In the early ‘90s, I was an elementary school librarian and an adjacent computer lab was part of my domain. Wanting to prepare our fifth graders to become more fluent writers, we ran them through a ...
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teachers are frustrated by the glut of free keyboarding programs that are not designed for the way they teach and often cannot adapt to student progress. They see ...
Carol Parker is grateful that her school has supported her efforts to offer students keyboarding instruction. The assistant principal at Tennessee’s Rockvale Middle School has witnessed firsthand how ...
Yet, children who can negotiate the keyboard develop critical psycho-motor and academic skills. This requires a well-designed curriculum with scaffolded, age-appropriate lessons and instruction within ...
With more standardized tests going digital, including most recently the College Board’s Advanced Placement exams, more schools are investing time and resources into keyboarding instruction, ...
Years ago, back in the days when there were "mainframe" computers but very few "home" computers, a typing teacher brought her brand of instruction to the home-computer monitor. It was late 1987, and ...
The irascible goat in the purple jumpsuit is teaching the class how to keyboard. He tells everyone to put their fingers on the "home row" and exclaims "Let's rock and roll." Ashlyn Cortez, 8, ...
School lunch programs and middle school typing skills both highlighted the April 10 Belle Fourche School Board meeting. Board members opened the meeting carrying trays through the food line at Belle ...
Interacting with technology is second nature to children these days. But, even though these digital natives are tech-savvy, they might not have the keyboarding and digital citizenship skills to make ...