Keyboarding Skills, Are they needed?

I've come across people recently that challenge me on the need for keyboarding skills for students. I believe that keyboarding, although a valuable skill, is not that necessary anymore. I believe up until the late 80's, early 90's, typing and short hand were taught in High schools. These classes were meant to teach students necessary skills to make it out in the business world. With more computers being used, typing was slowly replaced with Introduction to Computers. Personally, I had typing back in High school around the time this transition was happening. I wasn't really interested in sitting in class day after day typing the same thing over and over a.s.d.f.g...a.s.d.f.g..., so I dropped the class and took Introduction to Computers instead. I never learned how to type properly, but I managed to learn how to type in a manner that works for me. And No, I don't peck away with just two fingers.
I believe students should focus on the overall concept of what they are trying to accomplish, whether it be posting to a Blog, Podcasting, creating Digital Storybooks, etc. and not have to worry about the correct placement of their fingers on the keyboard. Just as if students were to report on "What is a Satellite?," or "What issues to young students face today that didn't exist ten years ago?," I am going to look for understanding of the content first and spelling skills last.
But this is only my point of view. I'd like to hear what you think. What is your point of view?