I remember back in highschool, I used to write words for my French spelling tests on a blank piece of paper over and over again to memorize them. It seem to work better for me than just staring/looking/reading at the words.

But tablet use seems to be the trend for schools now. At home, I keep all devices behind a pass code, while at the same time provide lots of paper, pens, and pencils. They come up with amazing stuff.

For example, this is a comic book by my 5yr old. He made it by gluing pieces of letter size paper together.