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Keyboarding Philosophy

Keyboarding Philosophy

1. Keyboarding is an essential and valuable skill necessary for students’ use of word processing and other technological applications. 

2. Correct keyboarding derives maximum value from word processing.


3. Keyboarding speed has to exceed handwriting speed.


4. Practice, review, and reinforcement are essential for success.

Expectations

1st grade: Students will learn concepts and/or skills through formal teacher direction.  It is expected that these students will be able to use the:

  • shift keys,
  • space bar
  • delete key
  • return key
  • period
  • comma
  • forward slash (/)
  • question mark (?)

2nd grade: Students will learn concepts and/or skills through formal teacher direction.  It is expected that these students will be able to use both hands to find the:

  • letter keys
  • number keys
  • symbol keys
  • special function keys

3rd grade: Keyboarding is formally introduced early in the year. Students will recognize right hand/left hand orientation, master correct finger placement, and use correct keyboarding techniques. 

4th grade: Keyboarding is reviewed/reinforced early in the year and students are expected to have mastered hand placement and letter location in order to easily complete projects for the classroom.

 

 

5th - 8th grades: Keyboarding is reviewed/reinforced early in the year and students are expected to have mastered hand placement and letter location in order to easily complete projects for the classroom.

Keyboarding Websites for Kids

5th & 6th Grade

Typing Club - This FREE online program will assist you with learning and improving your typing speed. Using this program, your typing speed will reach 10 to 12 words per minute quickly. You do not need to create an account but if you do, you can save your progress. 

Good Typing - Great FREE online typing course. Student needs to “register for free” and have an email account. Progress is kept as one works through the lessons.

Sense-Lang.org - Welcome to Sense-lang.org, a free internet program for learning and practicing touch-typing. The site speaks to a wide target audience and offers its unique learning method in a range of languages and in compatibility with the various types of keyboards. The site has been adopted by many schools worldwide as a leading learning method for their students.

 

Kids Learn to Type - Typing Test & FREE Typing tutor at Learn 2 Type for Kids - the leading FREE Web site that helps kids master the skills of touch typing. The interactive exercises in this Kids Typing Tutor automatically adjust to your skill level. The better you get, the more challenging the Typing exercises become. You can come and go as you please and pick up the typing lesson where you left off.

 

Peter’s Online Typing Course - Here you'll find a set of free online typing lessons and typing exercises for beginning typists, and frustrated hunt-and-peckers who want to move from four-finger typing to full-blown touch typing.

 

Power Typing - This site has typing practice and tests using the QWERTY and DVORAK keyboards (we use QWERTY). Includes five challenging games with multiple levels.

 

FreeTypingGame is the premiere site to play free typing games, lessons and tests. Our Typing Tutor is the best way to learn to type. No downloads, installations or registration required.

 

Learning Games for Kids - Learning typing is the focus of these keyboarding games. Learning keyboarding skills is vital for today’s learners and tomorrow’s earners. These free typing games are a great way to build typing skills. Keyboarding games teach important skills through a variety of online typing lessons and typing games..... oh, yeah, they're fun!

Only Typing Games - Exciting free typing games and keyboarding games to play online.

 

7th & 8th Grades

Typing Club - This FREE online program will assist you with learning and improving your typing speed. Using this program, your typing speed will reach 10 to 12 words per minute quickly. You do not need to create an account but if you do, you can save your progress.

Good Typing - Great FREE online typing course. Student needs to “register for free” and have an email account. Progress is kept as one works through the lessons.

Sense-Lang.org - Welcome to Sense-lang.org, a free internet program for learning and practicing touch-typing. The site speaks to a wide target audience and offers its unique learning method in a range of languages and in compatibility with the various types of keyboards. The site has been adopted by many schools worldwide as a leading learning method for their students.

 

Power Typing - This site has typing practice and tests using the QWERTY and DVORAK keyboards (we use QWERTY). Includes five challenging games with multiple levels.

 

Kids Learn to Type - Typing Test & FREE Typing tutor at Learn 2 Type for Kids - the leading FREE Web site that helps kids master the skills of touch typing. The interactive exercises in this Kids Typing Tutor automatically adjust to your skill level. The better you get, the more challenging the Typing exercises become. You can come and go as you please and pick up the typing lesson where you left off.

 

Peter’s Online Typing Course - Here you'll find a set of free online typing lessons and typing exercises for beginning typists, and frustrated hunt-and-peckers who want to move from four-finger typing to full-blown touch typing.

 

FreeTypingGame  is the premiere site to play free typing games, lessons and tests. Our Typing Tutor is the best way to learn to type. No downloads, installations or registration required. 

Only Typing Games - Exciting free typing games and keyboarding games to play online.

 

Typing Test - How fast can you type? Find out your WPM and accuracy with this free online typing test. 

 

 

Source: https://sites.google.com/a/wilmette39.org/keyboarding-websites2/keyboarding-expectations