Sep. 3—The beginning of the school year sometimes overwhelms both students and parents so I thought I would just take it easy on what to give you and I thought that with all that children have been ...

I can still feel the tips of my 10-year-old fingers striking the orange cover on the keyboard. It was in this 5th grade public-school class that – despite my frequent boos and bellyaching – I learned ...

When children are in school, they are typically taught how to write, speak, count, and read. However, they usually skip one skill — typing. In the modern era, typing is one of those essential skills ...

For much of human history, written communication was accomplished by hand. Every character had to be painstakingly carved into clay or inked onto parchment. Only in the mid-nineteenth century, with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Were you taught to touch type or are you, like so many of ...

The big picture: Gen Z, often considered digital natives, grew up glued to screens. However, their mastery has its limits – particularly with the humble physical keyboard, which seems as foreign to ...