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App
Flairify

TapTyping

For Students 2nd - 12th
Familiarize your pupils with how to type by tapping on a tablet screen. They will master the tablet keyboard with a set of lessons that get progressively more advanced. Track progress with a speed test every few lessons.
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Lesson Plan
Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Developing Speed (Alpha, Numeric, and Keypad)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Hurry up! Pupils practice developing speed on a keyboard, participating in a series of drills to improve efficiency. After tracking their progress, they create an electronic guide about proper keyboarding techniques. 
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Handout
Cincinnati Library

Computers for Beginner

For Students 2nd - 8th
The kids in your class are probably experts at navigating the computer, but do they know the difference between hardware and software? Teach computer skills to any level of computer user with a helpful reference sheet. It covers...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Keyboarding

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in assessments related to keyboarding. They orally defend what they have learned in assignments involving keyboarding, creating a list of 15 words, reading a news article about computer technology, and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Computer Keyboard

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this computer activity, students study a picture of a keyboard. Students will be able to see proper fingering on a keyboard. There are no directions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Keyboarding Matching Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this literacy worksheet, students match the keyboarding term with the correct term found in the right-hand column. The answers are found when clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Story Starters: Keyboarding

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners use all the alphabetic keys to create stories using their own imaginations and story prompts. They practice proofreading skills.
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Interactive
Dominic Szablewski

Z-Type Concepts: Typing, Basic Computer Skills, Keyboarding

For Students K - 8th
Your students will be typing faster than you in no time with the help of this fun game. Similar to the classic Atari game Space Invaders, students must type words to prevent space ships from attacking as they move from the top of the...
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App
Joy Tunes

Piano Dust Buster - Song Game

For Students K - Higher Ed
Piano practice has never been so fun! Cleverly scaffolded piano practice sessions lead to performances, all of which earn the player points. The app has a digital keyboard for playing when you're on the go, or enable the acoustic piano...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Key Vocabulary Words!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use home row keyboarding techniques to type appropriate vocabulary words. This well thought out activity presents many effective ways to teach keyboarding skills to your students.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Keyboarding Technique

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use correct keyboarding technique to improve speed and accuracy. They respond to verbal comments, such as "Be sure you are keeping your fingers on home row." They choose one technique component to work on and fill it in on...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Fibonacci Keyboard- Jazz and Math

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Pupils demonstrate an understanding of the relationships of the Fibonacci Sequence. They apply the Fibonacci Sequence and find its relationship to a piano keyboard. They explore various relationships between music and the Fibonacci...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Keyboarding - Scattergories for Typing

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students engage in a game aimed at increasing keyboarding skills.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Fun Alternate Way to Teach Children Keyboarding1

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners use mnemonics rather than mindless repetition to help them remember keyboard locations. They examine the left side home row, backspace key, and space bar using large, teacher-made keyboard.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The ABC'S of Anything

For Teachers K - 8th
Pupils practice using reference and other materials to identify and define related to a selected topic. They practice keyboarding skills while preparing definitions and senteces. Students participate in the use of FIRN to send and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Computer (Keyboarding)

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice typing the letters on the left side of the home row of keys. They complete time tests and examine their results. They discover words from those letters as well.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Keyboarding Scattergories

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students participate in a keyboarding game in order to increase their accuracy and speed. Using a PowerPoint presentation, they work together in groups to review the placements of the letters on the keyboard. They complete each...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning the Piano Keyboard

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students find the notes on the piano keyboard. In this piano instructional activity, students find the groups of two black keys and three black keys. They find the different notes and complete a worksheet to practice. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What I Did On My Summer Vacation

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students improvise then compose and notate melodies with appropriate accompaniments that are inspired by events that transpired during their summer vacations. Requires a networked keyboard lab.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teaching Intonation in a SoundTree Lab with Auralia

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners demonstrate intonation and their ability to discriminate between sharp and flat by responding to exercises within Auralia, and by creating their own examples for the class using the Tuning Function on the synthesizer. Requires a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Singing The Blues with Garage Band

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students demonstrate writing lyrics for a twelve-bar blues pattern by writing two verses of a blues song and then recording themselves singing over a stock blues pattern using Apple's Garage Band. Requires a networked keyboard lab.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building Canons on Pachelbel's Canon in D

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners demonstrate the structure of a canon by composing melodies and variations over Pachelbel's Theme from the Canon in D. Requires a networked keyboard lab and computers.
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Lesson Plan
SoundTree

When The Saints Go Marching In: A Lesson for Middle School Keyboard Lab Students

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After listening to a variety of interpretations of "When the Saints Go Marching In," partners compose and then perform their own renditions of this classic before joining a full-class jam session.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Keyboarding - Learning Letters E and I

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars practice typing, focusing on the letters E and I.

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