Social media and technology have influenced on all facets of life as
they develop rapidly. The proliferation of social media and technology
has changed the way educators teach, how students learn, and the way
teachers and students communicate. Teachers are now facilitated by many
apps to teach and communicate with not only their students but also the
students’ parents.
There are many online applications for teachers settled in the
websites that can be used for our language teaching and learning process
in the classroom.
TED-Ed Innovative Educators and the TED-Ed community,
have embraced 25 awesome applications for teachers, and recommended by
teachers. For further information about the online applications and the
link connected to each official page, let’s check it out on the official TED-Ed blog.
TED education tools are recommended for teacher because it serves many
of online social media that very useful for language teaching and
learning process. TED education tools also grouped those online
applications based on the course objective and the learner’s need;
1. For teaching students how to present, create and code,
2. For everyday classroom needs,
3. For collaborating on school projects,
4. For communicating with students (and their families), and
5. For giving (and receiving) student feedback.
Moreover, students can ask the teacher about the material they don’t
understand yet whenever and wherever as long as the internet connection
is accessible or online quiz through social media as well. It can be
more effective because that kind of test doesn’t use paper, so it is
good for environment, and it is well programmed between the question and
answer, so there won’t be mistakes when the teacher correct the
students’ work. Besides that, students can explore knowledge from any
literature through the social media by themselves. In short, the teacher
can conduct the class activity becomes more innovative and creative
through those online social media application.
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