Writing the future in the digital age

Literacy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 118-128

  Merchant, Guy ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital literacy; Literacy curriculum; New technologies; Primary schools; Text production

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748930225     PISSN: 17414350     EISSN: 17414369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9345.2007.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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