The ultimate sacrifice...

Today my three older kids have headed out to various activities. Piano lessons, We do robots, FLL, and hopefully a few errands and dinner in there somewhere. And the biggest trouble, they took the laptop! I am typing this on our new toy (not yet sold, but soon). So here I sit typing with a touch pad that is way to small for traditional typing, fingers all placed properly. In stead I am using some hybrid of that and the two finger hunt and peck that I have had to pick up while learning to use my phone. The oddest thought I am having, will the kids need to learn to use a keyboard properly? Never mind the old cursive vs printing debate, will they even need proper typing or will touch screens take over. How about proper drawing, already learning to use the 'scratch pad' on Khan Academy means using a mouse instead of a pencil. And how soon will textbook makers start releasing math or spelling on tablet aps? Wouldn't it be awesome to hand a kid a simple tablet with their math, Daily Grams, and more all in one place. You a could even set up a checklist suns lock program, must complete all assignments to open fun aps. I for one would love a fully electronic program. Not that I can afford it, but imagine only packing a tablet for each kid, instead of 10 different books! Though never forget Mom needs her own!