Environmental Detectives: PDAs as a window into a virtual simulated world

Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education, WMTE 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 95-98

  Klopfer, Eric ^a   Squire, Kurt ^b   Jenkins, Henry ^b  

^a MIT Teacher Education Program   (United States)

^b MIT Comparative Media Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; AUTHORING TOOL; CONTEXT SENSITIVITY; HANDHELDS; INTERACTIVITY; PORTABLE DEVICE; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; SIMULATION PLATFORM;

AUGMENTED REALITY; BRIDGES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 78650276238     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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