Tore Olsson's Page

For students in today’s information age, learning to type quickly andaccurately is one of the essential skills they learn in school, and onethat will serve them in whatever career they ultimately pursue.  But ifwe as teachers can agree on the importance of teaching touch-typing, whyare our methods in teaching it so outdated, ineffective, anduninspiring to students?  Even though today more students than ever use acomputer on a daily basis, teachers have been unable to channelstudents’ natural…See More

I've been totally addicted to TypeRacer (the online head-to-head competitive typing game - check it out at typeracer.com) for a couple of years, but I have always been wondering how to use it in a classroom.  I think it's one of the only ways for students to get actually excited about typing - since it plays on their competitiveness with each other.  But I'm not so sure I want my students racing strangers on the internet, or not having control over what they type. But I just heard that…See More