In the early ‘90s, I was an elementary school librarian and an adjacent computer lab was part of my domain. Wanting to prepare our fifth graders to become more fluent writers, we ran them through a ...

Matt Renwick is an elementary school principal in Wisconsin. Prior to becoming an administrator, Matt was a 5th and 6th grade teacher. You can follow him on Twitter at @ReadByExample and read his blog ...

Public schools in Orange County should make every student learn keyboarding — typing for those of us of a certain age — in middle school, said Bill Sublette, chairman of the Orange County School Board ...

A new Ohio law encourages schools to teach students how to write legibly in cursive by the end of the fifth grade. While cursive is returning to state emphasis, it never left Oakwood. The district has ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. K–12 digital natives might seem like they were born with smartphones in their hands, but educators shouldn’t ...

Interacting with technology is second nature to children these days. But, even though these digital natives are tech-savvy, they might not have the keyboarding and digital citizenship skills to make ...

The tech-savvy generation is losing its touch. Gen Z’s typing proficiency is reportedly dwindling as young people adapt to touchscreens, with keyboarding falling to the wayside — just like writing in ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. More than half of teachers feel ill-equipped to teach keyboarding skills and many students do not get a chance to practise typing ...

At the School Board Meeting of March 19, 2025, School Board Member Luisa Santos proffered agenda item H-14, reaffirming the School Board's commitment to addressing the digital divide and implementing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman looking at a laptop The tech-savvy generation is losing their touch. Gen Z’s typing proficiency is reportedly dwindling as ...