This article discusses about the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and raises contemporary concerns about the role of primary education teachers as knowledge producers. This study aims to analyze the use of ICTs as an artifact used to mediate the process of knowledge production; it also performs an exploratory and qualitative research, through documentary analysis, in order to present discussions about how the Elementary Education teachers of the Parana State (Brazil) are involved in the process of production, systematizing and publicizing the educational content in the Internet. Finally, it presents some studies to relate different forms of teachers' participation in the formation of practice communities of this nature.
teacher knowledge; ICT; teacher education; knowledge production; continuing education; practice communities
