This wireless network technology allows computers and other devices such as PDA's and netbooks to connect to local area networks using radio frequencies and without hard wire connections.
What is WiFi or wireless fidelity?
100
Programs that work similarly to the way the human brain works, and provide intelligent assistants to help with computing tasks.
What is Artificial Intelligence?
100
Connecting many computers at diverse locations to work together on a single complex task.
What is Grid Computing?
100
This refers to the blending of technologies into a single multipurpose technology.
What is convergence?
100
Interactive multitouch displays integrate touch technology with geomapping and gesture recognition to make maps come alive for kinesthetic students.
What are Interactive Displays?
200
This recent entry in WiFi technology is designed to reach over miles, rather than serving a local area
What is WiMax or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access?
200
Software that learns and adjusts its responses on the basis of previous interactions.
What is a neural network?
200
A network configuration that allows users to share files, not by uploading them to a central site, but instead by making files available on their machine, which in turn is accessible to others on the network.
What is peer to peer networking?
200
The basic skills and knowledge necessary to ensure that individuals can effectively use computers.
What is computer literacy?
200
Computer displays on flexible plastic that have the potential to be made small enough to roll up into a pen or large enough to be used as a wall size mural.
What is a FOLED?
300
A digital representation of real or imagined worlds in which interaction and participation can take place.
What is virtual reality?
300
Tools that combine data from different sources to give the user new ways to look at and interact with the information available at these sources.
What are data mashups?
300
Give two examples of cloud applications.
What is Amazon, Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Apple, or Mobile ME
300
These communities can take students wherever they wish to learn and can be taught at any time that the student wishes to learn.
What is a virtual learning community?
300
This kind of knowledge and understanding that emerge from large groups of people gathering, discussing, and collaborating on issues.
What is collective intelligence?
400
A digital stand in that represents you and enables participation in a virtual environment.
What is an avatar?
400
A World wide Web that is focused on the presentation of information unique to and as needed by each individual.
What is the personal web?
400
A network environment made of multiple computers, often in different locations, that offer small slices of computing resources on demand to many years.
What is cloud computing?
400
As a result of this new age the teacher's role may change from directing instruction in a single classroom setting to teachers facilitating learning by creating optimal learning experiences and then assisitng their students through these learning experiences
What is the Digital Age?
400
An online VR world that uses such avatars and that is rapidly growing in popularity.
What is Second Life?
500
This term refers to programs that work similarly to the way the human brain works.
What is artificial intelligence?
500
A new web is emerging with increased mobile computing capabilities include increased and faster access to content which is also becoming ever more portable.
What is Web 3.0?
500
This device would offer users enhanced information about the environment, reminders, and data on demand that might be useful within the context of activities.
What is wearable computers?
500
Education will become highly this, which is a result of teachers being able to download intelligent agents to guide students through lessons developed to meet each student's specific learning needs.
What is highly individualized?
500
This changes the way people get answers to questions because the concept offered a view of the web as a place where difficult problems could be solved via technology’s ability to process and connect information that would take people many years to interrelate.