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some responses to some questions about keyboarding and handwriting. I will
be happy to gather it all together and send it out to anyone that is
interested. Thank you for your time in answering this---
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If you would just respond with some quick answers to the following:
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Do you teach formal keyboarding?
At what grade level do you begin? I am not talking =B3these are the home
keys=B2, or =B3remember to use two hands=B2=8A
Do you use a canned program (i.e. Type to Learn, Mavis Beacon, PAWS) and if
so which one?
Who teaches this course---classroom teacher, tech teacher, someone else?
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How do you access your keyboarding skills?
For example, do you look for a certain score of =B3words per minute=B2 at a
certain grade level?
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Do you have any assessment for MS Word skills?
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Do you teach cursive handwriting?
At what grade do you begin to teach cursive? All year?
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This is what we do:
We teach formal keyboarding starting in 4th grade using Type To Learn. I
teach the class. Other than the program, I require no formal assessment. We
have contests and races for fun.
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MS Word skills are taught generally while the students are typing various
documents for class. However because they lack keyboarding skills the
keyboarding can become very cumbersome.
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I have often had kids dictate to me (those that are becoming really
frustrated) and I type the document.
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We teach cursive in 3rd grade.
Susan Ferris
The Pingry School
sfrights@pingry.org
973-379-4550
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