Keyboarding Skills and Applications

Daily Agenda

 BLOCK 1 (9:00-9:30)BLOCK 2 (9:30-10:00)BLOCK 3 (10:00-10:30)

MONDAY

Drills
  1. Introductions, goals, activities
  2. Introduction to the keyboard
  3. Posture -- HEALTH!
  4. Listening and typing practice with homerow
 Mini-project: working with tables -- creating a Personal Progress Chart
  1. Homerow drill/practice
  2. Add in letters H, E

TUESDAY

Drills
  1. Review with an on-line typing tutor -- through LESSON 4 ONLY
  2. Add in letters
  3. Timed test
  4. Personal Progress chart
  5. Add in letters
 Mini-project: "About Me" newsletter Add in letters, timed test
WEDNESDAY
  1. Review
  2. Add in letters
  3. Miscellaneous practice activities
 Mini-project: "About Me" newsletter
  1. Add in letters
  2. Miscellaneous practice activities
  3. Timed Test
  4. Personal Progress Chart

THURSDAY

Drills
  1. Review
  2. Full alphabet
  3. Practice activities
 Mini-project: Certificates
  1. Practice Activities
  2. Timed Test
  3. Personal Progress Chart

FRIDAY

Drills
  1. Review, Practice Activities
  2. Numbers -- keyboard and 10-key
 Mini-project: Excel -- graphing personal progress, formulas (if time) Final practice activities and "testing", certificates, share newsletters

Resources

On-line typing tutor through "Sense-Lang.org"

Links we used in this course