Why We Teach Keyboarding
Published on Nov 18, 2015
Why we teach keyboarding
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Why We Teach Keyboarding
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"Keyboarding is a critical literacy skill needed by every student in Utah's classrooms."
-- Patti Harrington, former Utah State Superintendent of Public Schools
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"People who used to find 'hunt and peck' keyboarding sufficient realize that it doesn’t make much sense to have a computer with lightning speed if the information inputted into the machine trickles in like molasses in January."
-- Sandberg-Diment, 1984
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"Computers reach every aspect of our lives -- at home, in the classroom, and at work... so we're sending our students out into the world armed with pencils? Doesn't today's productivity now require excellent keyboarding skills?"
-- Patti Harrington, former Utah State Superintendent of Public Schools
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"Many people who always thought typing was an overrated skill will find themselves slightly behind in the Digital Age since learning to use a keyboard is still probably the most important way of interacting with a computer."
-- Williams, Sawyer, and Hutchinson, Using Information Technology, A Practical Introduction to Computers and Communications
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"We cannot create an educational environment that demands keyboarding skill and not teach keyboarding to our students."
-- Patti Harrington, former Utah State Superintendent of Public Schools
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"Creativity and composition are, in reality, thwarted by inefficient use of the keyboard."
-- Nebo School District
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