The one laptop per child project and the negotiation of technological meaning

First Monday

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

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EID: 45949101692     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v13i6.2144     Document Type: Article

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