Using the multimodal affordances of the interactive whiteboard to support students' understanding of texts

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-250

  Maher, Damian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E book; Ict; Interactive whiteboard; Multimodalities; Primary schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960652103     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2010.536553     Document Type: Article

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