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#SaveYouAClick: Handwriting (and the cognitive processes that go with it).

> Generation Z is losing a skill we’ve had for 5,500 years: 40% are losing the ability to communicate effectively
glassalmanac.com/generation-z-

Jeebus on a popsicle stick. I've said before I may be part of the last generation that actually learned handwriting and penmanship, and to this day I write and draft by hand. When we go, the skill goes with us. Oh well. . .

Glass Almanac · Generation Z is losing a skill we’ve had for 5,500 years: 40% are losing the ability to communicate effectivelyA University of Stavanger survey reveals that almost 40% of Generation Z struggle with functional handwriting¹, threatening the cognitive development and communication benefits accrued over 5,500 ... Continue Reading →

One of the key problems for Further (vocationally-focussed) Education is the continuing pressure to render it more like the 'gold standard' of academic education - this is sometimes referred to as 'simplification'; but this often disrupts the required varieties of assessment across different vocational paths.

Simplification of assessment into written forms, undermines the ability of FE to deliver the skills the UK economy so sorely needs!

#education #workers #skills

feweek.co.uk/stop-trying-to-ma

FE Week · Stop trying to make technical education look academicIn the race for 'simplicity' in technical education, we forget that the labour market is anything but simple, writes David Gallagher

I've been snorkeling and I've got GoPro footage to do things with but I'm trying not to use Instagram for personal fun anymore and I realize that I have no idea how to actually do video editing without that app. Also I don't have a laptop or anything, only my phone. Suggestions for people with low tech skills like myself welcome! It takes so long just to get the damn videos off the GoPro and onto my phone currently but I can do that, it's the making it into something later that's trickier for me... #video #tech #skills #snorkeling #underwater #GoPro

#Trump accelerating efforts 2 transform #nonpartisan #merit based federal #workforce into 1 that demands rewards #loyalty 2 #president, according 2 #civilservants #publicservice experts, #employment #attorneys. Ongoing shift would ditch decades-old rules that were intended 2 ensure that federal #hiring #retention #promotion decisions R based largely on employees’ #skills #knowledge #experience, say the workers, experts and #attorneys.#maga #politics #government #scheduleF msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tr

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