Either way, if you’re now a grown adult who has been hunting and pecking at your keys for decades now, perhaps you’d finally like to buckle down and learn how to type by touch.

20 years ago, competitive typing became all the rage in the school computer lab thanks to sessions of edutainment favorite Type to Learn.

You can learn how to type faster by using various typing games and speed tests, as well as changing your posture and finger position.

Teachers, meanwhile, completed more than 90% of their work on Canvas on a computer. “We have two generations experiencing the teaching, and the learning, in a very different way,” she said.

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At the time of his research, the speed of touchscreen typing was gaining on traditional computers, with participants typing about 70% as fast on mobile devices compared to computer keyboards.

More than two-thirds of school and district leaders say their school or district teaches keyboarding. How they do it differs.