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QwertyTown Overview (K-5)
QwertyTown Overview (K-5)
QwertyTown uses social rewards as students improve their keyboarding skills.
All 3-5 students can use QwertyTown; it is accessible through the SPS Portal.
Teachers: If you choose to use QwertyTown, please review the information in the slides below prior to having your students use it.
Professional Development
Professional Development
Using QwertyTown is fairly straightforward.
For those of you opting to use this tool with your students, you will need to get up to speed and make some decisions about how this will work with your students.
To do this:
gather your grade level team
print a copy of the Teachers' Guide (skip pages 10-11), and
review the slides below.
If you have questions after doing these things, please contact karen.babcock@springfield.k12.or.us (541.726.3267)
Typing.com is a free easy to implement keyboarding program.
Lessons are already set up and basic program defaults are in place. Teachers do not have to create assignments (you can, but it works without you doing anything other than signing in and setting up a class).
Student Privacy
Student Privacy
There are some privacy/student/parent info/rights to be aware of; anyone using this site should read this page.
For students under the age of 13, please be sure to get permission from families prior to introducing it to students (click here for the parent letter).
Professional Development
Professional Development
Setting up Classes
Setting up Classes
There are two options for setting up classes.
Use the Student Self-Join Link
If you opt to sync with Google Classroom, please be aware that using Classrooms that are tied to Synergy will conclude at the end of the term.
If you want to have students participate in a year-long course:
Create a class in Google Classroom specifically for keyboarding.
Have students join that class with a code — do not rely on Synergy to populate the class.
When you sync typing.com with Google classroom, just select your keyboarding GC.
New students can be added by giving them the join code for the keyboarding class in GC.
Student Sign In
Student Sign In
Students sign in with their school Google account at www.typing.com
Customization
Customization
Teachers who want to customize the required words per minute for proficiency, may do so by adjusting the settings:
Click My Classes
Click the Edit button
Adjust the settings under the Grading tab
Additional Information
Additional Information
Click here for additional information on how to use typing.com.
Recommended Teacher Intervention
Recommended Teacher Intervention
Should you decide to use this program with your students, it is imperative that you model and continually reinforce proper finger placement.
If you observe your students using the "hunt and peck" or two fingered typing while using QwertyTown or Typing.com, be sure to provide feedback so that the student can learn correct keyboarding skills.
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