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Scientific and methodical journal “Informatics and education" was founded in 1986. It was the period of introduction of a new general learning subject "Fundamentals of Informatics and computing machinery into the schools of the country. Creation of the journal was caused by the call of the times. Teachers needed methodological support in solving urgent problems associated with introduction of a new course into pedagogical practice.

Vladimir Andreevich Melnikov, the first editor-in-chief of INFO, was an academician of RAS (at that time-USSR Academy of Sciences). The first issues of the journal included articles by the academicians Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov and Andrey Petrovich Ershov. Participation of the Academy in the journal’s life emphasized the importance that the scientific community attached to this new school subject. In those years, there was already an understanding that informatics will play a crucial role in development of education in the XXI century.

Informatics on the journal’s pages has always been considered as the basis of informatization, thus it has always presented two equal areas: methods of teaching of the Informatics and education Informatization. The journal set guidelines in development of methods of teaching the informatics and provided samples of competent lessons construction on this subject. Also, it offered materials where the well-known scientists, theorists and practitioners formed and developed the theoretical foundations and practical aspects of informatization of education, use of information and communication technologies in educational process.

Throughout its existence, school informatics has undergone tremendous changes, having come a long way from the "course of computer literacy" to a full-fledged general educational subject. And during this long distance, the journal reflected changes that took place in the "Informatics" subject, as well as participating directly in its successful development. The authors of the programs and textbooks on informatics, developers of the e-learning resources, practicing teachers have gradually joined the group of authors of the journal.

At present, informatics as a school subject is facing new tasks defined by the new directions of development and modernization of the Russian school. New standards of education significantly expand ideas about requirements for educational results, improving the use and assessment procedures of educational achievements of students, creation of a new information and educational environment and organization of network interaction of the participants in the educational process. All these new aspects are reflected on the pages of "Informatics and education" journal.

The journal still aims to be a reference point for the informatics teacher, to be his assistant in development of new types and ways of professional activity. However, INFO today is not only a publication for those who are directly engaged in school informatics, but also for anyone who is going the main road of our new school — the way of mass introduction of information and communication technologies in all spheres of educational activity, including education management.

Modern school cannot be imagined without information and educational environment and modern education is unthinkable without information and communication technologies. Therefore, the INFO pages are viewed by the teachers of various subjects, heads of the education system, developers of the new ICT tools, creators of the digital educational resources.