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Most research supports starting students on formal keyboarding around grade 4,
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We encourage students to pretend there's a line down the middle of the keyboard and to keep the right hand to the right of the line and the left hand to the left. We also encourage them to type with more than one finger because they may tend to use just the index finger. For later instruction, it's good for students to develop the habit of using more than one finger early on."
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"If you combine keyboarding with letter-recognition and hand-eye coordination activities in grades K-3, then you provide a developmentally appropriate skill that helps reinforce classroom learning and develop fine motor skills,"
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"the four:" sitting up; having feet in front, on the floor; looking up more than down; and using the home row keys.
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lstormvt on 12 Feb 17

Some very practical advice for integrating keyboarding as supporting academic/developmental skill instead of displacing them. Teaching tips, things to watch out for.

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How Should Keyboarding Be Taught in Elementary School? | EdTech Magazine - 0 views

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This year, we tried a different approach so that this skill was not only taught, but also applied across all content areas.
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NCTE and other respected educational organizations view digital skills such as keyboarding as essential for learners to communicate in the 21st century.
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How could we use Google Docs to complete assignments? Wouldn’t these tools allow students to complete unfinished work at home? Making connections between the technology and the academics had begun.
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  Google classroom takes this to the next level.
  
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More importantly, the impact of keyboarding instruction has extended beyond test preparation. Our students are seeing it as a way to communicate and collaborate with peers on work that is important.
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Common-Core Testing Drives 'Tech Prep' Priorities - Education Week - 0 views

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some feel "tech prep" is a waste of time, but far more view it as a crucial set of skills that does double duty.
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SETDA advocates blending computer skills seamlessly into instruction, rather than teaching them in isolation.
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  Yes, but some skill lesson has to happen or poor habits will develop and their skills will bottom out way to soon.
  
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asked her students to practice typing by using a free online program at home for 20 minutes, twice a week,
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Of course, some computer skills are valuable, like keyboarding, creating multimedia projects, manipulating programs they'd use in life and school,
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"They can run an iPhone like a champ, or the iPads we have here at school. But they're not that exposed to keyboarding skills or using the mouse to move something up and down on a screen."
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said her students have been honing their keyboarding skills while using an online curriculum for computer coding.
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Using an online math program, they learn to move and click a mouse, and cut and paste text. As they move through the grades, they add more skills, integrated into their core-content study, Ms. Warr said.
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"If we were trying to teach the tech skills in isolation, there would be a huge pushback [from teachers], but we integrate them into other subjects," Ms. Warr said.
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  But this has to start young so it builds. Teachers need help in how to make this happen seamlessly.
  
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But because the Smarter Balanced assessment expects more "writing in one shot" online, he's encouraging teachers to shift their "quick writes" to the computer, he said.
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  A balance between the writing process (paper, revision) as we know it and quick writes on the computer
  
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1st graders are starting with a free online game called Dance Mat, where they pick out letters one at a time, and work up to typing their names, Mr. Decker said. In 2nd grade, students begin using an online program called Type To Learn three times a week. Third and 4th graders continue it twice a week, and by 5th grade, it's down to weekly.
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lstormvt on 12 Feb 17

In this article, teachers and administrators share their desire to differentiate between computer skills that are test-based only and those that are actually life skills, too, and then figure out how to work those into the school day in a constructive way.

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8 Skills to Look for in a Director of Technology | Edutopia - 0 views

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If you truly have an innovative idea that hasn't been walked before, you need to find people to walk with you."
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It's one thing to dream, but a real leader rallies others to fill the gaps necessary to carry out that vision.
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They must also hear and embrace input from others.
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If you find a director of technology that can speak beyond technology, that person is golden. They are out there, and they are a vital position in moving education forward.
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