Will Technology make poeple dumber?
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Well....its happened now acctually.
An old friend, who works for the FBI no less, told me not to long ago that she is a HORRIBLE speller because computers have been a part of her whole adult life that she always had spell-check to clean up after her. She never had to get it right the first time.
I'm trying to keep my kids as *old-school* as possible, for as long as possible.
For example: My daughter is in 4th grade and the teacher uses a program called SpellingCity to give them their spelling tests. 1/2 the time my daughter can't spell the word outloud, but she can type it. GRRRRRR....so I have informed her teacher what a bad idea I think it is and I quiz my daughter at home the *old fashioned way* and then only let her do a practice test on the computer once. I know we live in a world with technology etc...but c'mon, lets give the kids a bit of pencil and paper foundation first!
An old friend, who works for the FBI no less, told me not to long ago that she is a HORRIBLE speller because computers have been a part of her whole adult life that she always had spell-check to clean up after her. She never had to get it right the first time.
I'm trying to keep my kids as *old-school* as possible, for as long as possible.
For example: My daughter is in 4th grade and the teacher uses a program called SpellingCity to give them their spelling tests. 1/2 the time my daughter can't spell the word outloud, but she can type it. GRRRRRR....so I have informed her teacher what a bad idea I think it is and I quiz my daughter at home the *old fashioned way* and then only let her do a practice test on the computer once. I know we live in a world with technology etc...but c'mon, lets give the kids a bit of pencil and paper foundation first!
