Many of you have probably seen a cartoon or meme similar to this lamenting the status of handwriting. With the advancement of technology, we now have other options and modalities for communicating the written word. Southeast Polk is currently a 1:1 district at the secondary level with plans for becoming a K-12 1:1 district. In addition, new assessments are now online, and the new state accountability assessment has a written portion that may be taken online. Having said that, there are still benefits to teaching and using cursive writing. Southeast Polk has a handwriting and keyboarding policy that outlines at what grade levels these are taught and practiced.
The next few blogs will explore ideas for helping students become proficient in different ways of writing, and support decisions for choosing which format to use based on the task, purpose, and audience.
To get us started, we invite you to participate in a poll.
Results from the poll and more ideas for supporting students will be in upcoming blogs.
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