Writing using computers is a vital life skill. We are constantly texting, posting, blogging and emailing. Subscribe to our ...

So this year I (re)learned how to type. It all started because I wanted a cute keyboard with cute keycaps. I had lugged around a cheap, hand-me-up Kensington for years. Considering how much I work and ...

Most 2nd graders practice the Christopher Columbus method of typing–“find a key and land on it”–but Guatam Vangipuram’s tiny hands fly across his computer keyboard with impressive speed. The ...

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

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. With a little practice, consistency, and some accessible tools, you can teach yourself to use the home row, type ...

It would not be wrong to say that Typing has now taken precedence over writing with pen and paper. Most of us are involved in work that requires us to type things out on computers. More than often ...

A new study from Vanderbilt University has found that those who learn their own style of typing opposed to the standard "touch-typing" method are about 10% slower when they type. The study looked at ...

The specifics about my middle school computer lab have grown fuzzy over the years. I can’t recall my teacher’s name. I can’t say with certainty who regularly sat near me in the class. I certainly ...

In the town of Ganta in the Nimba County of northern Liberia, a bright yellow bus pulls up outside of a secondary school and parks under the shade of a cotton tree. But it is not there to bring the ...

Research suggests teaching typing and word processing skills should start in primary school, much like writing with pen and paper.