What is the best way to teach keyboarding?
When I came to Dondero School to teach computers, I was told by Ed Stokel that keyboarding would be taught in this way: during September of every year, every third grader would have four weeks of intensive keyboarding for 30 minute blocks. I did not question this method. I also had no other knowledge as to how keyboarding should be taught; keyboarding lessons were not mentioned in my Master’s program. Also, I had worked in two other schools; one, Lincoln Akerman School has no formal keyboarding program, and second, Noble High School used original typing books (and the original typing teacher from the business department). Freshmen were required to take six weeks of typing in order to graduate. When I was asked how I would feel about having the four weeks of beginning keyboarding omitted from our schedule, I said that I would have to think about that because I had not ever thought of the possibility. I was asked to do research to find out what the best practices were and come back with
