Of course the delivery technology will change

The migration to polling, market research and accounting allowed IBM to grow and develop. To Rosetta Stone Software this day I still see IBM operating systems as dominated by a punch card mentality, reading a series of instructions. Mind you those of us who learnt to program using punch cards learned discipline. A reject on the first compile error required an attention to detail and design that a modern generation of programers finds it all to easy to avoid.Despite the radical changes that are coming in technology, somehow or other I think the keyboard will survive, along with the screen. Voice is good but requires you to think to much in advance of speaking. Also you or other people have to hear you speak. I can now put the headphones on in a train, or set the hifi going and write, a very different process from speaking. Of course the delivery technology will change. virtual keyboards on any surface, screens that appear in front of your eyes, all of those things will continue, but an investment in ten fingered typing will still pay off. Mind you, does anyone remember a wonderful device that came out back in the 80s? It was a single hand held device operated with four fingers and thumb that allowed you to type faster than a keyboard, if Rosetta Stone Language you were prepared to invest in training your mind and your fingers. It never took off, but maybe its time for a return? Another argument for typing is that it is so much faster than writing, which means its still preferable to a touch screen with character recognition.OK, so typing survives, what other basic skills should we teach in schools? Well I have a five suggestions (very open to others), few of which are taught in schools which is a pity as they all could be, You need some basic understanding of HTML, editing wikipedia gives you this and software products such as text expander allow you to automate things. But you have to be able to get behind WYSIWYG from time to time and edit more directly. Best way there is to install the WIkipedia software in school and use it for collaborative writing and school projects. Allow those who acquire skills to become admins (much more fun that being a prefect) and guide others. Take on WIkipedia editing Rosetta Stone Spanish (Spain) tasks on local history, get your school entry up todate. Engage, involve and learn. Technical drawing or design, ideally in three dimensions also helps.