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Keyboarding 2: Leveling up Typing Skills With Games and Nearpod Activities!
Stephanie Newton, BSc
Average rating:4.8Number of reviews:(85)
This 5-week flex keyboarding class is "part 2" of my typing series. Using Nearpod activity slides and typing games, we will have fun re-enforcing skills already learned in Keyboarding 1.
Class experience
US Grade 5 - 8
Intermediate Level
If your learner enjoyed my Keyboarding for beginners class (or another class in which YOUR LEARNER HAS ALREADY LEARNED FINGER PLACEMENT and is beginning to memorize the keyboard), your learner will love this class! How do I know? Because I actually loved creating it! Learners will have MORE fun, enjoy more ENJOYABLE Nearpod activity slides, and explore new THEMES each week! This is an interactive FLEX course which includes video/audio instruction within the NEARPOD SLIDES. This 5-week...
5 lessons//5 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Keyboard Review, Numbers, Paragraph Drills (Circus Theme)1. Keyboard review 2. Typing speed test 3. Time to Climb - match fingers with letter keys 4. Sentence drills (circus/clown theme!) 5. Time to Climb - match fingers with # keys 6. Number drills 7. Paragraph drill (the circus!) 8. Game time! *Lesson 1 includes a review video and a keyboard chart handout*Week 2Lesson 2Long-Word Drills, Paragraph Drills (Animal Theme)1. Time to Climb - match letters and fingers 2. Long-word drills (and funny animal sounds!) 3. Drag and Drop - one-handed words! 4. Paragraph drill 5. Game time!Week 3Lesson 3Long-Word Drills, Paragraph Drill (Sports Theme)1. Time to Climb - words in rows 2. Long-word drills (Sports Teams!) 3. Time to Climb - words in rows 4. Paragraph drill 5. Game time!Week 4Lesson 4Word, Sentence, & Paragraph Drills (Natural Disaster Theme)1. Time to Climb - keyboard quiz! 2. Word and number drills (hurricanes!) 3. Long-sentence drills (tornadoes!) 4. Draw-it slide: sentence typing (natural disasters!) 5. Paragraph drill (write your own) 6. Game time!Week 5Lesson 5Keyboard Shortcuts; Sentence & Paragraph Drills (Sea Animal Theme)1. Time to Climb - keyboard quiz! 2. Word and sentence drills (sea animals!) 3. Drag-and-drop: sentence typing (sea animals) 4. Paragraph drills (copy, and write your own) 5. Final Typing Speed Test 6. Game time! (this class will include a "keyboard shortcut" handout)
Students will practice important skills such as using capitalization, using the opposite shift key, using the caps lock key, re-enforce the memorization of fingers to keys (alphabet, numbers, and special characters), and increase speed through drills and games. Learners will learn some key keyboard shortcuts.
My one-minute speed test result is 72 words per minute and I have had many jobs/businesses which require a lot of typing. I took a one-semester typing class in high school (I learned on a typewriter!), and avidly used a word processor in college (my friends would often ask me to type their term papers). My mom went to secretarial school in the 60's and she types 90 words per minute! After I developed this course she went through it and gave me some great advice on changes I could make to really embed these skills into learners minds for life! So this course is "expert-approved" and very thorough!
Homework Offered
Learners should complete Nearpod activity slides and practice the games 2 more times each week.0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Typing speed test the first and last week. Nearpod activity slides. Teacher feedback to individual learners.Grades Offered
Grades available upon request.
Drills are broken up with fun Nearpod Interactive Slides. Learners can type at their own pace.
This is my 2nd-level keyboarding class. Learners should have taken a basic keyboarding class previous to this (my own, or another teacher's). Contact me if you can't find my basic class.
1 file available upon enrollmentcomputer or laptop with a keyboard (no tablets or smartphones) pdf keyboard chart (available upon enrollment) Keyboard Shortcuts print-out (available last week of class)
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Younger learners may need guidance from parents during the lessons.
Nearpod
Average rating:4.8Number of reviews:(85)
Hello, welcome to my "classroom" :). My classes are listed below, but first...a little about me! I am a certified middle school science teacher and taught for 5 years in the public school classroom. My educational background is in...
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$11
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5 weeks of teacher support
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1 year of access to the content
Completed by 12 learners
Ages: 10-15
