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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 ...

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 ...

I can still feel the tips of my 10-year-old fingers striking the orange cover on the keyboard. It was in this 5th grade public-school class that – despite my frequent boos and bellyaching – I learned ...

"Fingers on the home row!" Those words were drilled into us every single day in basic keyboarding class in high school. What is the "home row," you may wonder? Well, knowing the "home row" is the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Were you taught to touch type or are you, like so many of ...

They have a very practical purpose on the keyboard. These are tactile guides that help users to place fingers in the right position without looking down. These marks are part of the 'touch typing' ...