Authorship 2.0

In collaboration with the College Board’s National Commission on Writing, the Pew Internet & American Life Project has just published Writing, Technology and Teens, a research report on perceptions of teens and their parents about the relationship between their frequent informal writing through digital communication media and formal writing considered to be important for success [...]

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I recommend listening to TED Talks – Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? I heartily agree with Robinson that, “we are educating people out of their creative capacities.” In fact, I have preached a similar gospel, having observed that most every 4-year-old I’ve encountered exhibits great imagination, and yet we seem to [...]

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