A teacher is interested in students’ making more frequent and appropriate use of websites. When evaluating whether a web site is appropriate for students to use, which of the following is not an important consideration? Information is provided on how recently the website was updated Information is given about the author(s) of the website and a contact link is provided *Other websites have chosen to link to this website Content/facts on this website agree with content/facts found on other website A Social Studies teacher has several word-processing documents, slide-show presentation documents, and a concept-mapping document that pertain to the Civil War. The teacher needs to save them so they are easily accessible to use or modify at school. Of the following choices, which one this the best way to do this? Download the documents to a zip disk or memory stick Upload the documents to the class web site *Save the documents to a folder on the school’s network drive Email the documents to the teacher’s own email account An elementary school principal wants to store information about each student (such as name, address, phone numbers, and parent contact information) in a digital file and allow teachers to access the file and add the quarterly performance information. The digital file also needs to be accessible to all teachers year after year. Which of the following is the best way to do this? Put all of the data into a word-processing document on a computer in the main office where teachers can access the information and update the data when necessary Upload the information to an Electronic Learning Community where teachers can log-in to it from home *Buy database software to enter the data and install it on a network (LAN) within the school where teachers can access it in their classrooms Put all of the data into a spreadsheet document and email it to all teachers to download to their hard drives A high school art teacher wants students to use slide show/presentation software to store digital images of their artwork and short written reflections for each piece. The teacher wants students to save the presentations so that they can access and add to them as they progress through subsequent art classes in high school. Which of the following choices would be the best way to accomplish this? Burn the presentations to a CD-R at the end of every school year Upload the presentations to the school’s website *Save the presentations to a folder on the network server Print out the presentations each year and place the printouts in students' cumulative folders An 11th grade English teacher completed research on the impact of the integration of the Internet on the 11th grade English classroom. The teacher has been asked to present the findings at a professional development meeting for all high school English teachers in the local school district. The teacher decides to present the research in a PowerPoint presentation. Which of the following statements focuses on what is most important for creating an effective presentation? Use animations that immediately engage the audience in the presentation Provide content that can easily be transferred to audience handouts *Use an easy to read font and size to list key ideas with relevant visuals Use consistent terminology and supporting visuals Lee is working on a research paper for a graduate course. Lee plans to do some of the research at school and then take the files home to continue working on the project. Lee has access to a computer with a USB port, a printer, a CD-RW drive, a USB pen drive, a FireWire drive, and a network shared drive. Which of the following would be the most efficient method of saving the files so that Lee can work on the paper both at home and at school? *Save the files to the USB pen drive Save the files to the shared network drive Burn the files to a CD-R Save the files on a FireWire drive You are using word processing software (such as Microsoft Word) to create a file about next year’s schedule. This schedule must be shared with many people in your school, all of whom may need to make changes to the file. How can the appropriate staff members best make changes to the file? Have teachers write on a printed copy and send changes to the original writer *Use a tracking feature to keep track of changes made to a single copy of the file stored on the server Have staff download the file from a computer, make changes and send the file back to the original writer Have staff access a single copy of the file from the server and make changes to it A science teacher asked students to complete projects on real life physics. One student’s project on the physics of roller coasters contained a bibliography that included websites that were used as part of the research. The teacher checked the websites listed by the student and found that not all of them contained factual information. Which of the following websites the student listed is the least likely to have contained factual information regarding the physics of roller coasters? *http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/history http://science.howstuffworks.com/roller-coaster.htm http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/projects/frig/yepbyrji/coaster.html www.learninghowthingswork.com Students are completing research projects about the various counties in the state of Marylan Part of their research project involves gathering information about county school systems by using Internet search engines. The teacher wants to provide a list of key words for students to use when doing a search. Typing in what phrase would permit students to search most efficiently? “Maryland schools” *“Maryland public education” “Maryland school systems” “Maryland counties” A fifth grade Science teacher has decided to utilize a weblog (blog) with students. Which of the following would be the best instructional use of this technology? To access a list of experts who are sorted by topic and could be contacted via email in order to complete