Faculty use of Tablet PCs in teacher education and K-12 settings

TechTrends

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 54-61

  Steinweg, Sue Byrd ^a   Williams, Sarah Carver ^a   Stapleton, Joy Neal ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital inking; K 12 education; Pen based computing; Tablet PC; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951828844     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-010-0404-5     Document Type: Article

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