-tictech message:
We all use spellcheck in the "real world", but we have also all seen time
and time again what can happen when adults rely on it . I've seen many a
flyer, announcement, newsletter, etc.etc. where clearly spellcheck was used,
and just as clearly no one bothered to actually read through the text
afterwards. "There" for "they're" , "were" for "where" , "effect" where
"affect" should be used and so on. Yes, editing is a different skill than
checking spelling, but the problem is that spellcheck becomes a substitute
for thinking about what you are writing, and such an ingrained habit that
many a writer seems to believe that spellcheck takes care of everything.
I certainly teach the students in my computer lab how to use spellcheck and
insist that they do use it, but I also hammer into them that using only
spellcheck results in lazy, bad writing. I can't understand what the
terrible harm is in requiring 3rd graders to use a dictionary.
Liz Sims
Technology teacher
John Muir Elementary
easims@seattleschools.org
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