Successful experiences of teachers with information and communication technologies in public schools

This paper is the result of a research placed at four public schools in Rio de Janeiro in 2003, with the purpose of analyzing well-succeeded experiences with different technologies in the classroom. A descriptive study focused on qualitative approach was performed in order to get the aim of the research. The data was colleted in the school environment with the participation of 17 teachers. The conclusions of the research point that that the participants described several successful experiences in relation to analogical technologies while only a few of the interviewees described their successful experiences with the digital ones. This can be attributed to the fact that the access to digital technologies for both teachers and students is possible provided especially to few schools, which are information poles.