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Originally Posted by MSD
Why don't they need computer skills and where do you get the idea that typing is useless for shorter writing?
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Typing is essentially a method of increasing the speed of our readable writing, and it's benefits are increased with larger documents.
What amount of research does an elementary student need to conduct where computer skills are useful? What amount of writing, or problem solving, is so large that is must be done on computer? How far behind will students actually be leaving secondary school if they take up computer skills in high school rather than in elementary?
How disconnected from their work will students be from typing rather than writing? How much more crappy field notes will I have to endure because no one took the time to teach them?
A computer is an advanced tool, for advanced students. Elementary students are not advanced in anyway.