That also means students using spellcheck is not necessarily a problem, so long as they can communicate effectively in writing.
I used to work in a job that involved access to severely restricted information.
We weren’t allowed to use conventional computer. No access to spellcheckers.
And we were rigorously assesses for spelling, because our reports had a very wide audience.
Knowing how to write well without software support is still a skill required on our world.
Regardless, why be stuck in the past with things like handwriting or spelling or cursive?
It's also not clear to me that spellcheck will lead to people forgetting how to spell, since it's all about notifying you of spelling mistakes.
Whiteboards are something I use more often at work these days, but not really when I was in school.
It's utterly bizarre to me that people in this thread are seriously suggesting that spelling is an obsolete skill.