I use Type to Learn 3 for the upper grades, 3 and up.. there is also Dance Type that is a web based program, you could google it. The one big thing I make sure my kids do though is keep thier fingers on home row while using the program.
Jeff,
I was at the Christa McAuliffe Tech confrence in NH a few weeks ago and the apple presentors showed us a projector, kind of like a document camera that was about $65 dollars. You had to turn the brightness down, to about 25%, on the touch and…
Rhonda,
As a tech teacher for K-5, the one big concern I have it having the kids learn how to type correctly....once they develop the habit of typing by picking and pecking, it is nearly impossible to break. Maybe if you work on teaching them to…
Hi, I have been teaching typing/keyboarding for about 6 years. We use a text book as well as type to learn. The only thing with type to learn that I find is that the kids "cheat" by looking at thier fingers. Once they have the bad habit of…
I am an oddity in the Sanborn District. I start my day teaching CAD at the HS, then about lunch time I pack up and travel down the road to one of the elementry schools and teach computers to K-5.
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