

Therefore, we remain confident in our claim that the computer can be the cure for spelling woes," Slater adds.
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"By consulting heavily with many education and child-development experts we have created a product that makes children actually want to learn how to spell. Making their contribution to the future spelling success of American students, eReflect has recently launched their Ultimate Spelling software to the North American market. However, the fact that young people spend dozens of hours each week at the computer can also be a positive," he explains.Ĭontinuing, "We now have a responsibility to make the computer a tool that engages students in their learning actively focusing their attention on improving spelling and driving home the importance of not being complacent just because you're at a keyboard." Marc Slater, Director of eReflect, believes quite the contrary:

After noticing her students' poor spelling, Barr decided to hold a spelling bee to find out just how well her students measured up.Īfter drawing up a list of the ten most commonly misspelled words, Barr claimed that the use of computers made spelling the "least of their (students') concerns." The company is making the claim after noticing the recent story of Ryann Barr, a teacher from Valley High School in Pittsburgh.
