There is a separate Otsego keyboarding web with many tips, exercises, questions with answers, and much more. After you have clicked on the link please maximize the new window. Please click here to go to it.
Hall of Fame - Each grading period you can qualify for your building's keyboarding Hall of Fame. Try to earn it each of the four quarters - Practice! See the requirements.
Make sure you know the Story of Eight Fingers and can apply it to your fingers as you use the keyboard.
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| YHN | UJM | IK, | OL. | P |
If you don't remember what these pictures represent, ask a classmate, or Mrs. Bradley. Letters in orange (above) are seven of the home keys, the eighth home key is the semi-colon for the right little finger.
HOME KEYS
= ASDF JKL; (semi-colon)
Pointer fingers are placed on F and J -
notice the PC keyboard has a raised bump or line that you can feel without
looking at the keyboard or your fingers - that's why it is called "Touch
Typing".
SPECIAL NOTE - Home Base keys for typing only
with your right hand are F G H J
| PRACTICE IS MANDATORY | |
| Practice
with a towel or paper over your hands so you cannot see the keys. |
Practice Typing with an online Metronome to improve your rhythm, speed, and accuracy. |
Words Per Minute Goals - WPM
4th Grade - 6-9 correct words per minute
5th Grade - 8-11 correct words per minute
6th Grade - 10-13 correct words per minute
Middle School - 18 words per minute with no errors
High School Graduation - 25 words per minute with no errors
Skills Required
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Demonstrate
proper posture and eye position |
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Use
two hands while typing or appropriate adaptation for special needs |
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Know
which keys are right side keys and which keys are left side keys |
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Understand
stroking technique - light touch |
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Use
right hand thumb to press the space bar |
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Use
right little finger to press return |
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Use
one finger from each hand to make an upper case letter or the upper
character on a key - while a little finger presses the shift key, the
correct finger on the other hand presses the character key |
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Use
the correct fingers on each home row key |
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Use
the correct fingers on the QWERTY row keys |
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Use
the correct fingers on the bottom row keys |
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Use
anchoring technique to help return fingers to home position |
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Use the correct fingers on the number keys at the top of the alphabetic keyboard - only use the numeric keypad for drill and practice programs, not keyboarding or word processing |
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Demonstrate
ability to use special function keys: Spacebar, Shift, Return, Arrow
keys, Backspace, Tab |
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Locate
and use keys: Escape, Shift, Control, Alternate, Caps lock, Delete |
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Demonstrate
ability to identify and type punctuation keys: Period, Comma, Question
Mark, Exclamation Mark |
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Demonstrate
ability to identify and type punctuation keys: Quotation Marks, Apostrophe |
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Last updated
June 23, 2011
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Mrs. K. Bradley
kbradley@otsegoknights.org
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Improved Typing Test - set the
number of sentences and the type of test
Typing Test of Speed and Accuracy