"It's a double-edged sword, this technology business": Secondary English teachers' perspectives on a schoolwide laptop technology initiative

Teachers College Record

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1055-1079

  McGrail, Ewa ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33744759233     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2006.00685.x     Document Type: Review

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