Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross investigate Black representation in the Neon-backed documentary out this summer. As the documentary tells us, L’Esperance was spotted working a counter at a Los ...

The new documentary "Seeking Mavis Beacon" dives into the story of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a software program first developed in the late 1980s. (Courtesy of Neon) The new documentary "Seeking ...

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, released in 1987 and developed by Software Toolworks, is the quintessential typing game. It wasn't the first typing game, but it was among the first. Mavis Beacon Teaches ...

In Seeking Mavis Beacon, filmmakers Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross aim to track down one of the most iconic figures in multicultural education and internet history. With over 10 million copies ...

Beacon was the face of the popular software program ''Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" before an apparent disappearance. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The film will profile the influential Black ...

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If you learned to type in the 1980s or ’90s, there’s a decent chance you had some help from Mavis Beacon. The fictional avatar was the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a bestselling series of ...

For anyone who grew up learning how to type from Mavis Beacon (back in the day when computer programs were advertised in catalogs and came in over-sized boxes), this news will come to you as a bit of ...

Those of you who have been involved with computers for 15 years or so will be glad to know that Mavis Beacon still Teaches Typing. Mavis looks as good as ever. Actually, she doesn’t look like the ...