ICT (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TEHNOLOGY) +IN THE EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE OF SCHOOLS
The paper contains a description of main directions and the results of informatization of education in Russia, the classification of ICT resources. It provides new methods and forms of education, which have become available since the introduction of ICT in the educational practice, the author enumerates the main forms of work and other activities with the use of ICT, as well as the software most commonly used for this purpose. Particular attention is being paid to the four stages of informatization of educational institutions: author lists the internal and external signs by which the educational process of the school can be attributed to one of them. This article contains historical information about the implementation of computer technology in secondary schools in Russia, of the education management system, the work of other statistical agencies, based on the analysis of foreign literature, data of the worldwide database (The World Factbook); the current stage of informatization of domestic education in accordance with the model developed by UNESCO is defined