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. 

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...

Third graders use home row keyboarding techniques to type appropriate vocabulary words. This well thought out lesson presents many effective ways to teach keyboarding skills to your students.

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...

Students 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...

Students 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.

Students 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...

Pupils 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.

Students find the notes on the piano keyboard. In this piano lesson, students find the groups of two black keys and three black keys. They find the different notes and complete a worksheet to practice. 

Young scholars 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.

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...

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.

Students 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.

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.

Students in the lower grades use words to remember the keyboard positions and fingering. In this keyboarding lesson, students work in a circle around a floor keyboard to learn word cues for the positions of the keys. Teacher calls out...

Students participate in a floor game to learn the keys on the keyboard. They use their feet to hit the correct letter on the floor.

At the beginning of this Halloween lesson plan, learners generate a list of spooky characters and words that they will use when creating their original stories. Teams of 3-4 members create the stories together. The lesson plan includes a...

Students study and learn to use keyboard shortcuts. In this computer usage lesson, students learn to keyboard shortcuts to use in Windows programs. Students practice using the shortcuts and may come up with their own as an extension.

Students build an awareness of using correct finger positions for typing in this lesson. They also review the home row of the keyboard. Internet resource links are included to reinforce home row typing skills. Students also access...

Young scholars get to encounter simple musical notations, basic keyboarding and improvisation. Students exercise on creative thinking skills. Young scholars create their own musical notes.

Students observe PowerPoint presentation explaining the parts of a computer and discuss the monitor, keyboard, mouse and CPU unit. They create index cards, with definitions and place them on the word wall. Individually, students visit...

Young scholars listen to a read aloud of "Dan, the Flying Man" and complete a class re-write of the book highlighting what the main character would fly over if he flew over their town. They may keyboard their entry into the class book.

Students demonstrate five-finger hand positions (C, G, D, etc.) by playing short melodic phrases using only those notes in the given position and creating short melodies. Requires a networked keyboard lab.

Eighth graders complete several computer skill lessons. In this computer skills lesson, 8th graders complete word processing, keyboarding, electronic research, and a PowerPoint presentation.