I use Type to Learn Jr. for 2nd and 3rd grade. By 4th grade they use Mavis
Beacon and we hope that by 5th grade they are proficient. There is no
formal typing instruction by 5th grade.
In the fourth grade, it is once a week for 45min for the full year. I
supplement Mavis Beacon on occasion with Type thru Time, Type shark and Word
Island.
I used Type to Learn several years ago and I feel that the overall
proficiency is much better with Mavis Beacon. I also use "skins" to cover
the keyboards starting in 4th grade.
Paula Boeglin
Computer Teacher/Technology Coordinator
Mizzentop Day School
(845)855-7338 ext. 212
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Subject: Typing Curriculum
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.
What do your schools do? Are the students proficient by the end of 5th
grade? Do your students continue with instruction in Middle School?
Thank you.
Rita Kaufman
Director of Technology
Solomon Schechter Lower School
30 Dellwood Road
White Plains, NY 10605
914-948-3111 FAX 914-948-4356
rkaufman@solomon-schechter.com
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