Glossary

"Beautiful garbage"

Any presentation that looks great, but has little real substance.

Browser

a computer program used for accessing sites or information on a

network (as the World Wide Web) e.g. Netscape, Explorer or AOL

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language (used for coding web pages)

Quixote Quests

Pointless quests. Don't really impart new information or reach higher level thinking skills.

Rubrics

Authentic assessment tools that can help assess criteria that are complex and subjective.

Scaffolding

Scaffolding is a temporary structure used to help learners act more skilled than they really are. As students learn how to learn, fewer scaffolds will be needed. (Educational training wheels).

URL

Uniform Resources Locator. (Web address)

WYSIWYG

What You See is What You Get

A web editor that allows you to create web pages in a manor similar to word processing. No need to learn HTML programming.

Database

a usually large collection of data organized especially for rapid search and retrieval (as by a computer)

Bloom's Taxonomy

Classifies levels of thinking

Ramp up

An introduction to a situation that allows you to gradually move to a higher level of understanding and/or performance.

Web Editor

Used to write web pages. Does some of the HTML coding for you

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This page created by:
Jill D. Walch
Central Square Central School District
August, 2001