{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,2]],"date-time":"2025-08-02T17:08:28Z","timestamp":1754154508452,"version":"3.41.2"},"reference-count":9,"publisher":"Emerald","issue":"2","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2008,3,21]],"date-time":"2008-03-21T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1206057600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/site-policies"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2008,3,21]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Purpose<\/jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of this paper is to summarise the authors' experience in furthering the educative use of Information Technology and the internet in the primary schools of northeast Portugal. The main goal of the Programme \u201cInternet in Schools\u201d is the development of Information Technology in Portuguese schools. It focuses on the use of the technology, rather than on its immediate pedagogical use. The characteristics of the target regions help in understanding this aim: teachers and students, as well as the population in general, were largely unaware of the potential of IT in general.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The project, the first and still the largest of its kind in Portugal, ultimately involved 1,137 schools, more than 1,700 teachers, and roughly 13,000 pupils. It was decided to centre the training process in the schools and communities themselves. The methodology implemented is distributed rather than centralised, and involves a series of school visits interspersed with training sessions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The transfer of the training process from the university campus to the schools and communities themselves allowed for a very high degree of teacher participation. The first school visit was vital, allowing for the creation of a strong feeling of empathy between the trainer and the teachers and pupils. This was undoubtedly one of the main factors that lead to an easier and more enthusiastic participation from the teachers. The efforts to put theory into practice in the classrooms were rewarded by a quicker rate of acceptance of IT in the classroom. The use of the internet, namely of web services and e\u2010mail, was stimulated through the various training and awareness raising sessions (supported by Netmobiles) directed at the community in general. Such sessions enabled many individuals in the region to have their first contact with and experience of IT. This constitutes a sound and valuable contribution in terms of awareness raising, training and development towards IT in the region. The following factors played a very important role in the achievement of the goals: the training team was always present or could be easily contacted; both teachers and pupils contributed with material and resources; there was a continuous exchange of experiences; a vast number of individuals and entities participated in the project.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>This was the first and still the largest approach of its kind in Portugal, and this is the only paper purposing and describing the used methodology in detail and the main conclusions reached.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/00012530810862455","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,4,5]],"date-time":"2008-04-05T07:02:11Z","timestamp":1207378931000},"page":"111-129","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Promoting the educative use of the internet in Portuguese primary schools: a case study"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Manuel J.C.S.","family":"Reis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gina M.M.C.","family":"Santos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paulo J.S.G.","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2022031119495277900_b1","unstructured":"Carneiro, R. (2001), Fundamentos da Educa\u00e7\u00e3o e da Aprendizagem \u2013 21 Ensaios para o s\u00e9culo 21, 2nd ed., Sodilivros, Lisboa."},{"key":"key2022031119495277900_b2","unstructured":"Dewey, J. (1900), The Child and the Curriculum\/the School and Society, combined ed. 1900\/1956, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL."},{"key":"key2022031119495277900_b3","unstructured":"Lemos, J. and Silveira, T. (2003), Autonomia e Gest\u00e3o das Escolas \u2013 Legisla\u00e7\u00e3o Anotada, 4th ed., Porto Editora, Porto."},{"key":"key2022031119495277900_b4","unstructured":"Marques, R. (2000), Dicion\u00e1rio Breve de Pedagogia, Editorial Presen\u00e7a, Lisboa."},{"key":"key2022031119495277900_b5","unstructured":"Reis, M. and Santos, G. (2002), O B\u2010A\u2010B@ da Internet, Universidade de Tr\u00e1s\u2010os\u2010Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real."},{"key":"key2022031119495277900_b6","unstructured":"Reis, M., Santos, G., Teixeira, C., Vieira, N. and Peixoto, S. (2002), \u201cInternet as a learning tool in the \u2018Tr\u00e1s\u2010os\u2010Montes e Alto Douro\u2019 region\u201d, Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Badajoz, Vol. 3, pp. 1494\u20108."},{"key":"key2022031119495277900_b7","unstructured":"Santos, G. and Reis, M. (2001), \u201cForma\u00e7\u00e3o de professores de Tr\u00e1s\u2010os\u2010Montes e Alto Douro na utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o da Internet \u2013 1a fase SCETAD \u2013 AEP\u201d, Actas da II Confer\u00eancia Internacional de Tecnologias de Informa\u00e7\u00e3o e Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o da Educa\u00e7\u00e3o, Desafios 2001, Challenges' 2001, Braga, Vol. 2001, pp. 861\u201071."},{"key":"key2022031119495277900_b8","unstructured":"Santos, G., Reis, M., Rodrigues, F., Cordeiro, M., Ribeiro, S. and Pinto, P. (2003), \u201cCentros de recursos educativos: o exemplo do \u2018Tr\u00e1s\u2010os\u2010Montes Digital\u201d, Actas Challenges 2003, 5o SIIE, Braga, pp. 13\u2010148."},{"key":"key2022031119495277900_b9","unstructured":"Savioz, R. (1956), Georg Kerchensteiner, Chapter 10, Livros do Brasil, Lisboa, pp. 267\u201083."}],"container-title":["Aslib Proceedings"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1108\/00012530810862455","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/00012530810862455\/full\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/00012530810862455\/full\/html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,24]],"date-time":"2025-07-24T11:36:54Z","timestamp":1753357014000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emerald.com\/ajim\/article\/60\/2\/111-129\/63351"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2008,3,21]]},"references-count":9,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2008,3,21]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1108\/00012530810862455"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/00012530810862455","relation":{},"ISSN":["0001-253X"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"0001-253X"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2008,3,21]]}}}