Ultimate Guide to Keyboarding in the Classroom: Middle School

ULTIMATE GUIDE TO
KEYBOARDING IN THE
CLASSROOM

Middle School

by Ask a Tech Teacher©

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Second Edition 2014

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Table of Contents

Introduction

 Overview of Keyboarding  Why Learn Keyboarding

 Who Needs This Book  Common Core Alignment
 Big Idea of This Book  Finger Exercises
 How to Use This Book  Problem-solving and
 Equipment Needs Keyboarding
 What Goes Well With  Templates
Curriculum  Looking for Student
 Assessments Workbooks
 Research  Looking for Student Video
 Body/Hand Position Course

Middle School

 Overview  Month 3
 Week One
 Month 1  Week Two
 Week One  Week Three
 Week Two  Week Four
 Week Three
 Week Four  Month 4
 Month 5
 Month 2  Month 6
 Week One  Month 7
 Week Two  Month 8
 Week Three  Month 9
 Week Four
 Checklist

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Table of Figures

Figure 1—How you use keyboarding ................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 2--Layout of each lesson ................................................................................................................................ 9
Figure 3--Important keys .................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 4--Blank keyboards (2) .......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 5--Parts of the computer ........................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 6--Keyboard homework verification ..................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 7--Keyboard homework--self-assessment ............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 8--Team Challenge--keyboarding ......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 9--Keyboarding position ........................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 10--Keyboarding posture ....................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 11a-11d--Keyboarding hand positions ................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 12a and 12b--Mouse hand position ....................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 13--Problem solving issues .................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 14--Problem-solving--hardware issues ................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 15--How to log in .................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 16--Program disappeared ...................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 17--Common shortkeys .......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 18--Website parts ................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 19--Blank important keys template ....................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 20--Blank keyboard template ................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 21--Team Challenge sample ................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 22--Hardware quiz template ................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 23a-c--Avatars: Voki, image, QR code .................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 24a and 24b—Blog post and Tweet ....................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 25a-c—Comments to social media ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 26—1000 words ...................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 27—How to write an ebook .................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 28a-c--Posters in Canva, Muzy .................................................................................................................... 20
Figure 29a—Fake chat; Figure 29b—Fake newspaper ............................................................................................21
Figure 30a and 30b—Comic creators—two samples .............................................................................................. 23
Figure 31—Comic creator II............................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 32--Trouble-shooting Computer Problems .......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 33—Scientific method ............................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 34—Click image to start 5 minute timer on YT .................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 35a—ASCII Art; Figure 35b-c—ASCII Art before and after ................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 36a and 36b—ASCII Art—Lincoln before and after ............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 37—Keyboarding in note-taking II .............................................................................................................. 26
Figure 38a and 38b—Keyboarding in Evernote and Notability ............................................................................ 26
Figure 39--Poster on keyboarding' ................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 40--Sample Certificate of Achievement ................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Introduction

You may think it impossible to find a keyboarding curriculum that creates accomplished typists from the
skimpy amount of time you can devote to
keyboarding. You do what you can, but wonder if it’s
making a difference. Every year, you promise it will Overview of K-8
go better and then it doesn’t. You don’t want to give
up--research tells us children who learn keyboarding
Keyboarding
improve academically. It should be an essential skill.
K-1 Introduce mouse skills, key
But mid-way through every year, you think of giving placement, posture
up. You have friends who hunt-and-peck as adults 2nd Work on, key placement,
and do fine. Does it even matter if students learn to posture, two-hand position
touch type?
3rd Reinforce basics. Work on
Yes, it does. accuracy and technique
4-5 Reinforce basics; continue
Don’t take my word for it—observe the tech focus by accuracy, technique. Begin
nationally-recognized education standards like speed
Common Core and ISTE.
MS Touch typing
There is a way to teach keyboarding that works. It
requires a plan, faithfully executed, with your eye
relentlessly on the goal.

In The Ultimate Guide to Keyboarding in the Classroom, we share a curriculum that has succeeded with
thousands of students. You’ll get directions on what to do, how and when, using mostly free resources.

Big Idea of This Book

Two criteria consistently mentioned in keyboarding research:

1. Keyboarding instruction is most effective when spread out over several years and designed to
build on prior knowledge. (Robinson 1992)
2. Once skills are taught, use them, reinforce and refine them (Adams, 1984; Wronkovich, 1998).