research on related issues or participate in distance learning opportunities *To carry on an online dialogue with peers, experts, and the instructor, whereby questioning/probing leads to deeper thinking and extension of thought To compile a list of related websites that can be organized by topic and could be used by others to complete online research To create an online concept map where students communicate the interconnectivity of posted topics to a large audience Bailey is a middle school teacher who would like to improve communication with parents and provide some home resources for classroom instruction. Which of the following would be the most effective in helping to establish home-school communication? A classroom webpage Email sent through a distribution list A hotlist of web resources and email sent through a distribution list *A classroom webpage and email sent through a distribution list A teacher is interested in using the Internet for purposes of professional communication and professional development. Which of the following websites would most likely allow any teacher to collaborate with colleagues and education-related experts, find resources, and meet in interest group chat rooms? *http://www.teachers.net/ http://www.jhu.edu http://www.usde.gov http://www.teachers.com An English teacher had students create their own myths and decided to make the myths accessible to the community on the class website. What is the most efficient process for the teacher to use? Scan a hard copy of the story and save it as a graphic file *Save the document as a word processing file and hyperlink to the files Save the document in html format and create separate web pages Save a spreadsheet and hyper link to the files from the class website A teacher has found a lesson online about Native Americans. Before presenting the lesson to students, the teacher wants to communicate with other Maryland teachers about how well this lesson aligns with the state content standards. Use of which of the following is the most effective way for the teacher to do this? Videoconference E-mail *Listserv State curriculum website At the beginning of the year, a high school teacher receives several requests from parents to use the school’s technology resources to contact them, rather than send notes home with the students. The teacher checks and finds that all of the parents have Internet and email access. The teacher wants to send periodic reports to parents about classroom information and events in the most efficient way. Which of the options below would serve as the most efficient way to do this? Post messages on the school’s homework hotline *Create an email distribution list and send email updates to the parents as needed Post classroom newsletters on the school web site Have parents email you when they have a question and respond in a timely manner Terry teaches high school social studies. Terry’s class is working on a research project about living and working in a foreign country. The project requires each student to research job opportunities in a foreign country and then use a technology tool to publish a summary of the information. Terry also wants students to be able to access the published summaries from outside the school so that they can review the summaries created by their peers and then select a country and a job that interests them. Which of the following would be the best technology tool for Terri’s students to use to publish their summaries? *Web publishing software Word processing software Desktop publishing software Presentation software Chris wants to send an email to other teachers to announce an upcoming conference. Chris would like teachers to read over the announcement and then respond with their intentions regarding their attendance at this conference. Which of the following would let Chris attach a copy of the announcement that others would be able to open, view, and respond to on their own computers? Choice A Choice B *Choice C Choice D Chris is serving as the chairperson for the school improvement team and wants to email each member of the team to remind them of an important meeting after school. Chris wants to ask the teachers to verify that they have received and read the email message. Which of the following message options should Chris change to accomplish this? Chris should check the box for “Have replies sent to” and then select his name from the drop down menu Chris should check the box for “Request a delivery receipt for this message” Chris should check the box for “Use voting options” and then select Reject/Accept from the drop down menu *Chris should check the box for “Request a read receipt for this message” Each student in a 9th grade homeroom is given an Acceptable Use Policy form which explains that a parent, as well as the student, must read and sign the form before the student will be allowed to use any computer in the school. The teacher gives the students one week to have the form signe If one student fails to have the form signed, the teacher should then: *Allow the student to use the content specific software installed on the computer’s hard drive but restrict access to the school’s network and to the Internet Call the student’s home and get verbal approval for the student to participate in selected activities Allow limited computer usage, in which the student may only log in for school-related purposes Call the parent(s) and explain that the student will not be allowed to use any computer resources until the form is signed A secondary social studies teacher required the class to conduct Internet research as part of an assignment on current events. The teacher suspects that certain students may have plagiarized articles found on the Internet for this assignment. Which of the following would be the most effective and efficient method to use if the teacher wanted to check the students’ papers for plagiarism? Type a portion of the paper into an Internet search engine *Type a portion of the paper into an online