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“Under the language curriculum, it’s mentioned briefly about six times between Grade 3 and 8, so it’s a choice for students,” she said — not a must. “The real focus is to be digitally literate and to think creatively.” This really is a shame. Writing something down is really the only way to get a good idea out if your head and in to paper. Neil Gaiman write an entire novel in a journal using pen and paper before using a laptop to eventually get it polished and perfect. And while I do understand the need to be computer literate in a digital world, I think our kids play enough DS, XBOX and PS3 and do enough texting that they could probably do without a keyboard class or two to learn and practice cursive writing.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:44:09 +0000

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