Another good typing program, this time free…

When I’m asked for recommendations for typing programs, I often send people to Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor, because I know several young people who find the Viking mascot entertaining as he traipses about giving posture instructions and such.  I’m still a fan; even typing programs (or maybe especially?) are better with humor.  Ten Thumbs is [...]

By hand

One of the casualties of the standardization of education and learning is the personal connection to learning and work.  I spoke recently with two families whose children struggle with writing by hand. One sits every day and makes his way through the practice, with an occasional eruption of dismay, but the result is considerably less [...]

Reference can help the brain do its best work

The other day I was sitting with an 8 year-old as she wrote out the date.  At one point she turned to look behind her at the analog clock on the wall.  ”I always look at the clock to make sure my 9 is going the right way,” she told me. Kids who know they’re [...]

Finger Memory?

I was trying out a typing program the other day and noticed that I had a lot of trouble typing series of letters that didn’t fit the patterns of English. I could fairly easily type something like daf, which followed an expectable consonant-vowel-consonant pattern, but I had trouble with the likes of fja. I’d consistently [...]

Need a Typing Tutor Program?

I’ve written before about Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor, which is the best typing learning/practice program I’ve found to date.  I’m on their mailing list and they’re doing a spring promotion in which the program is $9.99, a significant savings off the usual price. (I say significant because I don’t remember exactly how much it usually [...]

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor

I often get requests for recommendations of good typing programs.  My first response is always that it depends heavily on the person who’s to be doing the typing, so if you can try things out before you buy them, you’re likely to get better results.  I am, however, a big fan of Ten Thumbs Typing [...]