Information-Educational Environment as a Condition of Formation of Gifted Children's Informational-Digital Competence

The article deals with the influence of information-educational environment on gifted child’s development. The study was carried out on the basis of the Laboratory of informational technologies of education in Kharkiv Regional Specialized Boarding School of the 2nd – 3rd degrees “Giftedness”. The directions of the activities of the Laboratory of informational technologies of education have been revealed. They included: introduction and integration of distance learning into educational process, organization of distance learning through cooperation with institutions of higher education (dual education); creation and replenishment of methodical-informational resources of school; ensuring sustainable functioning and development of computer network, use of new means of informational technologies; software and technical, methodic and organizational support of educational computer classrooms and computer equipment; providing school representation in world informational space; support of projects that include use of new informational technologies and Internet; funding educational software; researching the effectiveness of using software tools etc. The requirements to information-educational environment and organization of gifted children’s work have been determined. They are development of informational culture and competence of the participants of the environment, its orientation on monitoring of development of child’s giftedness, harmonization of relationships between participants of educational process, strengthening school ties with the external environment.