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Writing by hand and pausing helps you remember

Writing by hand and pausing helps you remember

Let’s pause for a moment and observe the gentle flow of these words before our eyes, that silent back and forth, and the voice reading them in our heads. How many of them will stay with you five minutes from now? And how many will effortlessly lodge themselves in our memory tomorrow? The question isn’t […] … learn more→

Our research shows children produce better pieces of writing by hand. But they need keyboard skills too

Our research shows children produce better pieces of writing by hand. But they need keyboard skills too

Children today are growing up surrounded by technology. So it’s easy to assume they will be able to write effectively using a keyboard. But our research suggests this is not necessarily true. We need to actively teach students to be able to type as well as write using paper and pen or pencil. Our research Our research team has […] … learn more→

Why keep learning to handwrite in an AI world

Why keep learning to handwrite in an AI world

The world of writing is changing. First, there were keyboards, automatic entry of words or sentences on messaging. An era of which we are already turning the page. With the rise of artificial intelligence, robots can now produce texts of a level comparable to texts written by humans, without the use of any hand whatsoever. With recent improvements in transcription […] … learn more→