Keyboarding

==Keyboarding is an important life skill for all students. Keyboarding skills are necessary for higher education and employment. Many schools in CCPS offer the Type to Learn program. In most cases, this is a great program for learning keyboarding. Although, you may have that occasional student who will be reluctant to use the program but may respond to another. This page was created to share websites that your students may find fun and entertaining while learning keyboarding skills. Please share these websites with parents.== ==Generally typically developing students are developmentally ready for learning keyboarding at the end of third grade age. At the elementary level, I've had the most success with fourth and fifth graders.==

=Fun and Free typing programs to recommend for home=

=[|Dance Mat Typing] Fun typing program that does a great job teaching home row.= ==This site is known as Dance Mat Typing. The animated characters have British accents. I have found this site to be helpful for those who have decreased attention spans and may struggle with the Type to Learn program. The dancing characters, accompanying music and comedic comments help to keep interest and attention.==

==In a keyboarding study conducted by Pisha, (1993) that involved 88 students ages 8-13, found that children in grades 5 & 6 made progress faster than younger students in grades 3 & 4. Students using keyboarding to complete homework showed higher keyboarding baselines and developed skills faster. Students receiving special education services had lower baseline keyboarding skills, but acquired skills at the same rate as students not receiving services. The study had the following results: students with LD in grades 5 & 6: 7-12 WPM, students with LD in grades 3 & 4: 0-3 WPM==

Morocco, (1987) 4th graders with LD need regular practice in small increments along with opportunities to use keyboarding.
Be sure to check out the Assistive Technology page of this wiki for more research and information on keyboarding.