Comments on: Tools to improve keyboarding skills http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/12/tools-to-improve-keyboarding-skills/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Educating the Dragon » Blog Archive » So many questions. Are there any real answers? http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/12/tools-to-improve-keyboarding-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-31902 Educating the Dragon » Blog Archive » So many questions. Are there any real answers? Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:59:35 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/12/tools-to-improve-keyboarding-skills/#comment-31902 [...] If School 2.0 is all about collaborative working, children directing the learning, teaching and learning for ‘Just in Time’ what does it look like in a matrix. What should I be doing with my Year 3’s? Year 5’s, Year 2’s? I’ve heard from Vicki Davies blog recently that keyboarding isn’t dead. That word-processing at the speed of speech is practically a miraculous gift. Wesley has some software suggestions that might help. Speech recognition software is no where close; currently. Perhaps if it were the learning would be impaired somewhat. I know I have learnt more since being this blog than I have ever done- perhaps.  Don Tapscott talks about the flat work place. That N-Geners prefer a flatter workplace. I wonder what a flat school would look like. Would I truly be a better place for it? Flatter in terms of the students or the staff or both? What would that really look like. Would communication with the school be better or worse? Would we achieve more or less?   [...] [...] If School 2.0 is all about collaborative working, children directing the learning, teaching and learning for ‘Just in Time’ what does it look like in a matrix. What should I be doing with my Year 3’s? Year 5’s, Year 2’s? I’ve heard from Vicki Davies blog recently that keyboarding isn’t dead. That word-processing at the speed of speech is practically a miraculous gift. Wesley has some software suggestions that might help. Speech recognition software is no where close; currently. Perhaps if it were the learning would be impaired somewhat. I know I have learnt more since being this blog than I have ever done- perhaps.  Don Tapscott talks about the flat work place. That N-Geners prefer a flatter workplace. I wonder what a flat school would look like. Would I truly be a better place for it? Flatter in terms of the students or the staff or both? What would that really look like. Would communication with the school be better or worse? Would we achieve more or less?   [...]

]]> By: Beth http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/12/tools-to-improve-keyboarding-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-31577 Beth Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:50:35 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/12/tools-to-improve-keyboarding-skills/#comment-31577 Came by to look at your screencasts for a primer I'm building on screencasting and saw your post. Thought you'd enjoy this http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/15557565/ Came by to look at your screencasts for a primer I’m building on screencasting and saw your post.
Thought you’d enjoy this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/15557565/

]]> By: Room 3's Blog http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/12/tools-to-improve-keyboarding-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-31574 Room 3's Blog Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:17:41 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/12/tools-to-improve-keyboarding-skills/#comment-31574 <strong>More Keyboarding Links...</strong> I have discovered some more keyboarding programmes for you to try. You could even use keyboarding practice as a homework task! Today I learned about TypeFaster Typing Tutor (a free, open-source typing program available for Windows) as well as Dance Mat... More Keyboarding Links…

I have discovered some more keyboarding programmes for you to try. You could even use keyboarding practice as a homework task!
Today I learned about TypeFaster Typing Tutor (a free, open-source typing program available for Windows) as well as Dance Mat…

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