”The act of writing is a complex cognitive process relying on intricate perceptual sensorimotor combinations.
Science is not relaxed about it and many debates are active among sociologists, pedagogists, psychologists, etc. Still, switch from the “basic” literacy to digital literacy takes a lot of researchers’ attention. Maybe one day they can visit a museum or a gallery with exhibited handwritten letters. Today, the young ones might never experience writing and sending a physical letter but, surely, they can read and learn about it on internet. Owning and carrying it beyond the digital education system has planned it for them. Today, digital literacy shapes our daily life, and many are still struggling to manage even basic online services without assistance or start up help – but those born in last 15 years own digital literacy’s purpose. Indeed, the BBC journal published an interesting text reporting about decision: Finnish students will no longer be taught handwriting at school, with typing lessons taking its place.įor many generations born before the new Millennium handwriting was a part of identity, personal character, or a testimony of ability to manifest knowledge (+ express oneself) and respect the reader (from parents and teachers up to bureaucratic services). This was a year 2016 when handwriting was already “passe” in Finland. I was lucky with my “spying” contacts in Novi Sad and these pen pals were back in touch. Pen pals are usually strangers whose relationship is based primarily, or even solely, on their exchange of letters.” Wikipedia says: ” P en pals are people who regularly write to each other, particularly via postal mail. She was looking for her old friend: ”… I am now sending a message to everyone in Facebook who seem to have lived in Novi Sad at the same time as her, to find her. After I changed information about my new location, she could find me through a search engine. Few weeks after moving to Finland from Novi Sad, I received a message from an unknown Finnish lady trough the well-known social media called Facebook.
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