7 10, 2019

Is STEM Over-rated?

By | October 7th, 2019|Categories: Education|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

If you’re a parent with children in K-12 education, you have likely been STEMed to death in recent years. In primary and secondary education, we are bombarded by STEM this and STEM that. As I’m sure you know by now, STEM is a hot topic these days in the ongoing debate about how to best [...]

4 06, 2014

Handwriting is Better Than Keyboarding for Children

By | June 4th, 2014|Categories: Technology|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

A fascinating article about the impact of handwriting vs. typing on a keyboard. The research seems clear that handwriting has important benefits over keyboarding (yes, it is a verb now!). This despite the fact that increasing numbers of schools have stopped teaching handwriting after second grade and no longer teach cursive writing.