Young children's exploration of semiotic resources during unofficial computer activities in the classroom

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-293

  Björkvall, Anders ^a   Engblom, Charlotte ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Gövle University   (Sweden)

Author keywords

affordance; computers; contemporary technology; semiotic resource; social semiotic ethnography; techno literacy; unofficial literacy activity; young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049268551     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: 17412919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798410372159     Document Type: Article

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