Found this article to be interesting:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/24/teen.writing.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech
Some highlights:
Defying conventional wisdom, the study also found that the generation born digital is shunning computer use for most assignments. About two-thirds of teens said they typically do their school writing by hand. And for personal writing outside school, longhand is even more popular — the preferred form for nearly [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 26, 2008
teen writing…found on CNN
April 21, 2008
Magnetic Poetry @ the library
Ever wonder what to do with all those old refridgerator magnets? Maybe you’ve got a school calendar magnet…or your parents have some magnetic strips tucked away somewhere. Why not create your own magnetic poetry words–you know like the kind you find in the mall or maybe online?
All you need to do is some blank paper, [...]