In the Digital Age, Is Teaching Cursive Relevant?
Reading and writing are fundamental to learning. But as more kids read and write via some sort of computing device — laptop, tablet, cell phone — how we teach those skills is changing, and one significant change is the decision to teach cursive. When it comes to equipping students with “21st century skills,” typing is in, cursive is out.
» via MediaShift
So kids in the future won’t be able to read original docs like the Declaration of Independence & Am History majors will have to learn it as adults?
I wonder if we’d lose anything (cognitive/creative ability) should writing go away entirely…
