Currently, the Republic of Kazakhstan is developing an education system focused on entering the global informational and educational space. This process makes adjustments to the content of education, teaching methods and technologies. The processes of informatization of society contribute to the intellectualization of all types of human activity, the creation of a qualitatively new information environment of society, in which the development of human creativity takes place. The article discusses the issues of mastering information technology as a condition for developing the professional competence of a future primary school teacher, organizing information and computer training of future primary school teachers and its impact on the development of information and computer culture of elementary school students. The authors consider information and computer culture in the structure of professional competence of a future primary school teacher. The purpose of this article is to identify the possibilities of using information technologies that contribute to the development of the intellectual potential of a teacher.