Do you peck at your keyboard? Is this you? I was at the hospital yesterday and the consultant was doing just that. She couldn’t speak and type at the same time. Her head was bobbing up and down from screen to keyboard. She was making lots of errors so was continually...
Wendy Petersen
Helping Our Touch Typists from Start to Finish…
Thank goodness we ask all of our students to send us a video of them touch typing early on in the course. It helps us to spot any problems before bad habits set in. The majority follow our online videos and instructions and have no problems. But there are some that...
Touch Typing is Fun To Learn!
Somebody said to me recently that they found touch typing fascinating. And I guess it is in so many different ways. Wendy Petersen, Course Director helping a student learn. I think a lot of people are put off from learning to touch type because it involves ‘effort’...
Why our remote touch typing courses work
This is why our remote touch typing courses work. We don’t leave our learners to muddle through on their own.
Half Term Intensive Touch Typing Course
Courses to suit everybody It’s getting very busy with our courses at the moment. Lots of sign ups for DofE courses and more adults than usual which is great! Flexible Learning The flexibility of the course is what makes it so appealing. With no set day to do the...
The Gift Of Touch Typing
Some children really don't want to learn the skill and who can blame them? Just another 'thing' to have to do. But for some children, it's an essential skill and I am fortunate to work with many parents who understand the importance of it. I'm thrilled that one of my...
Why free online touch typing courses don’t work
Learning to touch type on your own isn’t easy. It’s not as straightforward as finding a free online programme and getting on with it. This photo is a perfect example of how things can go wrong despite a student showing good accuracies. Getting help from a tutor gets...
How Touch Typing Can Help Get Thoughts on Paper
This is one of my 10 year old students touch typing at over 20wpm. He struggles with working memory and finds handwriting difficult. Being able to touch type in school is going to be life changing for him. All children should learn this #lifeskill
Has your child ever tried to learn something on their own and given up?
Have you ever tried an online course and given up? I have plenty of times. It's usually because I start off with all good intentions, fired up and raring to go, and then by day 4, it's starting to get a bit tiresome, less interesting or there are other priorities that...
February Half Term Touch Typing Courses – Book Now!
Come and join me! My name is Wendy, and I am the Owner and Founder of Type IT! For the last 11 years I have been teaching children how to touch type which means I help them type automatically without ever looking at their fingers! It means they can get all their...