01+Keyboarding

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0101 Keyboarding techniques
Students will use correct keyboarding technique to improve speed and accuracy. This includes the following:
 * eyes on copy or screen, not on keys
 * fingers curved and oriented to home row
 * correct fingers used for keystrokes
 * key with smooth rhythm and quiet hands
 * forearms parallel to slant of keyboard; wrists low but not resting on any surface
 * proper sitting posture: body centered, feet provide balance elbows naturally at sides


 * Keyboarding Activities**
 * Keyboarding Log - S Wynder [[file:Keyboarding Log.doc]]
 * Keyboarding Technique PowerPoint [[file:Keyboarding Technique Power Point.ppt]]
 * Check Keyboarding Speed on Cell Phone - Texting
 * There is a clip from the movie "Bruce Almighty" that shows him keyboarding and answering e-mails. Go to YouTube and search for "bruce almighty typing".
 * [|UEN -- Keyboarding Activities]
 * Software for Keyboarding**
 * [|Typing Web] - Free to Teacher. Free students log in to class typing web assignments.
 * [|Typer Shark] - Online
 * [|Keyboarding Activities] Alphamaster
 * [|Typing Master Software]
 * [|Free Typing Game]
 * [|Power Typing (Qwerty & Dvorak)]
 * [|Rapid Typing]
 * [|Typing Test]
 * Documents for Practice Keyboarding**
 * [[file:Quotes_4_columns_v2.pdf]]
 * [[file:Annabel_Lee_Edgar_Poe.doc]]
 * [[file:Battle_Hymn_Republic_Howes.doc]]
 * [[file:Charge_Light_Brigade_Tennnyson.doc]]
 * [[file:Gettysburg_Address_Abraham_Lincoln.doc]]
 * [[file:Road_Not_Taken_Frost.doc]]
 * [[file:Stopping_by_Woods_Frost.doc]]
 * [[file:The_Raven_Edgar_Poe.doc]]
 * [[file:Yankee_Doodle.doc]]
 * [[file:The_Raven_Edgar_Poe.doc]]
 * [[file:Yankee_Doodle.doc]]