Friday, November 9, 2007

Re: Typing Curriculum

We are also using Type To Learn in 4th and 5th grades.
About 40 minutes 1 time per week for about 1/2 a year.
I'd be interested in what you get on this.

Susan Ferris
The Pingry School
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From: Rita Kaufman <RKaufman@SOLOMON-SCHECHTER.COM>
> We would like to know how schools deal with keyboarding courses. In our
> school, 2nd -5th grade students spend about 40 minutes per week for the
> first two months of the school year using Type to Learn. After that,
> typing practice is used occasionally either as a filler at the end of a
> period or between other projects.
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> What do your schools do? Are the students proficient by the end of 5th
> grade? Do your students continue with instruction in Middle School?
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> Thank you.
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> Rita Kaufman
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> Director of Technology
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> Solomon Schechter Lower School
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> 30 Dellwood Road
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> White Plains, NY 10605
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> 914-948-3111 FAX 914-948-4356
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> rkaufman@solomon-schechter.com
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