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Below are some suggested tips you can use with your students. The downloadable PDF is a printable that can be shared with parents as well.
Below are some suggested tips you can use with your students. The downloadable PDF is a printable that can be shared with parents as well.
1. Take your time.
1. Take your time.
It can take a while to master typing skills and students learn at different paces. Be sure to encourage your students and praise their accuracy over speed.
It can take a while to master typing skills and students learn at different paces. Be sure to encourage your students and praise their accuracy over speed.
2. Find a programme that works.
2. Find a programme that works.
There are many programmes that children can use to learn how to type. Find one that they enjoy and find motivating. Make sure it is levelled and adds skills (letters, letter combinations, words) progressively so that children are not overwhelmed by trying to master too many skills at once.
There are many programmes that children can use to learn how to type. Find one that they enjoy and find motivating. Make sure it is levelled and adds skills (letters, letter combinations, words) progressively so that children are not overwhelmed by trying to master too many skills at once.
3. Plant your feet.
3. Plant your feet.
Posture is also important when typing. Encourage your students to sit up straight at the computer with their shoulders back and knees and elbows bent at 90 degrees. Help them find a chair and table height that works for them.
Posture is also important when typing. Encourage your students to sit up straight at the computer with their shoulders back and knees and elbows bent at 90 degrees. Help them find a chair and table height that works for them.
4. Typing for a purpose.
4. Typing for a purpose.
Allow your student to use the computer for a range of typing purposes, such as writing a family member an email or looking up some information together (a cinema time, the name of a book, etc.) to help them see typing as a useful skill.
Allow your student to use the computer for a range of typing purposes, such as writing a family member an email or looking up some information together (a cinema time, the name of a book, etc.) to help them see typing as a useful skill.
5. Typing fun.
5. Typing fun.
Aside from encouraging your student to use a programme to learn typing skills, allow them to play games that use keyboards for gameplay. This will develop their skills but in a different and fun way.
Aside from encouraging your student to use a programme to learn typing skills, allow them to play games that use keyboards for gameplay. This will develop their skills but in a different and fun way.
6. Take breaks.
6. Take breaks.
Encourage your students to develop health technology habits by taking breaks from looking at the computer screen. This will allow them to give their eyes a rest and give their body a good stretch!
Encourage your students to develop health technology habits by taking breaks from looking at the computer screen. This will allow them to give their eyes a rest and give their body a good stretch!
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