plagiarism database Type a portion of the paper into plagiarism software Ask the student to provide a description of each of the websites he/she used for the paper A social studies teacher wants the 7th grade students to do research on Africa and complete a multimedia project. The teacher has reserved the computer lab for three class periods so that students can access the Internet to do their research. Which of the following is a legal and/or ethical issue that the teacher should consider when planning this assignment? *Copyright infringement regarding text and images found on the Internet Parent knowledge of assignments which require the use of the Internet Parent knowledge of assignments which require the use of the Internet Reserving the computer lab for student access to the Internet A teacher is collecting data on students’ reading performance in class to compare with their standardized reading test results. The teacher would like to share this data with colleagues involved in action research. Which one of the following ways to share findings reflects legal guidelines? A spreadsheet with student name and data uploaded to an online discussion board A spreadsheet with student name, data, and all assessment grades uploaded to an online discussion board A spreadsheet with student name, address, and data uploaded to an online discussion board *A spreadsheet with student id number and data uploaded to an online discussion board A teacher is creating a hotlist for a student research project. The teacher is evaluating the websites for classroom use. What issue should the teacher pay attention to when looking over these websites? *Protecting students from inappropriate content Protecting the privacy of student information Proper referencing of materials (copyright laws) Proper cutting and pasting of webpage contents A high school teacher decides to use a class website as a tool to encourage student self- and peer-assessment. The website will provide students with rubrics for all assignments as well as examples of student work to serve as benchmarks. Which of the following should the teacher be most concerned about when using the website for this purpose? *Protecting the privacy of student information Protecting students from inappropriate content Protecting against student plagiarism Protecting against website access by parents Jamie’s class turned in a research assignment that required the students to use the Internet to obtain information. After reading the assignments, Jamie types “On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States” into the search box on a search engine website. Jamie most likely did this to: Connect to the George Washington URL Identify resources for a research assignment *Check the text for plagiarism Look for suitable graphics for a presentation on the topic The school improvement team is using a spreadsheet program to track formative assessments on student reading scores on selected indicators. After recording the results the team realized the spreadsheet had insufficient data to disaggregate for analysis of sub group performance. The school improvement team inserted additional columns: These additional columns will help the school improvement team analyze the data because they: Provide more information about the students Better identify the students Can be sorted to see if there are disparities in individual performance *Can be filtered to see if there are disparities in sub group performance The school improvement team used a spreadsheet program to track student scores on a series of school benchmarks during the year. To prepare for developing the next school improvement plan, one team member has been charged with presenting, analyzing and discussing this data with the rest of the team. Which type of software would be the best choice to present this data? Concept-mapping software *Spreadsheet software Multimedia software PDF software A principal has to prepare a report for the superintendent on the results of the school’s recent state assessment. The report should compare the school to others in the area as well as to schools throughout the state that have a similar student population. The report also should include the results of the school’s benchmarks during the year. Which software programs will need to be used? Spreadsheet program, concept-mapping program, word processing program Database program, spreadsheet program, multimedia program Database program, spreadsheet program, desktop publishing program *Web browser, spreadsheet program, word processing program The school improvement team wants to share testing results and school improvement goals with the community and has decided to post this information on the school website. A sample page (under construction) is shown below. Which of the following is the most important issue that may face the school improvement team as a result of its decision to share the information this way? Protecting student privacy Making sure the information is accurate Providing an email link for parent feedback *Providing alternative means for disseminating the information A teacher is having students complete research projects and would like for them to utilize concept-mapping software at some stage of the research process. At which stage of the research process could this technology be used most effectively? Locating information *Organizing information Revising information Verifying information A teacher is planning a research project for secondary students. The project requires students to research an assigned Chinese Dynasty and then present their findings on the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of the time period to the class. The teacher wants students to present their research using technology. All of the following except which one are appropriate technology tools students could use to publish their work? Desktop publishing software Movie/video software *Movie/video software Web page software A middle school teacher wants to address