Keyboarding Vs Handwriting in schools
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Keyboarding Vs Handwriting in schools
These days it's probably more important to be learning within their own world using the computers seems to be the way to go. On the other hand we wouldn't want future generations to lose the craft/motor skill of handwriting. What is more important for the education of today's children?
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and after learning what tings are they need to apply so here keyboard plays the role
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Touch typing should be taught early in life to help eliminate errors and increase speed. To a certain extent, technology has outstripped our capabilities and we have two generations of keyboard users who still type with two fingers. I say not good enough!
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Cheer up, Bighuey, my pet rant is aimed at school children. I'm afraid it's too late for the rest of us!!!!! <wink>Bighuey wrote:Now I feel inadequate. I type with two fingers. I thought I was doing great when I graduated from one finger.
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Probably it is more important nowadays to have keyboard skills but it is a pity to see good handwriting disappearing.
I was recently looking at the Irish census returns for 1901 & 1911 & it's amazing when you see the magnificent penmanship on the forms ... real copperplate stuff from, in most cases, people who only had basic education.
But then nearly everything had to be handwritten in those days so good penmanship was vital.
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Ive noticed that, too. Things written in the 18th and 19th century had perfect handwriting. They must have had more time then.Fran wrote:My handwriting is like a doctors script so I type as much as possible. Of course even the doctor doesn't write the script anymore!
Probably it is more important nowadays to have keyboard skills but it is a pity to see good handwriting disappearing.
I was recently looking at the Irish census returns for 1901 & 1911 & it's amazing when you see the magnificent penmanship on the forms ... real copperplate stuff from, in most cases, people who only had basic education.
But then nearly everything had to be handwritten in those days so good penmanship was vital.