> > This is practical. > Yes! Practicality was what we were all about. One of the things we taught, which I'm quite proud of, is touch typing. AFAIK we were the only school in Uganda that actually taught touch-typing. Even the secretarial schools don't have classes on this. at least not that I'm aware of.
Our students had to be able to type at a speed of at least 35 wpm in order to get their certificates. We used to have typing contests at the end of each term. We gave good prizes to the best typists (hard drives, flash drives, etc) and our students worked REALLY hard on their typing skills. Our best typists reached 75 wpm after a year or so. Our primary tool was KTouch, which is an EXCELLENT tool for teaching typing. It wasn't sufficient by itself - a human teacher was necessary to correct finger placements and to do a few other things - but it's a great, simple piece of software. Robert Orenstein
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