Chapter+4+RAP+Study+Guide

=**Chapter 4 RAP Study Guide**= =**Computer as a Tutor**=

-Computer-Based Tutorials
1) Computer-based tutorials - Typically provide a complete lesson on a specific topic including 1) presenting new information 2) providing practice and 3) evaluating student learning. 2) Intelligent tutoring system (ITS) - type of educational software that can track student responses; make inferences about her/his strengths and weaknesses; and then tailor feedback, provide additional exercises, or offer hints to improve performance. -WebQuests -organized format for presenting lessons that utilize web reources. =**Computer as MIndtool**=

-Databases and Concept-Mapping Tools
-Databases - type of computer software that organizes information. -Collaborative Databases - special type of database that supports a shared process of knowledge building. -Wiki - piece of server software that allows users to create, edit, and link web pages quickly, which is what wiki means in the Hawaiian language--quick or fast. -Concept maps - graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge.

-Simulations and Visualization Tools
-Simulations - provide simplified versions of phenomena, environments, or processes that allow students to interact with, or manipulate, variables and observe the effects of those manipulations. -Visualization Tools - allow learners to picture, or represent, how various phenomena operate within different domains.

-Hypertext and Hypermedia
-Hypertext - refers to a nonsequential, or nonlinear, method for organinzing and displaying text. -Hypermedia - is basically hypertext with media elements such as images, sounds, videos, animations.

-Incorporation of Creative Thinking Skills
-Skills needed - 1) Project Management 2) Research 3) Organization and Representation 4) Presentation 5) Reflection

-Digital Storytelling
1) Write a Script 2) Develop a Storyboard 3) Locate Images 4) Create a Digital Story 5) Share with Others =**Computer as a Conversation Support**=

-Computer as a Conferencing Tool
-Vidoe and web conferencing -Blogs - commmly refered to, belong to the realm of journaling and threaded discussion tools. =**Online Resources**=

-Productive Searches
-Spamdexing or Search Engine Spamming - Intentionally create web pages that will be placed at the top of search result lists. Hiding text.

-Evaluating Information from Online Resources
-Typosquatting - Develop sites with URL's slighly different from a legitimate source.