Second-grade teacher Kimberly Blackert helps Cody Simpson with his touch typing assignment on Oct. 11, 2013 at Horseshoe Trails Elementary School in Phoenix, Ariz. Formal keyboarding instruction ...

Keyboard classes are a staple in this district. Instruction begins in kindergarten with students learning the basics of the keyboard.

At an August planning meeting at Horseshoe Trails Elementary School in Phoenix, it dawned on May and the other teachers that they needed to start keyboard instruction sooner than third grade to ...

For keyboard instruction on a mobile device, Simply Piano (for Android and iOS) takes a student from finding middle C to playing along with onscreen guides and gamelike animations.

At an August planning meeting at Horseshoe Trails Elementary School in Phoenix, it dawned on May and the other teachers that they needed to start keyboard instruction sooner than third grade to ...