Technology ‘could boost literacy skills’
Technology is beneficial for improving literacy skills, according to one expert.
Child and educational psychologist Teresa Bliss suggested it is inevitable that children today will use technological equipment to boost their reading and writing skills and that the process can help to improve the things learned in practical environments.
She said that children like using technology as they are excited and motivated by what they see on a screen.
"This is particularly true of boys, who are often the most difficult to motivate to read and if they can be taught through using technology then it is likely to enhance the acquisition of literacy skills," she continued.
Ms Bliss also commented that despite millions of pounds worth of funding being pushed into schools by the government, many children are still leaving education without the proper standard of literacy.
The Scottish Qualification Authority found that many pupils who sat the standard grade and higher exams this year did not meet the required level of basic spelling and grammar, BBC News reports.
