Sep. 3—The beginning of the school year sometimes overwhelms both students and parents so I thought I would just take it easy on what to give you and I thought that with all that children have been ...

Educators say traditional typing practice is essential for standardized testing performance and future careers.

Keyboarding is, perhaps, the most essential of all 21st-century skills. With computers in use across the majority of U.S. schools now, many educators may feel the need to focus on educational software ...

Public schools in Orange County should make every student learn keyboarding — typing for those of us of a certain age — in middle school, said Bill Sublette, chairman of the Orange County School Board ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. K–12 digital natives might seem like they were born with smartphones in their hands, but educators shouldn’t ...

Touch typing is a useful skill for children to learn. It is the skill of being able to type without looking down at the keyboard. Some children, when they first begin to type will use the ‘hunt and ...

It wasn’t too long ago that schools offered classes with names like “Keyboarding” that were pitched as teaching a skill that would be vital for life and work in the 21st century. As it turns out, all ...

Even something as simple as learning to type can be an important support for helping students build the skills and confidence they need Generally, when we think of edtech and students with ...