Post #365

Happy New Year from Everyone at Learning in Maine

Getting Organized

"If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?" ~ Dr. Laurence J Peters





15 Tools to Help Students Get Organized at Free Tech for Teachers
Helping Students Get Organized at LEARN NC
Ten Ways to Help Your Child Get Organized by FamilyEducation
20 Ideas to Help Students Get Organized
Action Steps for the Disorganized at You Can Handle Them All
The Disorganized Student at Education World
The Disorganized Students by Kenneth Shore, Psy.D.

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Cursive Handwriting Is Obsolete

It is time that we finally stop teaching cursive handwriting in schools. It deserves no place in the curriculum. What is the point of taking up so much valuable time in teaching a skill that will not be used. Instead, why not get serious about making sure children develop effective touch typing skills?

How many schools in Maine still require that cursive writing be taught?

What are your thoughts? Disagree? Agree?

Wikipedia: Cursive, Penmanship
Touch Typing - Cursive - Why?