Some schools now teach typing, but it's not prevalent enough — and really, if you have kids, you should simply teach them to type. Tecca. July 18, 2012, 10:32 AM EDT / Source: Tecca.

Having fun while learning is an essential ingredient for developing new skills. Gamification—adding game-like elements to non-game contexts—can be an ideal way to teach keyboarding skills. Many ...

While schools may be teaching touch typing because of the Common Core tests, the ability to use a keyboard is an important life skill, said Cathy Turner, a technology teacher at an elementary ...

“There is a lot of pressure on schools to teach keyboarding at a younger age,” Hansen said. “But they’re not seeing the big picture. A freshman in high school may learn it in four weeks; a ...

While schools may be teaching touch typing because of the Common Core tests, the ability to use a keyboard is an important life skill, said Cathy Turner, a technology teacher at an elementary ...

Most children start typing on cell phones and computers long before they take keyboarding classes, so many schools, noting this trend, have stopped teaching typing. “The kids already know how to ...

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing was a product of The Software Toolworks, a software and video game developer founded in 1980 in Sherman Oaks, California and now headquartered in Novato. The company ...

Afterward, in middle school, the district doesn’t teach keyboarding, but middle school-students can access the keyboarding program 3rd and 4th grade students use if they need more practice.

While schools may be teaching touch typing because of the Common Core tests, the ability to use a keyboard is an important life skill, said Cathy Turner, a technology teacher at an elementary ...

The 7-year-olds in Natalie May’s second-grade class have to stretch their fingers across the keyboards to reach “ASDF” and “JKL;” as they listen to the animated characters on their ...