As you mentioned, voice recog. is huge. Touch is maturing so is =
biometrics. Clap on - clap off is old school now!
Wireless, motion detection, voice, touch, and don't forget the =
holographic technologies.
I love this stuff.
Oh wait, keyboarding, probably not as important as it used to be, but =
still useful for the foreseeable future, especially for AP Computer =
Science :)=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Whipple [mailto:mark@whipplefamily.com]=20
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 2:04 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Is Typing Speed Important Anymore
Since you mentioned thumb typing, how much longer can we expect the =
full-size keyboard to be the primary input device? With so many kids =
texting on devices that have word-completion algorithms will our =
students still be using a big keyboard and desktop computer to =
communicate in five years? Even the sub-notebooks with 80 or 90% =
keyboards are pretty tough to touch-type on. And voice recognition =
continues to improve . . . I wonder if typing (home row or
hunt-and-peck) on a QWERTY keyboard is really a 21st century skill.
Mark Whipple
Prospect Hill Academy Charter School
Cambridge, MA
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Joe Frost =
<Joe.Frost@phoenixchristian.org> wrote:
> Too funny - nose & elbow.
>
> As a general rule I still push for home row and appropriate finger=20
> placement, but a couple years ago I had a young man that was able to=20
> use
> 2 fingers on one hand and 3 on the other and was still able to nail=20
> the WPM and accuracy.
>
> I should have put that on youtube. =A0It was hilarious to watch.
>
> I'm thinking that today kids could probably pick up the keyboard and=20
> just use their thumbs...
>
>
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