Hi! The most recent ASCD SmartBrief has a link to an article in "The Guardian" entitled "A million fingers are tapping out a challenge to the tyranny of spelling." Here is the first paragraph of the article:
Thank you, Scotland. First John Knox, then the Enlightenment and now the Scottish Qualifications Authority. In a direct challenge to the English at their most reactionary, the authority has declared that it will accept text-messaging short form in school examinations. The dark riders of archaism will protest and the backwoods will howl. No spells is cast as dire as spellcheck. But the champions of reason are massing north of the border and need our support. What do you see as the risks and benefits of this policy (both the so-called "dark riders of archaism" and the so-called "champions of reason")? What do you do in your own classrooms? The full article article can be found at: http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/comment/story/0,,1938662,00.html Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
