs and wikis C: Build relationships and solve problems collaboratively D: Handle information in ethical ways

Pass high stakes tests delivered online

Student learning objectives are best described by which of the following statements?

Planned or intended outcomes of a teacher's lesson

All of the following are groups of technology users as identified by Pew Internet & American Life Project except

Productive networker

Teachers are advised to utilize technology in all of the following ways except

Rewards for student behavior and performance

All of the following are considered Web 2.0 technologies except

School system websites

Which statement best describes the condition of technology in K-12 schools?

Schools have fewer new technologies than do institutions of higher education or corporate organizations

All of the following real-world situations are examples of a performance assessment except

Score on a teacher certification test

All of the following words describe students' Internet usage outside of school except

Scripted

Effective educational apps for tablets and smartphones make use of what concept, often associated with the early 20th century educator Maria Montessori?

Self-correcting feedback

Which of the following is an example of teachers and students utilizing a pull technology?

Students going to an academic website and writing a report about what they learned

All of the following statements reflect what teachers believe about students' use of technology except

Students know how to assess Web information for reliability and authenticity.

To combat digital distraction from overusing technology, students are advised to use which of the following strategies?

Take short breaks from using technology during study time.

Historically, teachers in American schools have featured which of the following as their predominant method of teaching?

Teacher-centered teaching

Which of the following statements best describes how teachers are responding to flipped classrooms?

Teachers believe students are more engaged and do better work academically in flipped classrooms.

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects recent statistics about technology in schools?

Virtually every school has Internet access.