I appreciated class on Sept. 1st when we discussed blogging and keeping a journal. Imagine how much easier it would have been for my grandma to log in and type away. Somehow maybe not as personal.
I was going to comment on the art of handwriting. (Cursive) Our school district has looked at that particular argument off and on. We called companies to see how much they used it in their place of employment. It was found very few places use it except for people to sign their names. I personally believe it is an art. I also believe students should not have to do it all of the time, but when ours are taught in third grade to do it I feel it does need to be reinforced a little further down the road. Otherwise maybe it is time to teach keyboarding instead of cursive writing. To me this is when there can be such a tug-of-war over what to do, how often, when and if at all. I can imagine the handwriting issue will be around for quite a while.
Blogging allows freedom and creativity if the person so chooses. It was interesting the comparisons and what different people thought.
Right now it is a issue that surrounds access -- handwriting is an art and it won't go away in the near future. The only way keyboarding will take the place of handwriting is if students had access to type 24/7. Even then, there are things that we probably just need to handwrite. Isn't there something about getting a thank-you note that is typewritten?? Not very personal!
ReplyDeleteI thought this argument was interesting as well. I once heard a kindergarten teacher say she doesn't enforce perfect handwriting very much becauase those children will never write anything. I was shocked. I do agree that they will print a lot less than when my parents were in school and probably less when I was in school, but I still feel it's important to teach and practice good handwriting. I have been in so many classrooms and have been unable to read the students' handwriting. I'm all for incorporating technology into the classroom and love blogging, but I hope that teachers still continue to work on handwriting.
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