the varied learning styles of students, and thinks that hypermedia would be a useful tool. Why would the use of hypermedia be an effective way to meet the needs of students with a variety of learning styles? *Students can explore in a direction and at a speed that is comfortable to them Students can access and present information in a manner within a specific time limit Students can access information through a database Students have limited access to various forms of media A high school teacher is planning an introductory lesson for a unit on the American Civil War. The teacher wants to use technology in order to build students’ background knowledge of the Civil War. Which of the following is the best use of technology for this task? *Using a hotlist, have students research and answer questions about the war Using an LCD projector, show a movie about the effects of the war on the South Using a discussion board, have students ask questions about the war Using presentation software, show pictures of American culture during this time A teacher has assigned students an article to read related to religious intolerance and racism. The teacher knows that all of the students have access to a computer and the Internet at school and also at home. The teacher wants to use technology to provide an ongoing forum for students to share their ideas after reading the article. Which of the following is the most efficient and effective way to do this? Have students work at computers in groups of four to create concept maps to share their views with the class *Have students participate in an online discussion board open to students and teacher Have students use presentation software to create a slideshow to share their views with the class Have students email each other questions and responses regarding the article An elementary school purchased 30 copies of new concept-mapping software that is well liked and is in heavy demand among teachers. Since funding limits the number of copies that can be purchased, there have been various discussions about how to allocate the software to ensure equal access and flexibility of use. Which of the following is the most equitable and flexible way to distribute the software among the teachers? Install an equal number of copies of the software in each classroom Install the software on computers that are on mobile computer carts and can be taken to different classrooms as needed Install the software on all of the networked lab computers *Install the software on some classroom computers and on some computers on mobile carts Terry, a technology integration teacher, is creating a lesson that integrates technology into instruction. Which choice below gives the best order for the steps Terry should take to plan a successful lesson? Identify the content indicators, identify the technology indicators, design the assessments, create a lesson outline, and decide what technology should be used Decide what technology should be used, identify the technology indicators, identify the content indicators, design the assessments, and create a lesson outline Create a lesson outline, identify the content indicators, decide what technology should be used, identify the technology indicators, and design the assessments *Identify the content indicators, design the assessments, create a lesson outline, decide what technology should be used, and identify the technology indicators Marty’s school system has a strict policy regarding Internet searching, and teachers are told that they must monitor students’ use of the Internet at all times. Marty has assigned a research assignment on Westward Expansion to the United States History class. Which of the following is the most effective way to manage student use of the Internet and ensure that students stay on task while working on this assignment? Install filtering software on the students computers *Create a WebQuest for student to use Provide a bibliography of web sites for students to use at the local library Arrange all the student computers to allow the teacher to view the screens at all times An eighth grade United States History teacher is planning a field trip for students to visit Philadelphi As a preliminary activity, students will investigate round trip travel expenses from their hometown to the Philadelphia area, including expenses for meals and admission charges to sites of interest. With this information they gather, students will itemize the expenses for this trip, calculate averages, total expenses per day, and provide a projected grand total for the entire trip. What technology would be most appropriate for students to use to provide convincing evidence that they have thoroughly and thoughtfully considered expenses related to the school field trip? Concept-mapping software Database software Online database *Spreadsheet software A teacher wants students to complete a WebQuest to gather information about the nine planets in our Solar System and then create a database to organize the information. The teacher plans to use a scoring tool to assess the students’ databases. Which of the following would not be appropriate to include in the scoring tool? Creates appropriate fields Enters data in the correct fields *Enters the data in the correct sequence Uses the Sort feature to arrange the data Marty’s school just purchased a spreadsheet program and installed it on all of their computers. Marty is interested in integrating this program into an economics lesson. For which of the following tasks in the economics lesson would this spreadsheet software be the most useful? *Creating a supply and demand chart/graph for a particular good or service Performing a trade simulation activity Presenting information on the history of economics Designing a plan to market a particular good Terry has introduced students in an elementary science class to some basic features of the word processing software installed in the computer la To assess what students already know about mammals before starting a new