The Typing Questions

How fast can you type? Are you keeping up with the demands of school/jobs when it comes to typing? A great number of people are not literate when it comes to typing. The question is: whose fault is it? Who is responsible for the illiteracy in that area? Nowadays, there are different arguments and decisions to be made on the appropriate age to teach a person to type.
While browsing the web, I came across with people’s opinion on what they thought about the subject. "Many parents, administrators, and teachers can't seem to justify the time it takes to teach keyboarding," Patterson concluded in a technology article that I found online. "They feel that schools shouldn't take the time to teach keyboarding at all -- or they think keyboarding instruction should wait until high school. My response to that is this: We don't expect our students to write until we've taught them handwriting; we can't expect them to type if we haven't taught them keyboarding." http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech072.shtml . I agree technology usage and the use of computer’s software is in a big demand, therefore; it is required to be literate at typing no matter what age group you belong. The problem is that many people don’t stop to think that the basic is not there. School requires essays to be typed up and to be turned in on time, but the problem is: are the kids literate to the point where they can type at the required time? The answer to this question is probably not. Following, I am providing links to sites to be used in case you or any body you know might be experiencing problems in typing literacy.
The majority of online games for typing are free. You might need to read the techniques for typing before you start any other game. I suggest you check http://www.cwu.edu/~setc/ldtech/docs/Keyboarding_Techniques.pdf It will guide you through the typing process. If you are a teacher and needs programs for students to have facilitated material to learn to type, then you can also check out some programs that are free of charge. http://www.learn2type.com/ is one of the online programs where you can go and it will help you keep track of your or your student’s typing performance.
A website that I found useful for my kids is nimblefingers.com in that site, there is a tutorial for people who want to learn typing. It gives a performance test, it is geared towards beginners, intermediate and advance typers.
As I mentioned before, we are being bombarded by demands in the technology areas and typing is one of them. So, if you or anybody you know is having typing issues, why not refer them to use the mentioned free online typing programs.