The main regularities of creative activity of students and the ways of its revitalization

This article presents a study on the problem of actualization of creative activity of students in the course "Information technologies" and "Computer science". Creativity is considered as a method of cognition. Teaching students the means of knowledge is one of the directions of the modern higher school. This creative process can be most effective if students collaborate with each other and with teachers. Creativity is a form of manifestation of active personal position, the implementation of which students create not only new, but also acquire important qualities of personality.