Digital Smarts - Will QWERTY Go the Way of All Things?

As schools discuss whether or not to continue teaching cursive handwriting, keyboard makers are debating what constitutes the most usable keyboard. The QWERTY keyboard is a century and a half old, originating from early typewriters, and some people are advocating for other layouts. Among them are Dvorak, which puts all vowels and the most-used consonants next to one another, and Colemak, which is more similar to QWERTY but eliminates the caps lock key among other small differences. The question now is whether or not the steep learning curve of these new layouts is justified.