If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it has likely been a while since you've spent much time writing by hand. The laborious process of tracing out our thoughts, letter by letter, on the page ...

Jack London said every writer should keep a notebook. “Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it,” London said. “Lead pencil markings endure longer than memory.” It’s sage advice, but then again, ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – When it comes to note-taking, going with old school pen and paper might be your best bet. Despite the fancy gadgets in many schools these days, a new study seems to indicate that ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Kids are spending more time on computers, phones and keyboards, and they are losing the ability to do the cursive handwriting that children have done for generations. "I never really ...

Don’t tell my mother, because I’ll never hear the end of her gloating, but the most important class I think I ever took was typing. We’re talking “summer school” between fifth and sixth grade, 1981, ...

Depending on the geographic locus, the beginning of the semester is upon us and we have begun to do real work, finishing the musical chairs game of finding seats for students in the classes they need ...

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