[ISLMA-Share] Typing program implementation

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Good morning,

We use TypingWeb.com. Our fourth grade teachers have typing time for
between 30 minutes and one hour each week. I loop with fifth and sixth
grade, and last year I had my fifth graders practice typing using TypingWeb
for 30 minutes each week at the beginning of the school year. By the end of
the year, we had pretty much stopping with typing practice and used our
scheduled lab time for other computer-based projects. This year, I haven't
had my students (sixth grade) do any typing practice. They have one-to-one
Chromebooks this year, so they are typing things all the time. With the
exception of one or two SPED kids, they are all proficient enough typists
to make composing writing on a computer efficient and no more difficult
than handwriting.

Karin Stefans
6th Grade Teacher
Prairie Crossing Charter School
kstefans at carthage.edu

On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Looking for ideas to implement a keyboarding program next fall...how to
> launch(do you 'blitz' with a daily practice for 2-3 weeks at the outset?)
> do you just implement weekly? What is best practice to get kids (3-6
> grades) going on a typing curriculum. I have ideas for the actual
> curriculum, just looking for how to really get it launched and sustainable
> through the year.
>
> Carol Coutts-Siepka
> Library Media Specialist
> Lincoln School
> couttsc at ccsd15.net
> 847-963-5707
> @LincolnLRC
>
> Check out my classroom projects
> http://www.donorschoose.org/Mrs.CouttsSiepka
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