What’s that mean? 1) expect age-appropriate skills, 2) break practice up into bite-size pieces, 3) vary
lessons, 4) infuse keyboarding into all classes.

That’s it. We’ll show you how.

Overview of the Keyboarding Journey

The overarching objective of keyboarding is to facilitate communication. That means 1) students must
type fast enough to exceed the speed of their handwriting, and second, they must keep up with their
thoughts. Follow this two-book curriculum and the former will occur around fourth grade, the latter in
Middle School (Volume II of this curriculum).

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Here’s an overview of K-5 keyboarding:

K-1 Introduce mouse skills, keyboarding, key placement, posture

2nd Work on keyboarding, key placement, posture, two-hand position
3rd Reinforce basics. Work on accuracy and technique
4-5 Continue accuracy, technique. Begin work on speed
MS Touch typing

Lessons include lots of variety so you don’t get bored. Here’s a rundown of activities from kindergarten
through eighth grade:

 digital citizenship
 progress—metric

 finger exercises

 projects
 homework (grades 3-8)

 quiz--blank keyboard (grades 3-8)

 keyboarding software

 shortkeys

 keyboarding websites
 students meet grade expectations

 problem solving

Look for the symbol in each section to see which activities are covered.

Why Learn Keyboarding

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Common Core Alignment

As you read the Common Core standards, you realize technology is blended throughout as a tool students
use to prepare for college and career. For example, read these from Common Core (truncated for easy
reading):

 Expect students to demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding to type a minimum of one

page [two by fifth grade, three by sixth] in a single sitting
 Expect students to evaluate different media (e.g., print or digital …)
 Expect students to gather relevant information from print and digital sources
 Expect students to integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media
 Expect students to interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., …
Web pages)
 Expect students make strategic use of digital media
 Expect students to use glossaries or dictionaries, both print and digital …
 Expect students to use information from illustrations and words in print or digital text
 Expect students to use a variety of media in communicating ideas
 Expect students to use technology and digital media strategically and capably
 Expect students to use text features and search tools to locate information

Common Core standards are progressive–students transfer knowledge from one grade to the next where
they show evidence of learning by using. Every grade builds on earlier skills to achieve the Standards:

 Kindergarten: [Link]-Literacy.W.K.6 … explore a variety of digital tools to

produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
 First grade: [Link]-Literacy.W.1.6 …use a variety of digital tools to produce and
publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
 Second grade: [Link]-Literacy.W.2.6 …use a variety of digital tools to produce and
publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
 Third grade: [Link]-Literacy.W.3.6 … use technology to produce and publish
writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
 Fourth grade: [Link]-Literacy.W.4.6 With some guidance and support from adults,
use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing
 Fifth grade: [Link]-Literacy.W.5.6 With some guidance and support from adults,
use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing
 Sixth-Eighth grade: [Link]-Literacy.W.6-8.6 Use tech to produce and publish

How to Use This Book

This curriculum is part of the K-8 Keyboard system your school has selected to prepare students for
keyboarding needs in an education environment. Each lesson is one-two pages (rarely longer) and takes 15
to 30 minutes, with an equal amount of home practice (3rd-8th grade only).

Here’s how to decode each lesson (see Figure 2):

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Figure 1--Layout of each lesson

1. Grade, month and week—identifies grade level, month (nine months), week (first three
months)
2. Vocabulary—new domain-specific vocabulary
introduced in lesson
3. Homework—homework students are expected to Building student
complete in the time frame—only applies to grades competence and
3-8. In K-2, this section is for Trouble Shooting confidence with
4. Materials—identifies what programs, software,
technology should be
web tools, paper items teacher will want prepared
for lesson
part of instruction.
5. Activities—row of icons representing activities
included in this lesson. What each icon represents is --PARCC Model Content
included under ‘Overview of the Keyboarding Framework for ELA/Literacy
Journey’
6. Steps—steps required for lesson

Here are tips to get the most out of this curriculum:

 Lessons are device-neutral. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Mac or PC school or use laptops, desktops,
tablets, or Chromebooks. Yes, you might have to make adjustments—but, you’re a techie. No
worries.
 Topics that relate to keyboarding at all grade levels are included in the beginning portion.
 All teachers share responsibility for student keyboarding. Good keyboarding habits are reinforced
by everyone—including parents. Be sure others on the grade-level team understand the elements of
keyboarding taught best by project-based learning.
 Every time students use the computer, remind them to set up their workspace correctly and have
good posture (see pictures under Body/Hand Position).
 Go through lessons in the order presented.

