Typing on a touch screen is a very different experience. My dad, who types with remarkable sluggishness on a keyboard, can easily boost his typing skills by switching to his iPad. Because the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children are familiar with the digital world at younger and younger ages than ever before. While not all schools teach it anymore, ...

With so much of our time spent clicking away on a keyboard, a boost in typing speed will make you more efficient in almost every line of work. Whether it's going through inboxes, writing up emails, or ...

The question of speedy typing skills among developers seems to be a sticking point for some. On the one hand I heard from a .NET developer pal of mine who types relatively slowly and tells me that ...

When your humble narrator was just a boy, he went to Catholic school for fourth through seventh grades. He was bullied by students, abused by teachers (both clergy and lay) and was quite miserable. So ...

A nationwide study of more than 500 Australian primary school students in Year 2 has revealed how beginner writers' attitude and motivation toward writing is related to the quality of their writing ...

Firefox: Typing Stats is an add-on designed to help you improve your typing skills and, thus, your productivity. The add-on shows statistics about your typing speed and accuracy, and even which ...

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 ...