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10 ways touch typing can help
10 ways touch typing can help Are you thinking about you or your child learning to touch type, wondering whether it might be a good investment? Here are some top ways that touch typing can help and it's like riding a bike - once learned, never forgotten! Speed - You...
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Back to School Tips from the Type IT! Team
Back to school tips As our children start school this week and next, here are some tips for the start of the school term. 1. Try and get together a weekly wall planner with a rough idea of school and activities - when their clubs and pe lessons are so that kit can be...
Is Latin an important topic to learn at school? If not, what other practical skills should children learn?
Is Latin an important topic to learn at school? If not, what other practical skills should children learn? Education secretary Gavin Williamson has initiated a new scheme to boost the take-up of Latin among disadvantaged pupils. He unveiled a £4 million "Latin...
The benefits of touch typing for children
What is Touch Typing? Learning to touch type enables you to type letters, numbers, punctuation and symbols without looking at the keyboard. This process relies on muscle memory, the same type of memory used to learn an instrument or sport. When is the right time to...
Do you feel like taking on a new challenge and learning a new skill? What is the best way to learn?
Do you feel like taking on a new challenge and learning a new skill? What is the best way to learn? We all have different ways of learning that work for us, but here are a few tips on how to learn the best possible way, whether learning to swim, play an instrument,...
Type IT! and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
Type IT! and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme What is the DofE? The Duke of Edinburgh award scheme is an opportunity to discover new interests and a tool to develop essential skills for life and work. It is also respected by employers as a mark of achievement....
Things for kids to do in the summer for free!
Things for kids to do in the summer for free! At home or outdoors Mini beast hunt. You can find some useful identification charts here https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/PDF/Minbeasts%20pack.pdf Craft with nature Collect fallen leaves, petals and twigs and make your own...
Is touch typing an essential skill for children or is it just a “nice to have”?
Learning to touch type has some great benefits. While you might have a mental image of rows of young ladies sitting behind their manual typewriters, touch-typing is not an outdated practice and is becoming more and more relevant. Learning to touch type is actually a...
Typing and technology through the ages!
Typing and technology through the ages by a 47 year old. What has your experience been with typing and technology through the years? I remember my son asking me if cars were "a thing" when I was young! At age 47, it is funny to think that when I was a child, all...