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 Several times a month, do finger exercises to remind students that all of their fingers are strong and
functional (see detail under Finger Exercises).
 Review digital citizenship best practices every time students go online. Make using the internet
safely a habit, just as students are careful in their physical neighborhood.
 Expect students to always try to solve techie problems themselves before requesting assistance. The
older students are, the more this will happen if you let
it. For example, hardware issues (i.e., headphones
don’t work, monitor doesn’t work) can often be solved Students advancing
by kindergarteners once you’ve provided the tools for through the grades are
analyzing problems.
expected to meet each
 Use keyboarding domain-specific vocabulary—
year’s grade-specific
especially words in the section, Vocabulary, as you
teach. There is a lot of vocabulary in the early years standards, retain or
and not so much later. further develop skills
 Lessons use free software and web-based tools where and understandings
possible. If you can’t access one, email mastered in preceding
info@[Link] and a curriculum
grades...
specialist will help you develop a work-around.
 Because each monthly and weekly group of activities
may take place over multiple time periods, lessons --(from Common Core)
include an underscore (____) in front of parts. Check
off (in the manner allowed by your digital reader) what
you complete and proceed from there next time.
 As students finish each activity and/or skill, check it off on Ready to Move On at the month-end
and the checklist at year-end. Don’t go to a new month or year until all is completed.
 At every opportunity, use keyboarding in class projects. These will be assessed by class teacher.
 Students work at their own pace. They aren’t pressured to keep up or forced to slow down. If they
finish the year early, offer alternatives (fun keyboarding sites, do homework during keyboarding
time, play Minecraft—you pick).
 You’ll find a lot of links in this ebook, but know this: Links die. If a link doesn’t work, try a
different one (usually there are options) or contact [Link]@[Link]. He’ll help.
 Every effort has been made to provide a written-out link to online resources for those using the
print book. If you come across a link that you can’t access, here’s what to do:

 Google the name. Some of them will pop up right away

 See if we’ve provided the link in another part of the book
 Contact Zeke at Structured [Link]@[Link]. You can even do
this first. He’ll find it—no worries.

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Assessments

A complete list of yearly assessments, alphabetized

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About the Publisher

Structured Learning is the premier provider of technology resources to the education community
including curricula, how-to guides, survival kits, theme-based lesson plans, Common Core materials,
webinars, seminars, mentoring, coaching, posters, professional development, and one-of-a-kind online
help—all to fulfill the tech demands of the 21 st century classroom. Materials are classroom-tested, teacher-
approved with easy-to-understand directions supported by online materials, websites, blogs, and wikis.
Whether you are a new teacher wanting to do it right or a veteran educator looking for updated
materials, Structured Learning and its team of technology teachers is here to assist.

About the Authors

Ask a Tech Teacher is a group of technology teachers who run an award-winning resource blog where
they provide free materials, advice, lesson plans, pedagogic conversation, website reviews, and more to
all who drop by. The free newsletters and website articles help thousands of teachers, homeschoolers, and
those serious about finding the best way to maneuver the minefields of technology in education.

Jacqui Murray (editor and lead Ask a Tech Teacher) is the editor of a technology curriculum for K-
eighth grade, and creator of dozens of resources for infusing tech into classroom curriculum.
She is webmaster for six blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for
[Link], weekly contributor to TeachHUB, CAEP reviewer, and Editorial Review Board
member for Journal for Computing Teachers. Her technology articles have appeared in hundreds
of online newspapers and magazines.

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Looking for Student Workbooks

Click here

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Looking for Student Video Course

Click here

15-hour Immersive Course

Stand-alone 3-week program

9-month Extended Program

Companion to student eworkbooks

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Middle School
Keyboarding

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Middle School GRADE

BIG IDEA

Good keyboarding skills make learning easier—projects, internet searches, online tools,
web-based forms. Middle School focus: touch typing. You want to type well enough it
doesn’t interfere with your thoughts.

Introduction
Keyboarding is cumulative. What can be effectively learned in one grade depends heavily on earlier
training. If hunt ‘n peck habits become ingrained, it’s difficult to keyboard effectively later.

