New directions for early literacy in a digital age: The iPad

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 289-310

  Flewitt, Rosie ^a   Messer, David ^b   Kucirkova, Natalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

apps; digital; Early literacy; figured worlds; iPad; learning disabilities; touch screen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904744231     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: 17412919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798414533560     Document Type: Article

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