Technology and the death of handwriting

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Technology and the death of handwriting

The BBC has a fascinating article on technology and handwriting. As students use text messaging and other technology tools their handwriting often suffers and they struggle to express themselves in written form. Is this just a "sign of the times" or are kids really missing out on an important skill?

I wonder about this issue of handwriting often. Is this just like when people moved from pictorial representations on caves to writing on scrolls? I am sure there were some who thought we would loose the ability to express ourselves through art and storytelling. We have seen a return to this type storytelling with digital storytelling somewhat however.

Is handwriting a critical 21st century skill?

Google Calendar Sync: Getting Started

Google Calendar Sync: Getting Started

I just saw on webware.com that Google has released a free product to sync your outlook calendar with your web calendar. This tool was sorely needed! I have tool for the Mac that I use and I  had to pay for it. This sync software is currently only for the PC but it is definitely a step in the right direction!

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Re: First look: new and improved Zoho with (some) OOXML support

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The Google Docs Team

First look: new and improved Zoho with (some) OOXML support

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080229-first-look-new-and-improved-zoho-with-some-ooxml-support.html

Zoho docs is a worthy competitor to Google Docs. Zoho has more editing
features and an interface that is close to Word 2003 than any other
web application I have seen so far. My main concern with Zoho is that
it is not " one stop shopping" like Google Docs where all the other
services you use are quickly available. If you want to try online
document editing however and Google Docs just does not seem to do
enough you should give Zoho a try!

Maurice Draggon