Modern information technologies as a means of developing professional competence of pedagogical personnel in the system of continuous education
The article reveals the role of information technology in the process of developing the professional competence of teachers in the system of continuous education. The authors draw attention to the fact that modern information technologies strengthen the motivational field, the cognitive activity of not only students, but also teachers. In the context of modernization of Russian education, one of the priority areas is the fulfillment of the state's social order for the training of pedagogical personnel, who are able to effectively organize educational activities, be open to intercultural, interpersonal interaction with all participants in the educational process. Despite the fact that interactive educational technologies are diverse in their essential characteristics and conditions of use, the authors of the article propose a number of experimentally defined interactive educational technologies, the use of which can significantly increase the effectiveness of the learning process in the system of continuous education (dialogue and discussion technologies, creative technologies, personal developing technologies, communication technologies, training technologies, information technologies). The article focuses on the fact that interactive educational technologies are focused on a wider interaction of participants in the educational process with each other, as well as on the dominance of the activity of each of them in the learning process. Teamwork in a team significantly activates the learning process, increases its effectiveness. Therefore, along with traditional methods and teaching aids, interactive educational technologies should be widely applied, including in the system of continuous education.