[Pibe-division] Perfect Touch Typing leads to Fast keyboarding for Blind Student

[Jewel]

I am a firm believer in the earlier the better for touch-typing. I was
taught to touch-type as a sighted student in the 3rd grade, and when I
moved to another school, they continued to teach me how to touch-type
and reinforced it by having us do work (in 4th grade, mind you) on the
computer...at first, it was just games that reinforced good typing,
math, and reading skills, but in later grades, we started doing
worksheets and homework on the computer. These days, I can type up to
80 WPM and am an excellent user of hot keys (I taught myself many of
them, then got advanced training at the state rehab center). I am very
grateful for my early education in touch-typing (not as early as the
girl noted!), as it means I can type my notes in class at the same
speed that everyone else writes them, as well as journal entries for
English class and potentially math problems (I'm working on this one).


Early education in touch-typing is a skill all children, but
especially blind students, should get!

~Jewel

On 10/24/11, Dr. Denise M. Robinson <dmehlenbacher at yahoo.com> wrote:
> This young lady on Youtube started computer skills with talking software,
> early on, so by 3rd grade she could email her work to her teacher. She
> learned hundreds of keyboard commands to move quickly over the keyboard,
> doing anything she needed. Teachers today can grade work using TRACK
> CHANGES and send it back in email. This way, blind people can work
> independently, checking their own work and scores. Hundreds of keyboard
> lessons at yourtechvision.com
> Click on link above to watch and listen to video and those fast fingers with
> talking software
>
>
>        Denise
>
> Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
> CEO, TechVision
> Specialist in blind technology/teaching/training
> email:  yourtechvision at gmail.com
> Website with hundreds of lessons: yourtechvision.com