Guiding Learning WITH Technology study guide questions

Chapter 9: Hypermedia and Web Authoring

Study Guide Questions

Pre-reading questions

  1. Documents that link one idea with another, like the World Wide Web, are modeled on the human brain and were proposed as early as the 1940’s.
  2. True
  3. False
  4. The capacity to understand hypermedia is part of literacy
  5. True
  6. False
  7. Web pages can be created with:
  8. DreamWeaver
  9. FrontPage
  10. Microsoft Word
  11. All of the above
  12. Evaluating Web content is up to:
  13. The American Library Association
  14. The reader
  15. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
  16. One advantage of Web-based portfolios over paper is:
  17. Privacy and security of the information
  18. Ease of creation
  19. Ability to easily cross-reference ideas

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Post-reading questions

  1. ______is (are) a type of _____
  2. Web pages, Hypermedia
  3. Hypermedia, Web pages
  4. The two terms are synonymous
  5. Hypermedia as an idea was first proposed by
  6. Steve Jobs
  7. Vannever Bush
  8. President Eisenhower
  9. When envisioning a system for navigating large amounts of information and a machine for storing the information, the person in #2 thought that the navigation system was ______the hardware.
  10. Nearly as important as
  11. As important as
  12. More important than
  13. The term hypertext was coined in ______.
  14. The 1940’s
  15. The 1960’s
  16. The 1980’s
  17. The World Wide Web is an example of a hypermedia system.
  18. True
  19. False
  20. A crucial difference between book-based text and hypermedia is that hypermedia is ______
  21. Non-literate
  22. Non-linear
  23. Linear
  24. A link from one idea to an idea on the same page is a(n) ______hyperlink.
  25. Target
  26. Relative
  27. Absolute
  28. A link from one idea to an idea on a page in the same Web site a(n) ______hyperlink.
  29. Target
  30. Relative
  31. Absolute
  32. A link from one idea to an idea a different Web site is a(n) ______hyperlink.
  33. Target
  34. Relative
  35. Absolute
  36. Which of the following is not an example of Web browsing software?
  37. Firefox
  38. Explorer
  39. Safari
  40. DreamWeaver
  41. <HEAD> is an example of an HTML _____
  42. Container
  43. Tag
  44. Statement
  45. People who create Web pages ______have to know how to write HTML code.
  46. Do
  47. Do not
  48. The code <H2> indicates
  49. A second level heading
  50. A line of text with a height of 2
  51. A horizontal line as a graphic element
  52. An image such as a photograph can be used as a background for a Web page.
  53. True
  54. False
  55. Multiple spaces in a Web page can be used to help line up text
  56. True
  57. False
  58. A template file helps with ______.
  59. Efficiency
  60. Consistency
  61. Readability
  62. A and B
  63. Having a Web page that you have created tested by an outside person is important because:
  64. Their unfamiliarity with the page parallels that of potential readers
  65. They don’t have previous knowledge which allows them to look past problems
  66. Fresh eyes may notice problems that the authors have overlooked
  67. All of the above
  68. Literacy maps are used in
  69. Developing lesson plans
  70. Testing students
  71. Accountability for teachers
  72. Dependent readers
  73. Cannot make inferences from text
  74. Need assistance from teachers or others
  75. A and B
  76. Teaching students to evaluate material encountered on line is part of literacy education.
  77. True
  78. False
  79. Historical narratives have traditionally been linear and rely on the written word. The Bayeau Tapestry is a historical narrative which is typical of this tradition.
  80. True
  81. False
  82. Students may improve their understanding of history through ______.
  83. Repeated deep readings of important texts
  84. Presentations of historical facts by fellow students
  85. Visual representations of the past
  86. Making appropriate selections from a large database of content-rich items requires
  87. Content knowledge in the area
  88. Pedagogical knowledge
  89. Both A and B
  90. Visual narratives can be
  91. Disruptive
  92. Chronological
  93. Topical
  94. Spatial
  95. B, C, and D
  96. All of the above
  97. Action research:
  98. Is usually conducted in educational settings
  99. Does not require a rigorous investigative method
  100. Focuses on teachers engaged in self-discovery
  101. Conducting action research as part of your academic work requires human subjects approval
  102. True
  103. False
  104. Literacy is focused primarily on reading and writing
  105. True
  106. False
  107. Maintenance is part of the ______phase.
  108. Publication
  109. Pre-production
  110. Production
  111. All of the above
  112. Communicating through hypermedia involves
  113. Reading
  114. Writing
  115. A and B
  116. Literacy in hypermedia communication should be ______.
  117. Taught in the computer lab as part of a technology class
  118. Embedded in the context of a content course such as math

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Guiding Learning WITH Technology study guide questions

Answer Key

Pre-reading

  1. A
  2. A
  3. D
  4. B
  5. C

Post-reading

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. B
  5. A
  6. B
  7. A
  8. B
  9. C
  10. D
  11. B
  12. B
  13. A
  14. A
  15. B
  16. D
  17. D
  18. A
  19. C
  20. A
  21. B
  22. C
  23. C
  24. F
  25. A
  26. A
  27. A
  28. A
  29. C
  30. B

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