Improving K-12 pedagogy via a Cloud designed for education

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 235-241

  Stein, Sarah ^a   Ware, Jennifer ^a   Laboy, Johanne ^a   Schaffer, Henry E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebra; Cloud computing; Geometry; K 12 education; Mathematics; Software; Virtual Computing Lab; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

COST EFFECTIVE; DYNAMIC GEOMETRY; K-12 EDUCATION; LEARNING TOOL; NORTH CAROLINA; REMOTE ACCESS; SCHOOL SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL COMPUTING;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 84870461373     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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