Maine’s program to give every 7th and 8th grade student a laptop computer is leading to better writing. 4real!
Despite creating a language all their own using e-mail and text messages, students are still learning standard English, and their writing scores improved on the state’s standardized writing test in 2005 compared with 2000, before laptop computers were distributed, according to a new study.
Full story: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/10/31/10apmaine.h27.html?print=1
October 24, 2007
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