The article is devoted to the issues of training specialists in the field of special education using modern digital educational technologies, in particular, using the innovative resources of the Moscow Electronic School.
The prerequisites are the urgent need to train modern special teachers who are able to work with children with disabilities and who are proficient in modern digital educational technologies.
The purpose of the study is to develop a technology for training specialists in higher education, who own the resources of the "Moscow Electronic School".
Research methods: questioning of students, expert assessment of students by pedagogical workers in order to assess the skills and abilities of working in the MES environment.
The results of the study indicate that the proposed technology for training specialists in higher education, who own the resources of the Moscow Electronic School, within the elective, has demonstrated rather high results. The study revealed a greater satisfaction of teachers with the preparation of students, namely, an increase in the creative potential, the emergence of students' involvement in practice was noted. In particular, this was noted in the students' independent approach to adapting their lessons to the special educational needs of mentally retarded schoolchildren, in the correct temporal alternation of the stages of working with the interactive panel. So, teachers, heads of practice noted a high level of ownership of MES resources in 2020 among 57% of students, which is almost twice as high as among students who underwent teaching practice in 2018 (31%). The average level in 2020 was registered in 28%, low - in 15%, which is almost two times less than in 2018 (27%).
The introduction of such an elective is exclusive, since it is focused on students enrolled in the specialty (defectological) education and solves the following problems: firstly, equipping with the skills and abilities of working in a digital environment, namely the environment of the Moscow Electronic School, and secondly, equipping with specific knowledge and skills of developing electronic content for children with disabilities.