Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Building Keyboarding Skills

To prepare our students for success, we are starting to teach keyboarding skills in Grade 3. Every Grade 3 students gets 15 hours of formal keyboarding instruction using Type to Learn 3. They continue to work within their classroom environments until they master the alphabet.

During Grade 4, the students continue to build keyboarding speed and accuracy. A list of website for additional practice and free software is available for students to get additional practice at home.

Check out these tips for building good keyboarding technique


and watch a video of a middle school student who has successfully mastered the art of keyboarding.