Writing the future - will the tablet replace the pen?

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Channel: Euronews Next · 2014 · Science & Technology

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From early childhood we take a pen in our hand and we write. It is a discipline that has been the foundation of compulsory formal education since the mid-19th century.  But the very act of writing, which one might have thought could not be changed, is under threat.

Keyboards first, then digital tablets from 2010 have invaded developed countries, our homes and our workplaces and have ultimately changed our habits. We write more, but little, and less with a pen and paper .

More and more schools ...
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