{"id":423,"date":"2016-06-02T04:29:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T04:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulwarren.com.au\/blog\/?p=423"},"modified":"2016-06-02T04:32:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T04:32:29","slug":"hey-get-off-computer-start-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/paulwarren.com.au\/blog\/hey-get-off-computer-start-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey – Get Off The Computer And Start Writing Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t know about you, but there\u2019s something, deep down inside of me in my core, that is concerned about the impact that of all of these gadgets and gizmos available to us today, are going to have on us, that supposedly to \u201cmake our lives easier\u201d.<\/p>\n

More to the point, I\u2019m kind of worried about how the long-term affect our technological world is going to have on us human beings. I see a world, 50 years from now, a thousand years say, where we have forgotten basic skills of today, because we rely so heavily on technology.<\/p>\n

I was with my friend Scott and his daughter today, and he was talking about a recent school tour he did. He was\u00a0walking around and looking at the classrooms and corridors that will become more than familiar to his\u00a0daughter next year, the campus principal talked about how as a school, they have moved away from each child having a personal device which they have as a study aid. Instead now, each classroom, where needed, now have their own computer terminals, which any child can access if they need to \u2013 and not many were being used according to Scott.<\/p>\n

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Now the reason for this interestingly, is because the school noticed a down turn in the kids\u2019 ability to write \u2013 handwriting skills were diminishing and in some cases, handwriting was illegible.<\/p>\n

The problem here is, when exams are being taken by children and the examiner marking the papers afterwards, cannot read the answers, the examiner hasn\u2019t got time to try and work out what was written, so he or she, simply strikes through the writing as unanswered or incorrect!<\/p>\n

Imagine that<\/strong> \u2013 imagine how many of our children\u2019s exam papers are being marked down, simply because handwriting couldn\u2019t be read!<\/p>\n

Another problem the school noticed was that children were losing the ability to spell and to notice spelling errors; simply because word processor applications – both computer based and mobile device based, will correct grammar and spelling as you go along. Children were becoming blind to the errors and were simply only aware that a correction had been made by the computer or device.<\/p>\n

So two, maybe three skills alone, were being lost by over use of the word processor for example. That\u2019s just a word processor! How many technological devices are taking away basic human skills \u2013 or have the potential to?<\/p>\n

The school recognise that technology has a place, but also realises that it could and will have a negative impact on the children\u2019s development, if the use of technology doesn\u2019t go un-checked!<\/p>\n

And I wonder, as much as I love technology and marvel at it \u2013 I mean, how do you think I\u2019m writing this blog right now? What is the long term future of human kind, if we carry on over relying and over using technology to perform basic tasks and in doing so, forget our most valuable skills, such as reading and writing?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know about you, but I probably now mostly communicate (non verbally) using a computer or mobile device, where I don\u2019t have to pick up a pen or pencil to write, I simply hit keys on a keyboard or tap digits on a touch screen display.<\/p>\n

Hell I don\u2019t even have to scribble my signature to buy goods anymore, I either \u201ctap and go\u201d or enter a pin number!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If children are our long-term future, then we have to ensure that our children continue to carry these basic skills forwards for generations to come.<\/p>\n

Children, as Scott’s\u00a0future high school have also recognised, must hold onto their ability to write by hand.<\/p>\n

Children love new stuff right, it\u2019s exciting for them?<\/p>\n

So why not give them a great, beautiful looking pen to take to school to write with?<\/p>\n

And kids don\u2019t necessarily see the same value in things as adults do (and vice versa). So it doesn\u2019t have to cost a fortune \u2013 it just has to appeal to your child’s sense of what is cool and what isn\u2019t \u2013 now that\u2019s another mystery isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

… So\u00a0I’m here today, to call out all those old school, pen pushing school Principles.<\/p>\n

Allow me to introduce one of my clients, PromosOnline.<\/p>\n

At PromosOnline<\/a>, we happen to have a great selection of pens, highlighters<\/a>, metal pens, plastic pens<\/a>, stylus pens, pen cases and more, ideal for your children\u2019s use at school and at home. We even have stationary such as notepads so that your children having something to put pen too!!<\/p>\n

Why trawl through endless pages of pens when you can view the most popular pens in the industry over a couple of pages?<\/p>\n

PromosOnline is the easiest website to use in the industry and with the best promotional pen\u00a0prices<\/a> and guaranteed delivery you will be delighted with the results.<\/p>\n

We only deal with the best and most reputable suppliers in the industry so we can guarantee our products, if you aren\u2019t happy then neither are we.<\/p>\n

So why not get over to our website and view our range or even sign up to our newsletter, where you will receive great information about products, deals, promotionals and more?<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoyed this article and I’d love your feedback in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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