[Simtrainer-l] 1:1 Schools & the Sentence Writing Pretest

[Woodruff Susan]

Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about Sentence Writing and technology.  I appreciate your collective thinking.  I guess the jury is still out.  I think the school and the teachers are going to have to make that decision.  I do think that consistency is going to be critical.  I guess it is worth time to have dialogue about this.
Sue

> On Jul 27, 2018, at 11:45 AM, Dana McCaleb via Simtrainer-l <simtrainer-l at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
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> Hi Sue!
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> We have heard this debate many times, and lack of keyboarding skills is a valid concern.  Since it is not a timed test, I think the students should be allowed to choose which method for written expression works best for them.  I think it comes down to personal preference. 
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> Just my thoughts.
> Dana
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> On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 6:50 PM, Woodruff Susan via Simtrainer-l <simtrainer-l at lists.ku.edu <mailto:simtrainer-l at lists.ku.edu>> wrote:
> Hello …
> I am working with a district that is going 1:1 this fall.  They also have a major district goal focusing on writing.  We’ve made the decision to start with Sentence Writing.
> 
> SO … my question is … should the kids do their writing pretest in their own handwriting or should they let the students use their technology?  I know there is a lot of debate about the thinking processes being different when handwriting versus keyboarding.  
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> Have any of you struggled with this decision?  I can see teachers wanting to put kids on computers, but how would we know the difference between real sentence writing issues or keyboarding issues?  
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> Please share your thoughts with me.  We have to be prepared to talk with the teachers about this in August.
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> Thanks so much.
> Sue Woodruff
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