According to recent surveys on pedagogical innovation and teachers' professional development, Italy lags behind most OECD countries when it comes to equipment and usage of information and communication technology (ICT) in school. Schools need to support professional development and new training models, so that teachers who are less proficient in the use of technology can acquire proper skills and strategies. This study aims at investigating: lower secondary teachers' familiarity with ICT

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... ical usage and active learning strategies; teachers' difficulties in introducing ICT in school, which might be associated with their professional profile; teachers' self-efficacy perception, which is a significant (and measurable) component of the beliefs that influence ICT adoption. In order to achieve this goal, an informal blended training course supported by Cloud Computing Applications and Services has been organized and monitored. Data collection tools and evaluation questionnaires were arranged and partly for citations: Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society Je-LKS