eng Science and Education Publishing World Journal of Chemical Education 2375-1657 2018-10-31 6 5 223 229 10.12691/wjce-6-5-4 WJCE2018654 article Esteban Lopez Moreno estebanlmoreno@gmail.com 1 Stephany Petronilho Heidelmann 2 Ana-Paula Correia 3 Programa de Pós Graduação em Ensino de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Departamento de Educação, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Department of Educational Studies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Distance education in Brazil exhibits a powerful impetus for education for all. This study examines the use of educational technologies to teach and learn Chemistry as part of an effort to contribute to teachers' professional development in the context of Brazilian education. Criteria for selection and analysis of different technologies were identified based on teachers' input and in the context of high school settings. They are: cost, ease of use, applicability in the classroom. The results if this analysis showed that after overcoming initial resistance, teachers used different technologies to increase engagement in the online classroom. http://pubs.sciepub.com/wjce/6/5/4/wjce-6-5-4.pdf teaching and learning of chemistry computational technologies chemistry educational applications