Handwriting & Keyboarding

Books about Handwriting

• Handwriting in America: A Cultural History. Tamara Thornton. Yale University Press, 1998
• The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting. Anne Trubek. Bloomsburg USA, 2016
• Born to Please: The Art of Handwriting Instruction, University of South Carolina

Keyboarding Resources

Articles

• Fact or Fiction? The Legend of the QWERTY Keyboard, Smithsonian, May 3, 2013
  • Early typewriters were developed in partnership with the gun manufacturer, Remington
  • QWERTY keyboard was favored by typists familiar with Morse Code who found a system based on the alphabet confusing
• KALQ - This is the New Non-QWERTY Keyboard You Will Use to Compose Your Thumb-Powered Opus Smithsonian (April 24, 2013)
• KALQ is a New Split Screen Keyboard Layout Designed to Speed Up Thumb Typing on Tablets and Big Phones
• KALQ vs. QWERTY: The Search for a Better Keyboard, WBUR (May 24, 2013)

Apps and Websites

• Keyboard Zoo, ABCya
• Dance Mat Typing - a popular free online program that some technology teachers use to introduce elementary students to typing
• You can also download for free older versions of Mavis Beacon, a well-established typing software.
• Another commonly used program by elementary educators is Typing Club.

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