Typing
This year we are making Typing Agent available to all teachers in 3rd-8th grade. After consulting our rockstar typing teachers across the network (shout out to Juston Jackson and JP Payne!), we decided to use Typing Agent for its instruction, student-facing data, and engagement.
Get Started
Logins
Students and teachers login through the school splashpage, using their Google login credentials. To login directly from a URL, go to clever.com/in/renew.
Typing Agent PD (ppt)
Shout out to JP Payne for putting this together! Lots of best practices here.
About Typing Agent
Thanks to JP Payne (DTA) for putting this together!
Teacher Guide
Best Practices
Typing Videos
Juston Jackson uses these with his students throughout the year to teach and reinforce quality typing habits.
Click on the playlist to see all videos.
Student Tracking
Here is a sample tracker you can have your students use when they finish typing each day.
Typing Instruction: Best Practices (doc)
Games: Turn On Grit Coins
By turning on Grit Coins, students will only be able to complete games by earning grit coins (aka completing activities).
Other Programs
Typing Pal - paid ($1/student) - gives excellent data, used by many ReNEW Schools
Typing Club - free - used by Match in Massachusetts (check their blog post about it)
See Graphite's list of the best typing programs for more