This article deals with the use of digital educational content in mathematics teaching. The relevance of its use in distance and blended learning is important in a difficult epidemiological situation and in wartime, not only for the organisation of learning, but also for ensuring the quality of educational services. To this end, a questionnaire was developed and an online survey of 261 teachers from all regions of Ukraine was conducted. As a result of surveying teachers who teach mathematics in primary, basic, profiled schools, vocational and higher education, we found that 99.9% of them have experience in distance or blended learning, with 94.6% using digital educational content. In this regard, the question of which digital resources are the most popular among teachers, as well as at what level they use them -develop their own content or use ready-made content, is relevant. The article also explores teachers purposes for using digital content, their awareness, and their experience with such content. According to the analysis of teachers' responses, only 16.9% constantly create interactive assignments in various online services, and 70.9% do so occasionally. The results of the survey identified the most popular software packages for creating educational content; software for preparing presentations; tools for creating graphics and infographics; software for creating and editing videos; specialized mathematical packages and tools for studying mathematics; online services for test writing; services for creating interactive exercises, games, mental maps; online whiteboards; educational platforms. Teachers were also asked to assess their level of ICT-competence, and 68.2% of teachers in Ukraine considered it sufficient. At the same time, there is a trend towards the development of ICT competences through mastering new services, in particular, software for working with multimedia information, and for this purpose 79.2% of teachers need seminars, webinars and trainings.

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CULTURE OF SAFE USE OF THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT BY FUTURE TEACHERS The article deals with the features of the safe use of the information environment by future teachers. Basing on the literature review, the following information environment threats for future teachers have been distinguished: content (unlawful content; promoting drugs, violence, alcohol, terrorism, xenophobia, and gambling; spreading of false information, etc.), psychological (Internet addiction, computer addiction; compulsive web surfing), moral and spiritual (the threat of the adoption of moral values containing antisocial character), physiological (functional disorders of the organs of vision, disorders of musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, nervous, immune and other body systems); delinquency: the threat of unlawful acts against the information environment user. The kinds of culture, which help a person use the information environment with safety have been described. Personal Information Culture is a set of information outlook and the system of knowledge and skills, providing focused independent activities aimed at satisfying individual information requirements, using both traditional and innovative information technologies. Digital Culture is a new branch of modern culture based on the use of electronic means of information and communication technologies in all spheres of human activities. Media culture includes culture of information transfer and culture of its perception; it may be a system of personal development levels able to read, analyze, evaluate media texts, deal with media arts, acquire new knowledge by means of media. The culture of safe use of the information environment by future teachers is considered as a set of rules of conduct in the information environment with the help of which a future teacher realises and develops it as a system of symbols and signs, direct and inverse information chains generated by means of information and communication technologies defending the vital interests of an individual, preventing adverse effect on his/her social, spiritual and moral well-being and a healthy physical and mental development.

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