In Middle School, students know the basics and have good habits. Their focus is touch typing--
speed and accuracy. They need to think and type simultaneously. They’ll practice 15-30 minutes a
week at school, and 60 minutes at home (four sessions of 15 minutes each). As they complete
activities, they’ll check them off the month- and
year-end lists.

You may want to set up a backchannel for Middle Best Practices

Schoolers since much keyboarding learning is done
outside the classroom. Encourage them to  Students learn to type as
communicate with each other about their typing fast as they need to
lessons, share ideas, and more.
 Focus on speed and
Terminology
accuracy while
Use keyboarding domain-specific words. Expect
remembering proper hand
students to use and understand them. At the end of
each month, students check the list to be sure they and body position
got them. There aren’t as many as earlier years.
 Work on age-appropriate
Posture shortkeys
Students keyboard with good posture and an
organized work station. When they type fast  Cover keys when practicing
enough to keep up with their thoughts, they can
change that.

Focus on Digital Citizenship

Talk about how students are responsible digital citizen every time they use the internet.

Focus on Problem Solving

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Students are expected to solve common tech problems. There’s a list in the introduction.

Skills learned in Middle School

 Keyboarding
 Problem solving
 Digital citizenship
 Internet

Middle School is a combination of the following keyboard activities:

 Key memorization
 Covered hands during typing practice
 Continuous reinforcement of shortkeys
 Anecdotal observation by teacher of typing skills—posture, hand position, finger use, etc.
 Finger warm-ups
 Quarterly quizzes
 Yearly (or bi-yearly) keyboard challenge

During each weekly lesson, do these:

 Arrange workspace properly; follow good habits for posture and hand position
 Keyboard on assigned keys using preferred typing programs (software or online)
 Several times a month: Complete finger exercises
 Use keyboarding in class projects
 Be good digital citizens when using the internet
 Throughout lessons, remind students of shortkeys that accomplish oft-repeated activities
 Throughout lessons, remind students to attempt to solve problems before asking for help
 Use domain-specific terminology
 Keep month- and year-end skills checklist up to date

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Middle School: Month 3 week four

Vocabulary Homework Materials
Type 15 minutes, four times a week, on DanceMat DanceMat Typing
Typing, Lower row, hands covered. The goal: type [Link]
without looking at hands. Poster webtool

Steps
____In a typical keyboarding lesson:

 Make sure workspace is arranged properly; follow good habits for posture
 Several times a month: use keyboarding in class projects
 Several times a month: complete finger exercises
 Every time students use the internet: discuss how to do that safely
 Throughout lessons, remind students to attempt to solve problems before asking for help
 Remind students to keep their eyes on the screen, not on hands
 Complete self-assessment using link provided by teacher. This may connect to Google Apps
account (if students have one) or another location

____Keyboard hands covered, 10-15 minutes on DanceMat Typing. Stay on Lower row
____Done? Check speed/accuracy on [Link].
____Review how to use online sites safely.
____Use an online poster creator like Canva (requires account)—[Link] Muzy—
[Link] , Tackk—[Link] share a quote or information with classmates. See
Figure 28a-c for examples:
____Keep it simple: text overlaid on a nice image. Use good keyboarding habits, and check grammar and
spelling before sharing.

Figure 2a-c--Posters in Canva, Muzy

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____Other online poster-making tools:

 Glogster—posters  Posterini
[Link] [Link]
 Smore (school account)  Prezi
[Link] [Link]
 Poster maker—eye chart
[Link]

____Next: Use an online ‘fake’ site to generate text chat (Figure 29a using [Link]) or a newspaper
clipping (Figure 29b using [Link]) that supports a topic in one of students’ classes. Treat this as
an assessment of knowledge on that issue—don’t research, just type from memory:

Figure 3a—Fake chat; Figure 29b—Fake newspaper

____Done? Share a screen shot to student blog, class wiki, or another location accessible to classmates.
____Remind students to use good keyboarding to complete all projects that blend tech with learning.
____Collaborate with grade-level teachers in using this skill authentically in their classroom.

