Modern teacher under the conditions of digitalization of education

At present, Russia is implementing the priority federal project Modern Digital Educational Environment in the Russian Federation (within the framework of the national project Development of Education developed in accordance with Executive Order No 204 On National Goals and Strategic Objectives of the Russian Federation through to 2024 dated May 7, 2018). The Sverdlovsk region is also making serious efforts to create a digital educational environment (regional project Modern Digital Educational Environment of the Sverdlovsk Region). To ensure the global competitiveness of the Russian education and the entry of the Russian Federation in the top 10 countries in terms of the general education quality, the ambitious objective on the creation of Digital School by 2024 is set, in which the system of educational process organization, teachers' work, and administrative and economic management should be digitized, i.e. to be provided with modern information technologies and accompanied by informationally competent teaching staff. Based on the analysis of modern research, the article identifies key problems arising in the process of implementing the project on digitization of education.