For John Olive, typing a simple sentence meant hunting with his index finger, finding one letter, then beginning a quest for the next. Olive had four years of computer experience and typed 22 words ...

With more standardized tests going digital, including most recently the College Board’s Advanced Placement exams, more schools are investing time and resources into keyboarding instruction, ...

The Utica Public Library, at 303 Genesee St., is offering free computer classes and private tutoring for all skill levels. The library has professionals trained on a variety of programs and devices to ...

It wasn’t too long ago that schools offered classes with names like “Keyboarding” that were pitched as teaching a skill that would be vital for life and work in the 21st century. As it turns out, all ...

Ayla Vick sits at a desktop computer with her hands on the keyboard. She places her fingers on the home row, stretching them to form words on the screen. “Sometimes I have to look down,” admits the ...

I can still feel the tips of my 10-year-old fingers striking the orange cover on the keyboard. It was in this 5th grade public-school class that – despite my frequent boos and bellyaching – I learned ...