Disclosure: I worked in partnership with TypeDojo.com to bring you this post. I think my single MOST helpful class in high school was typing. Why? Because it increased my ability to be productive in my classes by typing faster... and helped me later in life with jobs. (I worked as a temp during my Master's program and now am a freelance writer.) Kids also NEED to learn typing. Touch typing, more … [Read more...]
To Learn Keyboarding, Kids Need the Human Element
Why should you teach keyboarding to kids, especially kids with learning differences? The benefits for kids include getting thoughts down on paper faster, building efficacy that they can accomplish hard goals, building speed of processing, gaining the ability to edit easily, developing less aversion to writing, spending less time for school work, improving fine motor skills, and improving … [Read more...]
Typing Programs for Kids
2017 Reader Recommendation: Online Keyboarding options 2013 UPDATED Recommendations: Most of the programs below are outdated for my Mac so here are some of my new suggestions: Keyboarding Games (free online) from Learning Games for Kids Typing Games from Slime Kids (free online) ABCya Typing Game (free online) Fun to Type (free online) Type Kids (not free - $49.95) . . … [Read more...]