unit in science, Terry asks students to use the word processing software to do the following: Type a list of mammals that can be found in North Americ Read through the list of mammals and change the font color to green if the animal lives in the woods and to blue if the animal lives in the water. Label each of the animals as an herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore. Select the animals that are carnivores and underline their names. Save the file to the class folder on the server. All but which one of the following would be appropriate for Terry to include in a scoring tool to assess a student’s use of technology in this lesson? Uses the enter key to move the cursor to the beginning of the next line Saves to a designated location *Selects the appropriate page orientation for printing Selects a font and style which are easy to read Some high school students have used a blog as one of the resources in preparation for a debate about an issue that is a particularly hot topic in your community. What is a blog? An Internet research page containing links to other articles on similar topics *A personal online journal that can be read and responded to by anyone accessing the page A link in the top corner of many news websites that leads to more in-depth information about a topic An electronic newsletter about a topic of interest Some high school students have been using a weblog as one of their resources in preparation for a debate about an issue that is a particularly hot topic in their community. What is the best reason to use caution when using weblogs? *They are highly subjective They are cumbersome and difficult to navigate They are not updated with current information They are not password protected Students have been asked to design a web page with text and graphics using web page design software to demonstrate their knowledge of a topic recently covered in class. The web page design software will allow students to create and manage a web page without knowing a specific computer language. To evaluate the students’ educational technology skills required to complete the web page, the teacher’s scoring tool should include which of the following criteria? The student properly uses HTML formatting tags in the web page The student can enter text on multiple linked web pages *The student saves images used in the web page as .jpeg, .gif or .jpg files The student demonstrates understanding of the topic A middle school teacher is planning to use computers to support student research on current topics of their choice. The teacher plans to take the class to the school’s computer lab to conduct research on the Internet and wants to ensure that instructional strategies are in place so students will use technology effectively and appropriately. Which of the following instructional strategies is not the most effective for the research process? Teach students how to cite Internet resources *Provide bookmarks of appropriate sites Demonstrate online resources and several search engines Conduct a lesson on effective search techniques After pre-assessing student knowledge on the reasons for Earth’s seasons in a seventh grade science class, the teacher discovers that many of the students are under the misconception that we are in winter when we are farthest from the Sun and summer when we are closest. Which would be the most appropriate use of technology to correct this misconception? Have students use a search engine to locate information explaining reasons for the seasons Have students create PowerPoint presentations on reasons for the seasons and share them with the class Have students design a WebQuest with links to sites for other students to visit *Have students view a CD-ROM or DVD program of a visual simulation of Earth’s tilt as it rotates around the Sun and then use props to model this with other students Jerry, an eighth grade math teacher, had students create a spreadsheet to record the amount of time they spent completing homework assignments for three subjects over a one week period and graph the data to help analyze the results. One student turned in the following printout of his/her spreadsheet assignment. Jerry returned the assignment and asked the student to complete the data and chart and then resubmit the assignment. What technology skills are required for the student to complete this assignment? Enter data in cells, insert a function, use the chart wizard, save, and print *Enter data in cells, save, and print Enter data in cells, format cells, use the chart wizard, save and print Enter data in cells, insert a function, save, and print An English speaking high school student who is reading below grade level has an IEP indicating a need for an accommodation to use a single word scanner daily at school. Which of the following is an example of a way the student could use this tool? To magnify the text to make it easier to read To translate the text into his/her native language *To translate the text into his/her native language To highlight important text A teacher has identified one student as a slow typist who also has diagnosed learning disabilities in reading and written expression. Why would choosing word prediction software over standard word processing software be of benefit when this student is constructing extended written responses? *This software would reduce the number of keystrokes and improve the quality of the student’s written response This software would limit the amount of text in the student’s response, thereby making the writing task more manageable This software would increase sophistication of the student’s response by providing a variety of word choices This software would check for spelling, grammar, and usage errors to improve the quality of the student’s written response A teacher is selecting websites for students to use for an online investigation to be conducted at home and in school. The teacher wants to ensure that the websites chosen are accessible for all students. How could the