The Importance of Keyboarding
In June of 2005, I wrote a blog post called “Shouldn’t we Start Teaching Keyboarding as Often as Handwriting“. I really believe that keyboarding can really improve student learning. Using a word processor to write is completely different writing than using a pen/pencil and paper. I think we should get kids as early as 5 and 6 to learn where the keys are on the keyboard. I think kids at age 7 and 8 can practice good keyboarding technique and kids 9 & 10 can start to increase their speed.
This is all blibber-blabber unless someone started to create a curriculum and that is exactly what I have been working on these past few days. I used a Google Spreadsheet to organize it. Here it is thus far.
Technorati Tags: keyboarding
Powered by ScribeFire.
I am an Educational Computing Strategist (ECS). I figure out ways to IMPROVE education with technology. 
My Web site
