SUBSCRIBE MY LINKS:    chat center Chatboards Lessons Projects Classifieds Mailrings Jobs Harry Wong Live! Gazette Advertise CHATBOARD MAILRING LESSONS TOP POSTS ALL POSTS SUBMIT POST Share | Print | Report Post Computer Teachers Chatboard Hot Now... • May 2008 Gazette • Harry Wong • Teacher Tech Center • The Lesson Bank Most Popular • Set Your Quick Links • Chat Center • All Chatboards • Lesson Bank • Teacher Mailrings • Project Center • Classified Ads • Live Chat & Meetings Select by • State/Region • Grade Level • Curriculum • Interest Group • Teaching Method Special Topics • Technology • Languages • Hot Topics • Career Center • Distance Learning • Fundraising • Tutoring Center • Teacher's Bookshelf • Free Printables • Classroom Photos • Meeting Archive • Teaching Articles • Library • Web Tools • Webring • Search • Advertise   Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen Posted by Charity Rodenbarger on 12/02/07 I teach computer lab in Omaha NE. I too only get the kids once a week and that is not long enough to teach keyboarding properly. However, I disagree with teaching keyboarding skills to 1st grade. They are not mature enough or have a large enough finger span to make it all work. I introduce the homerow at the end of 2nd grade. As for the rest of my classes we spend the first 15 minutes of a weekly 45 minute class on keyboarding. Not enough time. We have many standards tocover. And the students are interested in doing other things. I try to spend the 30 minutes working on something that supports the standard taught in the classroom and work on my standards as well. So I guess what I am saying is that I feel keyboarding should be taught in Junior High or when classes are departamentalized. I learned keyboarding in high school, how about you? On 11/22/07, Jean Bullock wrote: > Sharon, I only get my kids once a week for computer too. But I have them do the > keyboarding anyway and it helps. Usually I spend the first semester on keyboarding > and then after that I do applications. Grades 6-8 come twice a week for 45 minutes. > > The thing that frustrates me is that they should really treat Computer as a semester > elective. The kids should come daily. The kids would learn more effectively. They > should treat Art and Music that way too. > > > > On 11/18/07, Sharyl -- one of the problems wrote: >> is that in many schools, like ours, students are only in the >> lab one time per week. First and second grade are in lab 25 >> minutes, one time per week. The third are in lab twice per >> week, 25 minutes per time. Fourth, fifth, and sixth get >> keyboarding one 50 minute period per week. >> >> With exposure to keyboarding only once per week, students are >> don't have opportunity to practice unless they choose to do >> this at home. >> >> >> >> On 9/30/07, Neal (M) wrote: >>> Home row should be taught in first grade, and keyboarding in >>> second or third... especialy with all the "writing" primary >>> students are encouraged/asked/expected to do. IMnsHO the >>> earlier the better! If not the self-taught bad habits are much >>> harder to break. >>> >>> N >>> >>> On 9/30/07, IMO it should be taught by a business ed teacher >>> in a middle school wrote: >>>> what are your thoughts? What does your school do? Thanks. Posts on this thread, including this one Does Keyboarding belong in a high school?, 9/30/07, by IMO it should be taught by a business ed teacher in a middle school. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elementary, 9/30/07, by Neal (M). Re: Does Keyboarding belong in a high school?, 9/30/07, by Jean Bullock. Re: Does Keyboarding belong in a high school?, 9/30/07, by Kimmy/CA. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 10/01/07, by Ny Computer Teacher. Re: My Kindergarteners are learning the homerow right now!! nfm, 10/01/07, by lbooth/K/TX . Re: Does Keyboarding belong in a high school?, 10/02/07, by East End Long Islander. Re: Does Keyboarding belong in a h.s.? Keyboarding LINKS, 10/10/07, by Jerry. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 10/12/07, by Nancy. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 10/13/07, by Neal. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 10/15/07, by Jean Bullock. Re: Does Keyboarding belong in a high school?, 10/20/07, by Pogo. Re: Does Keyboarding belong in a high school?, 10/29/07, by Dedicated_Hawaiian_Transplant. Re: Does Keyboarding belong in a high school?, 11/15/07, by Cg. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 11/18/07, by Sharyl -- one of the problems. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 11/22/07, by Jean Bullock. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 11/27/07, by Nik. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 11/28/07, by CTJS. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 11/30/07, by Jana. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 11/30/07, by Jana. Re: Does Keyboarding belong in a high school?, 11/30/07, by treetoad - no. Re: Does Keyboarding belong in a high school?, 11/30/07, by Bob/VA. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 12/02/07, by Charity Rodenbarger. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 1/09/08, by Missing MI. Re: In this day & age Keyboarding should be taught in Elemen, 2/01/08, by Tech Teacher. Re: Keyboarding should be taught in Elem- Keyboarding LINKS, 2/01/08, by Cybrary Man. Re: Does Keyboarding belong in a high school?, 2/15/08, by Scott. Re: Does Keyboarding belong in a high school?, 2/21/08, by kmt.

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