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Now that you have been awarded a laptop exemption to type out your Junior or Leaving Cert – what next? Having to sit through State exams answering questions with pen and paper for hours at a time is all very well for those for whom writing poses no problems, but what...

            It is more beneficial for your child to learn how to touch type at Searsol's after school typing centres than at home for the following reasons: Nationwide network of after school typing centres Searsol offers a nationwide network of after school typing...

What is the benefit of having a typing speed of 10, 25 and 40wpm? For most people, learning to type is as much about developing a typing speed as it is about discovering what fingers to use on alphabet keys on the keyboard. After all, while typed copy allows for a...

Touch-typing is a skill that grows from training your fingers to automatically hit the correct characters on a keyboard in order to type the words and sentences you wish to compose. The method is called touch-typing because, over time, your fingers are trained to find...

Searsol is pleased to announce the opening of our new after school typing course centre in Lucan, Co Dublin. The course will take place in St Kevin's Community School Lucan, Co Dublin, opposite Liffey Valley . The course centre will start on Monday 22nd of January...

Searsol is pleased to announce the opening of our new after school typing course center in Mounttown Community Facilities, Lower Mounttown Road, Dun-Laoghaire, Co Dublin which is starting on Thursday 12th  of January 2017. There will be two classes, with class...

Searsol is pleased to announce the opening of our new typing course centre in Morning Star National School, Ballyphehane, Cork which is starting on Tuesday 6th  and Thursday 8th of December 2016. There will be four classes, with class starting time at 3.45pm and the...

  So you have finally got approval for a laptop for you child from the Department of Education. What should you do next to prepare your child in readiness of their new laptop arrival? First off congrats on being pre-approved for the laptop, well done! So what should...