Technology Class with Mrs. Rex
Popcorn Typer TypeDojo Typing Tests Typing Ghosts Typing Practice
Kidztype: typing lessons, games, tests (can pick your grade and specific letters), and MORE.
Alpha Scramble Alpha Quick Caveboy Keyboarding
Turbo car racing typer Type boxing Boxing Car Racing 100 Letters Dino Type Flying
Typing Club is the program we will be using to learn and practice our typing skills. It is web-based and full customizable, so students can practice in class or at home.
Why do we teach keyboarding?
Typing faster is not the primary objective of keyboarding; rather it is a desired side effect. Once your students are able to type with all ten fingers without needing to look down at the keyboard, their overall productivity when using a computer will improve dramatically. When typing with two fingers, the visual and frontal cortices of the brain are forced to focus on where individual keys are located. Keyboarding removes this burden, enabling students to work on things like sentence structure and grammar while they type. To help students in the classroom, the best thing you can do is to make sure students are not looking at the keyboard.
5th Grade Common Core Requirements in Keyboarding: ““TYPE TWO pages in a single sitting,” approximately 22 WPM."
