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Andrew Williamson

Keyboard classes take over from handwriting lessons in Finland's schools - 43 views

www.theage.com.au/...s-schools-20150201-130saz.html

keyboard handwriting

shared by Andrew Williamson on 03 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • Andrew Williamson on 03 Feb 15
     
    "Finland is planning to phase out handwriting classes in favour of keyboard skills, a recognition that this generation will never write a letter, birthday card or love letter. Instead, they'll text, tap and tweet."
  • Andrew Williamson on 03 Feb 15
     
    "Finland is planning to phase out handwriting classes in favour of keyboard skills, a recognition that this generation will never write a letter, birthday card or love letter. Instead, they'll text, tap and tweet."
Roland Gesthuizen

Warning over children's 'appalling' handwriting skills - Telegraph - 123 views

www.telegraph.co.uk/...alling-handwriting-skills.html

handwriting literacy keyboarding typing teaching learning

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 15 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 15 Oct 11
     
    Children are struggling to write their own name because growing numbers of schools are shunning traditional handwriting lessons, academics have warned.
Margaret FalerSweany

What's Lost as Handwriting Fades - 52 views

www.nytimes.com/...lost-as-handwriting-fades.html

handwriting

shared by Margaret FalerSweany on 03 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand, but they also remain better able to generate ideas and retain information.
  • When children had drawn a letter freehand, they exhibited increased activity in three areas of the brain that are activated in adults when they read and write
  • When the children composed text by hand, they not only consistently produced more words more quickly than they did on a keyboard, but expressed more ideas.
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  • cursive writing may train self-control ability in a way that other modes of writing do not
  • For adults, typing may be a fast and efficient alternative to longhand, but that very efficiency may diminish our ability to process new information
  • students learn better when they take notes by hand than when they type on a keyboard.
  • writing by hand allows the student to process a lecture’s contents and reframe it — a process of reflection and manipulation that can lead to better understanding and memory encoding.
Lino Oliveira

Surface Pro 3: Why the Pen is Mightier than the Keyboard - YouTube - 40 views

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surface pro 3 education presentations

shared by Lino Oliveira on 13 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • Lino Oliveira on 13 Jan 16
     
    "In this research-backed presentation, Travis discusses the impact of technology and its ability to transform the way students think, create and learn, with a particular focus on Microsoft Surface Pro 3." Regardless of the model of the equipment, this presentation is excellent for all of those interested in topics such as: - Impact of technology in teaching and learning - Tablets in classroom - BYOD - Digital vs. handwriting notetaking
  • Lino Oliveira on 13 Jan 16
     
    "In this research-backed presentation, Travis discusses the impact of technology and its ability to transform the way students think, create and learn, with a particular focus on Microsoft Surface Pro 3." Regardless of the model of the equipment, this presentation is excellent for all of those interested in topics such as: - Impact of technology in teaching and learning - Tablets in classroom - BYOD - Digital vs. handwriting notetaking
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