Keyboarding Without Tears

Keyboarding Without Tears is Denver Academy's multi-sensory curriculum for grades 1-6 that teaches pre-keyboarding, keyboarding, digital citizenship, and general computer readiness skills. In grades 7-12, students will use Type to Learn.

Why teach keyboarding?

Keyboarding success increases as a student’s opportunity to practice keyboarding skills increases. In today’s classroom, one-to-one computing is becoming more common. In a one-to-one environment, each student has her own laptop or tablet for personal use. It was estimated that by calendar year 2016, 54 percent of K-12 US students and teachers will have access to school-issued personal computing devices. This growing personal access to mobile computing underscores the necessity for students to master keyboarding (Molnar, 2015).

Molnar, M. (Feb. 24, 2015). Half of K-12 students to have access to 1-to-1 computing by 2015-2016. EdWeek Market Brief. Retrieved on November 17, 2016, from https://marketbrief.edweek.org/