Kindergarten and 1st Grade Keyboarding Activities
2nd Grade through 5th Grade Keyboarding Activities
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Keyboarding skills are necessary for Kindergarten through 5th Grade students to master in the 21st Century. Districts don't usually have enough money to purchase programs for individual student computers. Additionally, software installed on personal computers becomes outdated quickly. I've come across a few very effective free online keyboarding resources for my Kindergarten through 5th Grade students.
Keyboarding skills are necessary for Kindergarten through 5th Grade students to master in the 21st Century. Districts don't usually have enough money to purchase programs for individual student computers. Additionally, software installed on personal computers becomes outdated quickly. I've come across a few very effective free online keyboarding resources for my Kindergarten through 5th Grade students.
Some people would argue that Kindergarten and 1st Grades are too young to teach keyboarding. I disagree. If we want students to create products using technology, we must introduce how to write using the keyboard. If students are able to write with a pencil, they should be able to write with a keyboard. The games I introduce to my younger children help students become aware of letter placement. They then are able to move on to writing sentences using the keyboard. This opens up writing entries on blogs and making other products like journals with sentences and illustrations on a paint program.
Keyboarding for students in 2nd through 5th Grade is based more on touch typing. In the older grades, I introduce keyboard skins so that they are able to memorize key placement.
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