This is too bad, because many of our students have enjoyed and benefited from the low-tech, distraction-free features of this writing tool. For some students, physically handwriting written responses, stories or essays requires a heavy cognitive load. They have to concentrate more on letter and word formation; therefore their ideas do not become fully developed. Using a keyboard (or a dictation tool) can be very powerful for these students to reduce the cognitive load and allow their ideas to take precedent.
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