With well-designed, intentional prompts, keyboarding instruction can help students develop several skills at once.

Creative commons photo of a fourth grade class practicing their typing courtesy flickr user woodleywonderworks. A class that for decades was generally part of the middle school experience is now more ...

I took a couple of typing classes throughout grade school in which touch typing using the home row keys was taught. While those classes laid the basic foundation of proper form, most of my practice ...

Push-pull, push-pull, push-pull. Around and around and around. My pencil flew over the paper, trying to comply with the teacher’s exhortations. Those were some of the penmanship drills that I ...

I took a few typing classes in high school, but I admit to being a pretty poor typist. I use about four fingers in total and I've developed my own crazy finger patterns which make me look virtually ...

Whether you're an able but slow touch typist, or you never graduated beyond hunting and pecking, TypingWeb is a free and easy to use online typing tutor that will help you hone your keyboard chops.

These days, due to the spread of computers, tablets and smart phones, almost everybody types. But most modern-day typists are self-taught and have adopted "nonstandard" styles that are much different ...

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The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. If you know this phrase, I know where you were in high school. You were in typing class with me, back when it was still called typing and not “keyboarding ...

Those of us who are old enough to remember taking typing classes in high school may have found ourselves wishing that there was a similar course on texting. Typing on a smartphone keyboard can be ...