We can throw away the paper and pencils. Despite the increasing use of computers in elementary schools, there hasn t been a decrease in the formal teaching of penmanship.
Children use just as much paper as they did before computers became a classroom standard.
Keep in mind that writing with a pencil involves an equally important set of skills as typing on a keyboard. Myth 2 Children need formal keyboard instruction before they can type on computers. With traditional pens and pencils, scribbles lead to letters, to strings of letters, and, eventually, to coherent thoughts. They press the keys to see what will happen. This leads to typing in a name and then other simple words.