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Saucon Valley School Board hears proposal to buy 300 keyboards for 3rd–4th graders; debate on handwriting and cost
Summary
District leaders presented a keyboarding pilot for third- and fourth-graders and proposed purchasing 300 external keyboards to prepare students for the PSSA digital writing prompt; board members split over handwriting, screen time and quality/cost of devices.
At the board meeting, the district presented a keyboarding pilot aimed at building typing fluency for third- and fourth-grade students and proposed purchasing 300 external keyboards to ease the transition to digital PSSA writing prompts.
"This is not to replace handwriting," said Doctor Janoor, the administrator leading the pilot, responding to concerns that keyboards would supplant pen-and-paper instruction. Janoor described a two-week pilot in one third-grade classroom and three fourth-grade classrooms using external keyboards and an online application, typing.com, to measure fluency. The presentation said teachers built short daily practice ("Typing…
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