Interactive whiteboards and talking books: A new approach to teaching children to write?

Literacy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-34

  Martin, Sheena ^a  

^a Hallside Primary School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big books; Enjoyment; Inclusion; Interactive teaching; Interactive whiteboard

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247339731     PISSN: 17414350     EISSN: 17414369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9345.2007.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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