Teachers enacting a technology-rich curriculum for emergent literacy

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-54

  Cviko, Amina ^a   McKenney, Susan ^a   Voogt, Joke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emergent literacy; Kindergarten; Technology integration; Technology rich learning environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856228289     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-011-9208-3     Document Type: Article

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