teacher best determine if a website is accessible? *Access an online portal that analyzes websites for accessibility Analyze the websites using the accessibility tool on the teacher’s personal computer Evaluate the websites to ensure that they were designed for a particular browser Evaluate the websites to ensure that they are written in multiple web page languages Frankie is an average student with a physical disability that makes reading small print very difficult. Frankie’s teacher wants him to achieve academic success equal to the rest of the class by ensuring equivalent access to technology for Frankie. What is meant by the term equivalent access? All students receive equal amounts of time to access technology resources Students with disabilities are always allowed more time on the computer than students without disabilities *All students receive instruction on the same concepts using different technologies, as needed All students use the same technologies to access different content, as needed Research has shown an increase in student achievement when students utilize technology to organize and study information. A teacher would like to teach students effective study habits using technology. What technology could the teacher use to most effectively model how to study a chapter in the students’ textbook? Text writer software Multimedia presentation software *Electronic outliners Screen readers A teacher has a student with an IEP who is supposed to use an electronic word processing device when writing extended responses. Despite some keyboarding instruction, the student continues to struggle with finding the keys on the keyboard, making it difficult for the student to express ideas in a reasonable amount of time. What low- or mid-tech solution could the teacher use to best meet the needs of this student? Provide additional practice time for keyboarding Provide the student with a larger keyboard Use speech to text software *Provide the student with a keyboard arranged in alphabetical order A teacher wants to purchase a portable word processor to accommodate the needs of a student who has difficulty organizing and handwriting assignments. The teacher is using the Internet to research and compare the features of several models recommended by the assistive technology resource teacher. Below are the product specifications for one of the portable word processors. Based on these specifications, all but one of the following are features of this word processor. Additional memory is built in so the user can load SmartApplets *Files are saved by downloading them to a desktop computer The LCD screen can be configured to display larger font sizes It can communicate with other infrared enabled devices Pat is an eighth grade student who has visual processing problems. Pat is easily overwhelmed and over stimulated by extraneous text and graphics. How would you use technology to most effectively modify a test for this student? Highlight the directions to focus the student on what that student is being asked to do Have the student take the test electronically so that the student can click and drag responses from the word bank Enlarge the text of the test to make it less overwhelming *Use a word processor to block the test into smaller sections and eliminate unnecessary text or graphics Pete has been teaching for five years and wants to begin planning lessons that incorporate instructional technology. Pete should first observe a teacher that Redesigns the lessons by integrating technology that is evaluated and supported by the curriculum office *Matches the technology to the curriculum content and incorporates best practices within the classroom Plans formative and summative technology assessments that support inquiry based learning and problem solving Implements technology enriched learning environments that are based on the action research A teacher is looking for information about best practices for integrating technology into instruction. Which of the following would be the best place for this teacher to access professional journal articles? Internet search engines Internet web browser Electronic Learning Community *Online databases A teacher is researching student technology integration standards in order to write some Internet integrated lessons to accompany a unit on the State of Marylan When the teacher conducted a search, the following websites came up. Which of the following sites would be the most reliable source for student technology integration standards? www.oracle.com/technology/tech/webservices/standards/Minakawa_Integration.htm www.diocesephoenix.org/catholicschools/school_admin/curriculum/Tech_Integration www.ade.state.az.us/standards/technology/default.asp *cnets.iste.org/students/s_integration.htm A teacher who wishes to address the Maryland Teacher Technology Standards in meaningful ways reflects on a recent lesson to determine how many of the standards it addresse The lesson involved instructing students on how to do research on the Internet in the computer la At the conclusion of their research, the teacher had students create PowerPoint presentations of their findings. For this lesson, the teacher accommodated the visually impaired students by allowing them to use magnifying software. Below is a list of the technology standards. Which standards is the teacher addressing in this lesson? Standards 1, 2, 5 Standards 1, 5, 6 *Standards 5 and 6 Standards 1, 2, and 6 The school’s webmaster has been asked to do a presentation for the staff on standard features of web pages that are designed to accommodate disabilities. In order to prepare for the presentation, the webmaster conducts a search on an Internet search engine and finds a list of sites about accessibility guidelines. Which of the following sites would be likely to provide the most reliable information? http://www.greenville.k12.sus/district/web/policy/access.htm http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp http://www.ataccess.org *http://www.usability.gov