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Ready to move on this month

If students are ready for Month 4, here’s what they have accomplished:

____use keyboarding terms daily

____sit at a computer and arrange workspace correctly
____know where important keys are on the keyboard
____When students have a problem, they try to solve it before asking for help
____are a good digital citizen
____practiced keyboarding on DanceMat Typing several times
____used keyboarding in several class projects
____submitted your keyboarding homework
____updated Middle School checklist

_____________________________________________________
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Middle School: Month 4 week 0ne-four

Vocabulary Homework Materials
Type 15 minutes, four times a week, hands Progressive keyboarding
covered, on a progressive keyboard program. The program
goal: type without looking at hands. Comic creator

Steps
____In a typical keyboarding lesson:

 Make sure workspace is arranged properly; follow good habits for posture
 Several times a month: use keyboarding in class projects
 Several times a month: complete finger exercises
 Every time students use the internet: discuss how to do that safely
 Complete self-assessment using link provided by teacher. This may connect to Google Apps
account (if students have one) or another location

____Switch to a progressive program that will track student progress such as Type to Learn or a free online
keyboarding program like Typing Web ([Link] or Typing Club
([Link] Continue with this program the rest of the year. Students cover hands while
practicing. I provide cloths they use at school and take home if they’d like. It feels hard at first and
quickly becomes easier. Focus is speed and accuracy.
____As students type, observe posture, hand position, eye placement. Make suggestions to the class when
you see an endemic problem.
____Practice keyboarding with class projects like a story, an essay, a biography, a topical magazine. For
example: Create a comic using an online tool like Powtoon (Figure 30a— [Link] or
LearnAlberta (Figure 30b-- [Link]

Figure 4a and 30b—Comic creators—two samples

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Middle School: Month 8 week 0ne-four

Vocabulary Homework Materials
Type 15 minutes, four times a week, hands Progressive keyboarding
covered, on a progressive keyboard program. program
The goal: type without looking at hands. Note-taking tool

Steps
____In a typical keyboarding lesson:

 Make sure workspace is arranged properly; follow good habits for posture
 Several times a month: use keyboarding in class projects
 Several times a month: complete finger exercises
 Every time students use the internet: discuss how to do that safely
 Throughout lessons, remind students to attempt to solve problems before asking for help
 Remind students to keep their eyes on the screen, not on hands
 Complete self-assessment using link provided by teacher. This may connect to Google Apps
account (if students have one) or another location

____Keyboard, hands covered, on a progressive program such as Type to Learn, Typing Web, or Typing
Club. Website addresses are found earlier in this book—or Google. Students cover hands while
practicing. Focus on speed and accuracy.
____Use keyboarding to take notes in class. Digital note-taking tools include:

 Evernote
[Link]
 Google Apps (Docs or Sheets)
Through your schools GAFE account
 Notability–app
[Link]
 NoodleTool
[Link]
 OneNote
[Link]

____Any note-taking option is fine—your school may have an account with one. What is important is that
while students type notes, they use good keyboarding skills.
____When done, share notes with classmates.
____See Figure 37a for an example in Evernote, Figure 37b for an example in Notability (for iPads), and
Figure 36 for Google Apps:

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Figure 36—Keyboarding in note-taking II

Figure 375a and 37b—Keyboarding in Evernote and Notability

____Remind students to use good keyboarding to complete projects that blend tech with learning.
____Collaborate with grade-level teachers in using this skill authentically in their classroom.

Ready to move on this month

If students are ready for Month 9, here’s what they have accomplished:

____use keyboarding terms daily as you keyboard

____sit at a computer and arrange workspace correctly
____When student has a problem, s/he tries to solve it themselves
____know the parts of a computer and parts of a website
____are a good digital citizen
____practiced keyboarding several times
____did finger exercises several times
____submitted homework
____took notes during class using good keyboarding skills
____updated Middle School checklist

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To graduate to the next keyboarding level, student must have the following skills checked off:

Posture
____Legs in front, body in front, elbows at sides
____Chair one hand-width from table
____Posture straight, body centered, eyes on screen

Keyboarding Skills
____Reviewed mouse skills
____Kept keyboard one inch off edge of table
____Curled hands over keyboard, pointers on f and j
____Used proper log-on/log-off procedures
____Demonstrated proper care and handling of keyboard, mouse
____Know location of important keys
____Used right thumb to spacebar
____Practiced keyboarding
____Used school software and online sites for keyboarding
____Practiced finger exercises
____Learned useful shortkeys (i.e., Ctrl+S, Ctrl+C)
____Memorized all keys
____Keyboarded with hands covered
____Used proper keyboarding skills every time you sat at computer
____Evaluated handwriting vs. keyboarding speed
____Participated in Annual Team Challenge—Keyboarding

Problem-solving Skills
____Comfortable with 22 problems presented in this ebook

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