Perhaps the biggest barrier to effectively using your iPhone isn’t processor speed or software compatibility but rather poor typing speed. The clumsy index-finger typing technique is an especially significant obstacle when attempting to utilize the device as a tool for teaching and learning. To take advantage of the iPhone’s tremendous potential as an educational tool, students and teachers must be able to quickly and efficiently share ideas via digital discourse, which means mastering the device’s relatively small touch-screen type pad.

Conveniently, TypingWeb, an online typing test and typing tutor software, now offers a Safari-compatible service and free set of typing drills for your desktop, iPhone and iPod Touch. TypingWeb asserts that their intuitive typing tutor WebApp will quickly increase your touch screen speed and accuracy. Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced lessons and typing tests are available in this completely free, easy-to-use service.

To try it out, just visit http://iphone.typingweb.com/ on your iPhone or iPod touch.