Monday, 12 November 2018

Hunt and Peck


Can you touch type ?
Not me , not really.

I'm more of two-three hunt and finger pecker.

This is my grandfather's first typewriter.
I remember being given this at 21 years old. Not so much to use but keep.
I own it and it still works.



I'm quite fast as a finger pecker.
However - I've been inspired to give touch typing a go for 30 days or longer.
Brain training and all that.



After 3 days of 30 mins or more, I can feel and see a basic improvement.



Pathetically slow but mostly accurate.

They recommend that. Master accuracy before speed.

https://www.typing.com/

This is the program I'm using. It breaks it down simply and keeps a record of my progress. Sam tells me he has an account from school , but he wasn't using it properly when I checked him.

After I master the skill - it will be the task of the twins to learn over the school holidays in preparation for Yr7. 

Yeah I know, like weren't they just starting school the other day. I remember the excitement and anticipation.

It starts again ... orientation letter arrived today 27th November.
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astrojo 8p · 332 weeks ago

I learnt how to touch type when I was in year 12 in 1984. I had a portable typewriter and took classes because I wanted to be a journalist and you needed touch typing for that back in those days. These days I have a sort of hybrid action that gets the words out relatively quickly.
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Trish Taylor · 332 weeks ago

Hi Jo
We are a similar Vintage I think - I was Yr 12 in 1984. Mine is more hybrid too i think - the challenge has been accepted now i must persist.
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Leanne at DFF · 332 weeks ago

I'm a touch typist (coz I was an Executive Assistant in a former life). All my touch typing has been done on computer and I can tell you for a fact that the muscles in my ring finger and little finger would not be strong enough to create an impression on an older typewriter!
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Trish Taylor · 332 weeks ago

Agree. I was a registered Nurse and all records were paper files. So I never learned this skill.
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havealaughonme 84p · 332 weeks ago

My daughter is making progress but I've told her she won't be able to learn in a week!!
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Vanessa · 332 weeks ago

I had to learn to type in early high school. We had to cover out hands with tea towels to learn to type without looking.
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alicia · 332 weeks ago

Oh I remember Typing in high school, electric typewriters had just come in the late eighties, but still learnt on the old ones. click clack! I remember my typing teacher well! Have no idea what speed I type these days, but I already know my accuracy would be way off! I'll have to find an internet test to see how I go :)
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Denyse Whelan · 332 weeks ago

Trish, they cannot be starting HS!? I learned so called touch typing before I left school at an Evening College in Manly. I never quite mastered it but it gave me a grounding for my need to use a touch typewriter and then a computer for Uni assignments from 1985. I must say now, I am basically touch typing as I write this comment..back to basics my Dad made me do, helped!! Oh and I still only use a couple of fingers, I am not THAT good!

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