Carol,
Great job on the completion of this task. You have such beautiful handwriting, which makes sense given that you have opted to keep utilizing it. Like the saying, ”if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it’. When I worked through this task, I struggled to write by hand as I have been typing everything for decades now. You mentioned that you often jot notes down by hand- do you print them or handwrite? I find that my students are always begging me to teach them handwriting, but I tend to go over it briefly towards the end of the year and opt to spend our precious literacy time on academic content. I also think that it’s important for them to learn how to type quickly, as this is a skill that they will be utilizing more frequently, and it makes operating the chromebooks a much less painful task. You spoke about the connection between writing by hand and memory in your post. I’m curious about how your experience has been now that you are typing more notes for school vs. handwriting. Do you feel that this has an impact with the way that you engage with the material?
- Katy