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  1. Last 7 days
    1. With the introduction of digitaltechnologies and keyboards, this part of beginning writing instruction has, inmany schools, changed dramatically.

      Typing shouldn't be taught until around 6th grade I feel like being taught typing while still learning to write can be confusing and stunt both writing and typing.

    2. they miss the feel of paper whenreading on screens, and they have a feeling that they focus better with paperthan when reading from a screen

      having Chromebooks has negatively effected the amount of people reading paper copy books as well as how well people understand a text.

    3. Finland’s performance in PISA dropped quite sig-nificantly (Finnish Government, 2013), and the drop was in part attributed toan increasing use of digital technologies in school

      If technology is known to be decreasing performance why is it still so widely used in school.

    4. read by engaging with texts displayed on screens, and we navigate byswiping and tapping rather than by interacting with the substrate of paper

      I have always had an easier time reading on paper and understanding then reading it over and over on a computer. The computer makes it hard to focus.

    5. screen time andcell phones were dominating students’ lives and should be banned in primaryschool and monitored in secondary.

      This article really helps me understand the idea behind banning phones in Texas.

    6. tudents who reportedusing computers frequently (in school and for leisure) performed worse com-pared with those who reported only a moderate use of computers

      considering so many schools are almost entirely technology including ours based now, that raises a lot of concern.

  2. Oct 2025
    1. In 2012, however, Finland’s performance in PISA dropped quite sig-nificantly

      how does the increase of technology affect how students perform, and does it affect our district?