I know I'm not the only one thinking about handwriting and its future these days.
Much has been in the news and commentary lately about Indiana's decision to not only remove (cursive) handwriting from state education standards but to include keyboarding proficiency as a standard as part of transitioning to new national learning guides, the Common Core State Standard Initiatives.
The memo to Indiana educators announcing this change did include a caveat: individual districts, schools, and educators may continue to teach cursive if they would like and feel its relevant.
Visions of the metric system, the paperless office, and Y2K come to mind---all touted as no-turning-back revolutions that would change the way we approach fundamental aspects of life and work. None of those really panned out to the degree forecast.
Is the role of handwriting changing in the digital age? Absolutely. Is handwriting going to become obsolete? Never. But we can talk about that, and much more in the posts and comments that follow.
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