| We all know kids love to play whenever
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| | that despite having the entire class wash
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| they get the chance. Even some adults
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| | their hands before computer work,
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| take time to play now and then. With
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| | inevitably for every twenty kids at least
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| touchpad keyboards, kids are discovering
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| | three manage to get dirt or crumbs stuck
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| a new way to play. Here are some benefits
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| | in their computer mouse. With the
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| for kids and their caretakers who use
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| | touchpad keyboard, those crumbs are
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| touchpad keyboards:
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| | easily visible and simply cleaned. With
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| "It's like my fingers are dancing!" said
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| | the traditional rolling ball mouse,
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| Charla, age eight. On her first day of
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| | crumbs get stuck up inside and are
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| class at Mountain View Elementary school,
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| | difficult, if not impossible, to remove.
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| she gravitated towards the computer at
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| | Teachers are saving hours of cleaning
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| her desk place. She had never seen a
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| | time with touchpad keyboards.
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| computer with a touchpad keyboard before,
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| | Whenever school funding is cut,
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| but she jumped right in and began to
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| | classrooms get fuller. With thirty kids
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| experiment with how to use it. Before her
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| | to watch over, Charla's teacher must get
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| teacher had a chance to explain how the
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| | creative about making space for all of
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| touchpad keyboard functions, Charla had
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| | thirty kids within a compact room. Desks
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| already grasped the concept and was
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| | are crammed in and make for only a
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| adeptly using the touchpad keyboard to
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| | 1.5-foot aisle. The kids' elbows are
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| download music on to her iPod. So quick
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| | hitting each other. Luckily, the touchpad
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| is the learning curve of the touchpad
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| | keyboards save some space. Eliminating
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| keyboard for kids.
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| | the traditional mouse means that each
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| While Charla felt her fingers were
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| | child has an additional ten inches of
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| dancing, she did not know that her brain
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| | space. This efficiency is helping little
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| was also stretching into new vistas of
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| | Charla and other kids to concentrate
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| creativity. Studies have shown that
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| | better and understand the concept of
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| children who use touchpad keyboards have
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| | "personal space."
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| higher levels of creative expression, due
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| | Well-informed adults are taking advantage
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| to the dancing/drawing motion of the
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| | of touchpad keyboards in the home, too.
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| fingers. The fluid movement is similar to
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| | American kids typically spend one to two
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| painting, which encourages the brain to
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| | hours on the computer after school, and
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| think in non-linear, abstract formation.
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| | sometimes more. Parents with touchpad
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| Children who use touchpad keyboards are
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| | keyboards are noticing that they are
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| more flexible by nature, more creative,
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| | saving much time by not digging out dirt
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| and more spontaneous than their classmate
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| | stuck inside a traditional mouse. With a
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| counterparts who use traditional
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| | quick swipe of the touchpad keyboard, all
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| keyboards.
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| | the grime is gone.
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| Little Charla may think touchpad
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| | Studies linking touchpad keyboards to
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| keyboards are all about fun, as the
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| | creativity are just beginning to make
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| school hours speed away, but her teacher
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| | waves in the parent community. Parents
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| knows something else about them. They are
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| | and teachers are taking advantage of the
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| easier to clean than a traditional mouse.
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| | cleanliness, efficiency, and creative
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| Kids are notoriously messy. Crumbs seem
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| | effect that touchpad keyboards have. Let
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| to travel with them in a trail that could
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| | your kids join the dance of touchpad
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| reach around the world. Teachers know
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| | keyboards. It is good for them and you.
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