Abstract: This article describes the concept of STREAM education in Russia and abroad (S stands for science; T – for technology; R – for reading; E – for engineering; A – for art; M – for mathematics). STREAM technology is designed for introducing classic literature to modern schoolers based on the development of innovative thinking and skills of the XXI century. The object of this research is the peculiarities of STREAM education within educational process of modern school. The subject of this research is the resources of STREAM education of acquainting modern schoolers with classic literature. The main research methods include: studying and analysis of pedagogical and special literature; conceptual analysis of the previously conducted research on the problems of implementation of STREAM in education; generalization of theoretical insights and their comparison with the current sociocultural situation; experimental data measurement acquired in the course of research, as well as their systemic and qualitative analysis. The scientific novelty consists in designing an original technology “ExSTREAMal Reading of Russian Classics” that acquaints modern schoolers with classic literature based on the development of innovative thinking and skills of the XXI century. The main conclusions lie in substantiation of the efficiency of application of such technology for developing educational motivation and encouraging modern schoolers to read.

Abstract: This article explores one of the basic tasks of modern education – introducing literature-based reading to modern schoolers. The perspective to the problem is presented with consideration of the development of information culture of modern society. The author describes the key peculiarities of the modern educational process: continuity of learning, change of students’ attitude towards the work with information, emergence of the new direction of the philosophy of education – connectivism, as well as a new type of student – the information literate user of educational services. Based on the described peculiarities of the modern educational process, the author determines the goal and subject of the research: the analysis of the terms of use of mobile technologies in education; characterization of pedagogical experiment, within the framework of which was tested the mobile application “CHITALKin’s Journal” as the means for introducing reading to modern schoolers. The scientific novelty lies in the authorial development of the aforementioned mobile application, which serves as an instrument for introducing reading to modern schoolers, and its implementation into the school curriculum, providing the criteria and indexes of the efficiency of its use. The main conclusion is defined by the substantiation of the efficiency of use of mobile technologies in promoting learning motivation and introducing reading to modern schoolers.