Online teaching tools

With the trends of developing modern technology, more and more online teaching and learning tools are appearing. I am surprised that the classrooms can be influenced and assisted by these educational teaching tools to a large extent, for instance, Socrative, Edmodo, and Twiducate can help the teachers build virtual classrooms without the restraint of time and space. 

iPhone and iPad applications are used more and more frequently in class. Based on my experience of learning a language, iPad helps a lot. I have downloaded various dictionaries and ESL/ FLL applications. In this applications, multi-media elements are always embedded in. These will improve the users attention and performance in using. 

All these online teaching tools will assist teaching. However, as teachers, we have to realize that they are only tools. We'd better not totally depend on them. Without electronic tools in ancient times, the teachers can achieve excellent students. What really matters should be the teaching content, but not the tools. The more you rely on external tools, the more unreliable your internal tools will be in the future.