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computers, future programmers, ICT, new zealand curriculum, school, student, teacher, touch typing, typingweb.com
One week almost down and realized that Junior students ( Intermediate school in NZ or Year 7-8) are having a lot of issues in touch typing. Due to the lack of hands-on time with the keyboard and the fact that devices are now touch operated, I strongly feel that students are losing a key skill in touch typing. Lets assume, keyboards will still stay with us for a number of year’s; its essential that these young ones realize how much time they lose in looking at the keyboard while typing. Using all ten fingers correctly is again a high expectation from them.
To get them sorted, I have chosen “Typingweb.com”, an online typing tutor which has a teacher dashboard, essentially for the ones who like to keep track of student progress. The software provided touch typing lessons using a scaffolding technique which I reckon is ideal for the beginner touch typist. 15Mins of touch typing a day will keep looking at the keyboard away!
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