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Although the Web is almost omnipresent in many children’s lives, most children lack adequateWeb searching skills as well as skills to process and critically evaluate Web information. In this article,we describe and evaluate an educational program that aimed at acquiring Web skills in the contextof a content knowledge domain. Through a multiple case study design we wanted to gain insightinto the contextual factors that influence the realization of such program and into the learning gainsin the participating classes in terms of content knowledge and Web skills. Four 5th grade teacherscarried out the program, which consisted of eight weekly sessions and focused on teaching studentsWeb searching, reading and evaluating skills within the subject of healthy food. Data from a varietyof sources were collected: videotaped and written lesson observations, interviews with teachers andstudents, teacher diaries, student questionnaires and student assignments. The results show that theteachers appeared to be able to carry out the program to varying degrees. Contextual factors thatinfluenced the realization of the program were partly related to specific conditions as the investment
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