should students be taught typing instead of writing
The bottom
line is that students need to spend more time writing by hand. I can certainly
understand their reluctance to unplug. It is much easier to be given information to learn instead of selecting
the information to be learned.
I never thought I would be advocating for
less technology in the classroom. As a borderline millennial, I began using
computers regularly in college. I am on a laptop for a large portion of my day.
However, the research is in, and we are
losing learning opportunities by spoon feeding content to our students.
Eventually students will become accustomed
to receiving information without processing it.
And that is not good for our future. We as
educators can take steps to ensure our students are critical thinkers capable
of processing information effectively.
