This article includes a timeline describing the beginnings of the typewriter, why its keyboard is organised as we know it, and some of the impacts this technology has had on today’s lifestyle.\u00a0 Click on the “timeline” title to display the chart.<\/p>\n
TIMELINE<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n It is interesting to note that today most people use typewriting skills without formal training. \u00a0Additionally, the common ways people have to type -or text, which is now used as a verb- widely deviate from the traditional typewriting guidelines and best practices. \u00a0According to White (1935) university professors urged secondary schools in the 1930s to have students trained in typewriting since that skill favored better grades besides the neatness typewritten papers convey, and because typewriters were proliferating in the work market at that time.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, “texting” could be considered a different skill than typewriting due to several reasons. \u00a0First, the keyboard of handheld digital devices, although sporting the Qwerty layout shown in the timeline above like the regular keyboards of office equipment -computers nowadays instead of typewriters- does not provide the usual ergonomic conditions for the typewriting activity. \u00a0Texting is generally performed with movements of the fingers while typewriting frequently involves the whole hand, and sometimes the forearm. \u00a0Second, texting is used to produce digitally written informal communication, while typewriting can also produce formal digital and printed documents. \u00a0And last but not least, texting promotes the use of symbols and acronyms as part of daily language which, in time, might erode the form of a language.<\/p>\n Will typewriting become again a matter of training? \u00a0What would be the benefits of such venture? \u00a0Regardless of the answers one thing is for sure, technology will continue to drive and shape the change.<\/p>\n References<\/p>\n White, B., (1935). Typewriting as a Factor in College Success.\u00a0The School Review,\u00a043<\/em>(5), 374-378. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.royalroads.ca\/stable\/1080273<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This article includes a timeline describing the beginnings of the typewriter, why its keyboard is organised as we know it, and some of the impacts this technology has had on today’s lifestyle.\u00a0 Click on the “timeline” title to display the chart. TIMELINE It is interesting to note that today most people use typewriting skills without … Continue reading “U1 A4 – A Timeline about the Typewriter”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt523"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}