10 trendy tools for teachers:

10 trendy tools for teachers:

1. Nowadays our society is very different than before, kids learn in different ways and they have more resoruces, meaning technology and they like it, it is a way in which they can learn and have fun.

   • 2. Enriching apps: It talks about the technological devices that are more common in schools, which are ipads, it is very easy for some schools to get this kind of devices for students and it will be a helper in the learning and teaching process. (kateri,2013,p.1).
     • 3. Educational video sites: this one talks about using something else instead of only books, that is why they are educational videos for students using really simple steps to get this. there is Discovery education, teachertube,etc. (Kateri, 2013, p.1).
       • 4. Online organization: this tool named Symbaloo, helps the teachers who struggle readers ability to navigate the desktop on students computers. this tool will help the learning process occur faster with no time problems. (kateri,2013,p.1).
         • 5. Interactive whiteboards: This tool is about interactive whiteboards, students can pass in front of the whiteboard and participate in a different way, teachers need to plan this class before because working with whiteboards take time and they need to be ready if the internet is slow or gone.(kateri,2013,p.1)
           • 6. Digital storytelling: Reading is very important for kids, they love it and it also encourages their own imagination, that is why this app is created, with the purpose for kids to create their own story, their own characters and to make them express how they feel. story bird and little bird tales are some examples of it. (Kateri, 2013, p.1).
             • 7. Collaborative resources: Communication is the key for everyone but it is not easy for everyone to see friends, family, teachers everyday, that is why Skype is an app that allows people to communicate with everybody in diferent parts of the worls, also another app called Edmodo allows teachers and students to leep a good and active conversation, the student can deliever their homework there and the teacher will check it as soon as possible. ( Kateri, 2013,p.1).
               • 8. Ebooks: Allows students to find books online, for example, sometimes the school can not provide everything for us, that is why Disney digital books and tumble books make this easier for us. (Kateri,2013,p.1).
                 • 9. Virtual Timers: It keeps control ins tudents at the time of working with technology, there is tick tock timer and egg timer. (Kateri,2013,p.1).
                   • 10. Online behavior systems: Promotes motivation and participation in students, also students can see their behavior there and how much they have improved. ( Kateri,2013,p.1).
                     • According to Rvachew (2016): kids will not learn only by using techonoly or digital apps, but with the interaction with other people, they need to explore and discover, of course technology is really effective in any way, but kids need to have that process in which they will move and meet new people, new words and new knowledge in a positive way. (p.3).
                       • According to Stosic (2015): Techonoly is advance more and more every year, nowadays children know wverything about these tools, that is why it is very important for the future teachers to know about technology for their curriculum, because we have the future kids that will grow in an era full of technology. (p.113).
                         • According to Sarewitz ( 2011): Technology is not only a matter of innovation, it is also a matter of adoption by a critical mass with cultural, political and economic context. (p.2).
                           • Bibliography:- Reinan,B. (2013). 10 trendy tools for teachers. United States.-Rvachew,S. (2016). Technology in early childhood education. Canada. -Stosic, L. (2015), The importance of edcational technology in teaching. Macedonia. - No author. (2017)Technology and education: Challenges and opportunities.

2. That is why as future teachers we need to expand our knowlege and teach new teaching ways for our students, that is why this mind map will tell us which tools we can use to make a good use of technology.

   • 1.Interactive websites: for pre-k students and it will improve the reading skills in students, also they will practice their mathematics skills, and the teacher will be a guide only when it is really neccessary.(kateri, 2013,p.1).