Students across the United States and the world joined fifth-grade students from Connecticut to count the number of metal eyelets on their shoes. When Barbara Soto discovered a listserv whose members are active, community-minded senior citizens, an idea occurred to her.
Computers have demoted the second of the three Rs, some educators say.
Instead of teaching the loops and swirls of cursive letters, teachers point students to the letter r on the keyboard. Not all educators and handwriting experts agree on whether or why handwriting skills may be declining, however. Some place the blame on teachers or school budgets or book publishers. Students Create a Virtual Tour of Their Community Two elementary educators in Newington, Connecticut, found a way to allow their high-achieving students to go beyond the curriculum and make a terrific resource to share with other classes. This week, we asked Education World's Tech Team to share with us the questions they hear most frequently from technology novices.