Typing skills- for the new devices!
Submitted 8 years ago
Community Review for TapTyping - Typing Trainer
Julie Y.
Teacher
South Portland High School
South Portland ME, US
My Take
Students still like using plug in keyboards or laptops for essays over the iPad keyboard, but this app was a great tool for getting them to think about their skills more.
How I Use It
Typing is a good skill to teach as most students don't type on their devices in healthy ergonomic ways-- I've used this app to reinforce typing skills that have speed and health in mind.
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Larry O.
Southeast Christian School
Parker, CO
August 31, 2013
Tap Typing is a beneficial tool to improve mobile keyboarding skill and encourage students to produce on mobile devices.
Tap Typing includes the basic elements necessary to encourage students to move beyond typical hunt-and-peck mobile keyboarding to relevant, more efficient keyboarding habits. Challenges students to use keyboards on mobile devices more effectively. There is limited re-enforcement to help students use auto correct or auto fill options common to mobile devices which is a significant need for 21st century skills.
There are entry level and more advanced practice exercises available. The scoreboard is a challenge motivator for some students and perhaps an excuse for discouragement or non-engagement for others.
There is no reason to write off mobile keyboarding as inefficient and a poor choice for writing projects when apps like this are available.
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