Typing Club is an online keyboarding program by the company EdClub which offers several units ("lesson plans") and tracks student progress throughout their years at NAMS.
The data collected includes: accuracy, speed/words per minute (WPM), keyboard coverage, completion percentage, accuracy by finger, and more.
Emphasis is on finger placement and accuracy before speed.
Students are given roughly ten minutes at the start of each class to work on Typing Club. It is self paced and students can work through the lessons as they see fit. Some options are:
Moving forward one lesson at a time
"Chunking" lessons in groups of 5 or 10 and redoing lessons as necessary
Earning a "perfect score" on a lesson before working on the next one
In sixth grade students are presented with the 100 level Typing Basics program. It is not expected that the students complete all 100 levels in sixth grade. However, if they do they are encouraged to go back and earn 5 stars and a perfect score on all levels.
In 7th and/or 8th grade, once all of Typing Basics has been completed, the students unlock Typing Jungle which has over 400 levels. Some levels resemble Typing Basics while other levels are more gamified.
While not required, students may practice from home. Be sure to log in using our class portal so progress is saved.
Students will be given two typing tests.
In 6th grade the students are graded on a score of 0-10, based only on accuracy