If you can type the pangram the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog without looking at your keyboard, then you know where all 26 letters of the alphabet are on the Dvorak layout. How do I switch from qwerty to dvorak fast?.Apparently the correct way to do it is always use the right index for Y and the left index for B.ĭid you learn proper typing technique (or something very close to it) by going to or or some similar website and working through all the various lessons and exercises until you could type without looking at the keyboard? However, I always find that I hit the Y key with both my left and right index finger depending on the word, and I hit the B key with my right index finger 90% of the time. So recently I've been trying to learn touch typing on using the home row rules. The Y and B keys - are my bad habits worth correcting?
If yes, practice on sites like typeracer. really struggling with picking up touch typing and feeling horrible about it.ĭo you remember all the letters on the keyboard? If not, do more learning on websites like.Because of how now STAAR is online only and requires short answer and constructed response. I teach writing and one of the things that I started doing was requiring final drafts to be typed (since all students have access to laptops at school, I just give them tons of time to work in class and during my study hall.) They're VERY much hunt and peck typers, so I set them up on and that's been helping.