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Keyboarding is an essential skill for students to learn in our modern age. Technology is at the very heart of most of our daily activities, our jobs, and even our connections with others.

Interacting with technology is second nature to children these days. But, even though these digital natives are tech-savvy, they might not have the keyboarding and digital citizenship skills to make ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. More than half of teachers feel ill-equipped to teach keyboarding skills and many students do not get a chance to practise typing ...

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 ...

Keyboarding, or typing, is a critical skill for students to learn in their pursuit of technology literacy. It is a stepping stone to using a computer and can be introduced as early as kindergarten. It ...

As a result of my recent blog post on keyboarding and word processing basics, there have been questions -- about methodology, hardware, software, and research. Many people have opinions about the ...