Typing - Keyboarding 101 Learn to Type Full Year Course

Learn to type the correct way!  Help to improve your typing skills for essays, lessons, stories, assignments, coding and more. 

In this full semester course is designed to help students a develop strong typing skills and digital literacy. This course integrates structured lessons, practice sessions, and practical applications to ensure comprehensive skill development. Each session includes 15 minutes of new lesson content followed by 30 minutes of typing practice.

C O U R S E   O U T L I N E

Introduction and Digital Literacy: Students begin by understanding the basics of computers, cyber citizenship, and proper typing posture.

Home Row, Upper Row, and Lower Row Keys: Through incremental lessons, students master the keyboard's primary sections, focusing on accuracy and speed.

Punctuation and Special Keys: Introduction to punctuation marks and special keys like Shift, Enter, and Caps Lock.

Numbers and Advanced Punctuation: Typing practice with numbers and more complex punctuation marks.

Speed and Accuracy: Techniques and timed sessions to enhance typing speed and reduce errors.

Cross-Curricular Typing: Applying typing skills to subjects like reading, vocabulary, science, and math.

Digital Citizenship and Online Safety: Lessons on safe internet practices, respectful online communication, and password security.

Creative Writing and Assessment: Typing creative stories and conducting mid-course assessments to track progress.

Word Processing: Learning and practicing with word processing software to create and format documents.

Spreadsheets: Introduction to spreadsheet software, including basic functions, data entry, and using formulas.

Presentations: Creating and enhancing presentations with animations and transitions.
Integrative Projects: Combining skills from word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations into comprehensive projects.

Final Projects and Assessments: Planning, completing, and presenting final projects with a comprehensive typing test at the end.


Technology has improved our lives in many ways.  Students began using technology at a young age, unfortunately bad keyboarding habits developed during those times.  It is crucial that students learn touch typing the correct way early, to avoid repeating bad touch typing / keyboarding habits.  It takes a lot of practice to learn to type.  Everyone learns to type at their own unique pace and speed.  Not all students will be working on the exact same lesson during class. This is a live class but it is an individual student paced.  

The course will consist of short lectures, demonstrations, and individual work. 
**WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS?:
- Students with no computer keyboard experience (or very little) who want to learn the basics
- Students with some keyboard experience who want to improve their skills and understanding

**REQUIRED READING, WRITING, and COMPUTER SKILLS:
- Recognize all 26 letters of the English alphabet (lowercase and uppercase)
- Understand that letters are combined to form words, and words are combined to form sentences
- Understand basic sentence structure - starts with uppercase letter, spaces between words, ends with punctuation mark
- NOTE: It is NOT necessary for learners to be able to fluently read every word or sentence shown to them in this class. Images will appear on all typing pages to assist with understanding and the teacher will read each word/sentence aloud also.

**TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS:
- A laptop or desktop computer is REQUIRED for typing in this class. (No tablets, please!)

NOTE to Parents: Students will need assistance setting up their typing account.  Instructions will be available upon enrollment.
Our Goal is to get through all the letters of the alphabet in this beginner level.  All students learn at their level of comfort and pace.  Accuracy is most important at this level.  

Please note the minimum number of students required for this course.  If the minimum number of students has not been reached, students may be transferred or refunded.  Parents / Students will receive a message.  Please check your email for Outschool messages, this includes Inbox, promotions, and spam folders.
Teachers will wait in the classroom for 10 minutes for students to arrive.