During the Empowered Learner unit, 5th grade students will set SMART keyboarding goals that they will work on for the remainder of the semester. They will also be able to:
type 20 wpm with 97% accuracy, while resting their fingers on the home row and reaching for the other keys
use proper technique and posture while keyboarding
identify strategies for solving everyday hardware and software problems.
store, retrieve, and organize data
make folders and move files into folders
recognize specific terminology such as: Touch Typing, WPM, Accuracy, QWERTY, Google drive, File types (.doc, .docx, .pdf, .gif, .ppt, .pptx, .xls, .xlsx, .mp3, .mp4, .jpg/.jpeg, .mov, .wmv, .png)
Students will learn these skills while using Google Classroom, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Typing.com, Clever, Quizlet, and Seesaw.