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 ...

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 ...

We all use keyboard while working with computers, but has anyone wondered if there is a right way to go about it? Most of us learn to type or use the keyboard through self-learning — see where a key ...

After years of working on cramped laptop keyboards, I’ve started testing ergonomic keyboards, which are designed to minimize ...

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When someone you know is ready to learn how to type, especially your kids, you should give the Dance Mat Typing Game a try! Even though it’s geared specifically for children, people of any age can ...

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 ...

“Keyboarding was a new skill and computers were driving home the need for everybody [to learn to type],” Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing developer Mike Duffy tells The Verge. “And then suddenly, everybody ...

One of the most venerable typing tutors celebrates its quarter-century mark. Back in the late 1980s, I sold software and hardware at anow-defunct store in NYC; one of our best-sellers was “Mavis ...