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Showing Original Post only (View all)I've been watching people typing here and there. [View all]
What I've noticed recently that very few millennials touch type any more. I suppose that's a natural progression from the days when we all learned to type on typewriters and touch typing was the standard way to use a keyboard.
What I've also noticed is that by not learning that keyboarding skill, the productivity of those folks is much lower. They can't type quickly enough to generate content rapidly, and usually aren't watching the words appear on their displays. That leads to more typos that don't get caught as soon as they appear.
I wonder if keyboarding classes might be a great idea for people who will be using keyboards as part of their jobs. Seems to me that being able to keyboard at over 60 wpm would be a very, very useful skill for those who create content.
I'm really old school, and learned to type on a manual typewriter when I was still in junior high school. Today, I type original material at over 100 wpm. My eyes are always on the monitor and any typos that occur are immediately obvious, so I correct them as I go.
It's something to think about.