Technological competence of a modern educator as a condition of educational tasks efficient solving

This paper considers a problem of technological competence of educators, which influences effectiveness of their activity. The problem of technological competence is considered in terms of requirements to educational institutions. It highlights the critical requirements to personality development of modern human. The paper touches upon the role of pedagogical engineering as a base for successful selection of educational technology. It describes modern technologies with specification of their applicability to solve educational challenges. The paper summarizes the experience of the author who has worked at school for many years. The paper describes capabilities of the technology for critical thinking development by means of reading and writing. The possibility of this technology for creativity, critical thinking, communication skills and teamwork development is proved. The paper provides a brief presentation of pedagogical technologies based on the ideas of psychotechnics. The author gives information about pedagogical technologies focused on the right hemisphere development. In the conclusion the author gives her own vision of the technological competence of a modern teacher, which is determined not only in quantitative, but also in qualitative characteristics.