Touching the screen: Issues related to the use of touchscreen technology in early childhood education

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-339

  Romeo, Geoff ^a   Edwards, Suzy ^a   McNamara, Sue ^a   Walker, Ian ^b   Ziguras, Christopher ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CHILDHOOD EDUCATION; TOUCHSCREEN TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 0038610708     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8535.00330     Document Type: Article

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