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Keyboarding Skills: Elementary

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Check out this list of sites for online activities and games that help young keyboarders develop their keyboarding skills. Free downloadable software, typing lessons, concentration games and more. A great teacher resource.
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A New Twist on the Keyboard

For Teachers K - 5th
Elementary learners design and construct a diagram of a keyboard on the floor of the classroom. They outline the keyboard in masking tape by estimating size, proportion, and key position. Then they can interact with the giant keyboard as...
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A Clue For Keyboarding

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Clever clues provide an entertaining way to help learners memorize the location of each letter and symbol on a keyboard. No computers, keyboards, or charts are needed, yet this game reinforces keyboarding skills. Your class will beg to...
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Keyboarding - Giant Keyboard Puzzle

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Your class will work in teams to create a representation of a keyboard using laminated cardstock. This creative instructional activity will teach as well as reinforce keyboarding skills.
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Keyboarding - Keyboard Scavenger

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Young scholars play motivational keyboarding games that reinforce finger families, proper technique, and accuracy. They can create personal word lists from various finger families.
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Lesson Plan 1: Practice Keyboarding Skills

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
The two lessons in this resource serve as an introduction to the keyboard and typing. While seated at a computer, pupils view an overhead display of the board and are introduced to the functions of the various keys. Designed for language...
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Keyboarding Lesson - R C

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners engage in a basic lesson in elementary computer keyboarding. They review the home row and the location of letters. Also, they practice conditioning and speed.
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Keyboarding Lesson - U X P

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
It's time to type! Pupils engage in a basic lesson in elementary computer keyboarding. They locate and type letters u, x, and p. Additional practice includes key stroking technique and typing with continuity.
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Keyboarding Lesson - Period

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Pupils engage in a basic lesson in elementary computer keyboarding and using the period key. The drills can be done together as a class, following your oral instructions, or individually. Accuracy, not speed, is the main goal for beginners.
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Computer (Keyboarding)

For Teachers K - 6th
Have your class play a game in which they practice identifying various keys on a keyboard by moving around on a body-sized model keyboard. Kids love this game!
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Keyboarding: Formatting a Report Using MLA Style

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Keyboarding is one of the most basic skills needed to master modern technology, and it's also one of the most important. The class uses Century 21 Keyboarding and Information Processing to guide their hands in typing a report in the...
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Keyboarding Composition

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Pupils practice their keyboarding skills by responding with complete sentences to 10 questions. After spell checking, class members print their list of answers. Whether you decide to give each learner a printed copy of your questions or...
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Keyboarding - Let's Play Hangman!

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Class members divide into teams and compete in a game of keyboarding "Hangman". In this version, instead of calling out letters, the teams call out the finger and row of the letter's location. Consider the maturity of your pupils before...
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Keyboarding - Create Your Own Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Included is a list of long words like inconvincible, immunization, temperamental, and proofreading. With this list, small groups must create as many words as possible. They use the computer to develop keyboarding skills. How many real...
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Keyboarding - Alternate Activities to Keep it Fun!

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Need access to engaging keyboarding activities? Use the links in this resource to connect to a variety of activities designed to improve technique and accuracy. Learners play games, critique each other's techniques and perform basic...
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Keyboarding Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
If there is one thing that would benefit young learners for the rest of their lives, it is to learn how to type correctly. This skill is one that they will use for their whole lives. In the age of computer technology, where so much...
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Developing Accuracy on Keyboard

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Don't worry, just QWERTY! Pupils work to improve their typing speed and accuracy by completing online drills and charting their progress. Additionally, they create a how-to guide for proper keyboarding techniques. 
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Keyboard Shortcuts vs Mouse Control

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students identify and use the computer keyboard to complete simple tasks. Students eliminate the use of the computer mouse to do simple jobs. They use keys that are used alone, keys that specify object labels, Keys that result in objects...
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Keyboarding Dinosaur Endurance Exercise

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Can you type Pachycephalosaurus? Beginning keyboarders demonstrate basic keyboard typing skills by typing as many dinosaur names as they can in a two-minute time period.
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Computer Charlie

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Computer Charlie needs help! Distribute a one-page worksheet to your young keyboarders and have them write the capital letter under each lowercase letter on the illustrated keyboard. An answer sheet is provided.
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Keyboarding - Story Grafting

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Bring some humor and fun to your keyboarding or language arts class! Middle and high schoolers begin a story in response to a prompt and then move from keyboard to keyboard, continuing to add to the story while the monitor is turned off....
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Keyboarding - Correcting Capitals Proofreading

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Work on proofreading and editing a document with this keyboarding lesson.Youngsters are given a text with no capital letters. They proofread and retype the document adding capitals when necessary. This is designed for a keyboarding...
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Key It Correctly!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders receive instruction on how to use a keyboarding device or computer. They show the proper technique to type each key as it is called out by the teacher, and also focus on using correct posture when sitting at a computer.
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Reading + Keyboarding= Success

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students practice their keyboarding skills. In this typing lesson, students use interesting stories to practice their skills. They practice throughout the semester and then monitor their improvement.

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