<![CDATA[This is interesting news.]]>This is interesting news.

Swedish education officials are investing heavily again in traditional printed textbooks.

The national strategy aims to phase out digital devices for children under the age of six entirely, following a drop in international reading assessment scores.

Research indicates that the physical act of handwriting activates complex neural networks governing motor skills, vision, memory, and language-cognitive benefits that are largely lost on a keyboard.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/9dd8ec37-3ef9-4c59-960c-b6da3325f283/this-is-interesting-news.RSS for NodeSun, 02 Aug 2026 04:54:02 GMTSun, 26 Jul 2026 21:52:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 06:11:23 GMT]]>@paulschoe source?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://openbiblio.social/users/SemAntiKast/statuses/116990455540789562https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://openbiblio.social/users/SemAntiKast/statuses/116990455540789562Mon, 27 Jul 2026 06:11:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:27:14 GMT]]>@geolaw

I don't know and only slightly care. Different countries use different strategies to ensure that children in their country reach their potential. There is no one-size-fits-all.

Historical developments and experience determine a lot what method of distribution is used in a country for distributing school materials.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116990281926947058https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116990281926947058Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:27:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:24:49 GMT]]>@paulschoe having taken two kids through this ”digital native” era, which basically just amounted to giving them iPads and laptops and believing that would magically transform into relevant tech skills, I’m happy for future parents who don’t have to do pen and paper writing exercises at home with their kids after school. The Swedish school system has, for a long time, been a mess and needed a bit less blue-eyed , ”back to basics” strategy.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/0xtero/statuses/116990272442696121https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/0xtero/statuses/116990272442696121Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:24:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:23:14 GMT]]>@greensofshade

In the first reply I provided a link towards my source for this on LinkedIn. That is all I have.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116990266236693836https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116990266236693836Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:23:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:22:19 GMT]]>@greensofshade

I don't have one ready. That is why in the first reply I provided a link towards my source for this on LinkedIn.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116990262603883374https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116990262603883374Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:22:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:15:50 GMT]]>@paulschoe Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath's The Digital Delusion has more evidence why analog learning is the way to go.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116970823409276426/statuses/116990237083861241https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116970823409276426/statuses/116990237083861241Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:15:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:15:16 GMT]]>@ecoscore

In the first reply, I placed a link to the LinkedIn post where I got the information from.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116990234870221701https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116990234870221701Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:15:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:14:25 GMT]]>@manu

I don't have one ready. That is why in the first reply I provided a link towards my source for this on LinkedIn.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116990231559885889https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116990231559885889Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:14:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:08:50 GMT]]>@paulschoe Since it uses a slop "photo", maybe don't trust it all that much.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/androcat/statuses/116990209595204648https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/androcat/statuses/116990209595204648Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:08:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:02:22 GMT]]>@Susan60

I like your observation that "Being able to see and read a large double-page spread in one go, including illustrations & graphics, really mattered. '

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116990184152844748https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116990184152844748Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:02:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:49:39 GMT]]>@kauer
mostly abelist but at least there isn't even a source
@paulschoe

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/greensofshade/statuses/116990134179863867https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/greensofshade/statuses/116990134179863867Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:49:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:48:39 GMT]]>@manu
+1

@paulschoe

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/greensofshade/statuses/116990130254577854https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/greensofshade/statuses/116990130254577854Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:48:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:35:17 GMT]]>@paulschoe This has been a great move for you people and France also recently had started a ban on young children using electronic computer devices.
True,they have been robbing the writing skills from young learners.
Here in Uganda,you cannot find a child at six years when she/he knows how to use a computer and this has not been affecting us

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115563894722913318/statuses/116989841724722535https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115563894722913318/statuses/116989841724722535Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:35:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:50:56 GMT]]>@paulschoe Es verdad, que vuelva los textos escritos que estimulan la escritura, así como el desarrollo cerebral

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lile.cl/users/Mauriziano/statuses/116989667324464891https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lile.cl/users/Mauriziano/statuses/116989667324464891Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:50:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:19:10 GMT]]>@paulschoe I would appreciate a scientific source.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/manu/statuses/116989542439057402https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/manu/statuses/116989542439057402Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:19:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:07:56 GMT]]>@Susan60 @paulschoe

“If we used tablets where we wrote by hand with a stylus, would that reduce the nastiness online? Would we feel that we were engaging in a more personal way with others? Would empathy be generated more often?”

I’m not that optimistic it would improve the general tenor online directly, but a lot more insults and flame wars would die out almost immediately due to mutual illegibility.

On the broader subject, I got a refurb’d reMarkable tablet from Woot earlier this year, and I use it just for handwriting notes for work. And it’s been way more useful than I ever expected. Expensive luxury, yes absolutely. Also kind of an ADHD crutch (don’t have multiple loose legal pads floating around, just the one expensive device with half a dozen digital notebooks).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/drsbaitso/statuses/116989498288910293https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/drsbaitso/statuses/116989498288910293Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:07:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:54:37 GMT]]>@paulschoe it gives us hope to know that someone, somewhere in the world is making the right call. we wish it were anywhere we lived, but still.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KYGH23Y6G5WAWMND3KF88NCChttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KYGH23Y6G5WAWMND3KF88NCCMon, 27 Jul 2026 00:54:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:47:34 GMT]]>@paulschoe Guess they saw it as detracting from actually being able to think.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/karamazov1879/statuses/116989182256650773https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/karamazov1879/statuses/116989182256650773Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:47:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:45:19 GMT]]>@xs4me2 @paulschoe
the best would be a mix of everything so child can profit. Children are individuals and one size fits all is a bs idea, even in learning

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/greensofshade/statuses/116989173414175573https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/greensofshade/statuses/116989173414175573Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:45:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:30:43 GMT]]>@paulschoe

Great news. And of course it’s simple really: Using a keyboard is typing. Using a pen or pencil is writing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/mark_ohe/statuses/116989116019486884https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/mark_ohe/statuses/116989116019486884Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:30:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:22:26 GMT]]>@xs4me2 @paulschoe That risks privileging some particular epistemologies above others because it pushes hard towards words and abstracts when implemented. Experience is important: it includes knowledge not available through words and symbols, and matches the learning needs and potentials of young children. Tools are essential from the very start. Not those horrid electronic tablets, though. Those are all about replacing experience with a thin simulacrum, about fooling us into thinking that we've experienced something when, in fact, all we've had is the cognitive–sensory equivalent of crappy (yet incredibly satisfying) fast food.

I've been fighting with my son's teachers (and indeed my son) about this since the beginning. He's 16 now and has come to realise that I was right all along, and has largely abandoned the digital stuff where he can in favour of handwriting. He's working on his handwriting quite hard now because he's coming to understand that it is not merely a ritual convention, but a cognitive tool for manipulating information.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/libroraptor/statuses/116989083431450372https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/libroraptor/statuses/116989083431450372Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:22:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:12:59 GMT]]>@paulschoe

Learning is best started without the use of any tools, by simply reasoning, thinking and developing skills...

It all makes a lot of sense.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116989046231872111https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116989046231872111Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:12:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:53:32 GMT]]>@paulschoe This is what teachers everywhere were already telling for a decade or longer, also in Germany. They saw the first signs very early after the smartphoneization and tabletization of the kids started.
But who listens to concerned teachers anyway, eh?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Brokar/statuses/116988969794961342https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Brokar/statuses/116988969794961342Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:53:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is interesting news. on Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:36:01 GMT]]>@TeacherThomas

Totally agree. When learning a new language, it is the combination of writing and verbally repeating that triggers my memory. Typing doesn't have the same effect.

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