The ‘screen-size’ art: Using digital media to perform poetry

English in Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-164

  Hughes, Janette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Digital literacy; Multimodality; Performance; Play; Poetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049085371     PISSN: 04250494     EISSN: 17548845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2008.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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