Charles Handy article on using e-mail and other forms of modern technology to put a want of literacy in children. Handy begins the article describing how Rowland Hill's introduction of the Penny Post inspired people to write letters. He proceeds to state that the Post's modern day equivalent is the e-mail message and how exciting it can be for children to learn how to write it. Handy therefore proposes that children aged three and up be given their own e-mail address and free access to computer time. For those homes or environments in which access to computer technology is unavailable, Handy contends that such children should be reached via the education system, beginning in nursery school and on to primary school. He concludes his analysis stating that these school reform efforts would be mere extensions of what is already happening in the homes of the more privileged, and should be led by the Department of Education and Employment.
Handy, Charles B Hill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879 Negroponte, Nicholas Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Charles Handy article on using e-mail and other forms of modern technology to put a want of literacy in children, 1999; Charles Handy Papers; Box 15, Folder 4; 1 page
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