Teaching Students Correct Typing Techniques

Helen Meyrick2 September 2010

Why teach correct typing to students?

• Consider the workforce our students will one day enter……

• In 2007, the second billionth personal computer was shipped

• The average office worker spends at least 2.4 hours a day using and typing on a computer

• Typing has been called the ‘penmanship of our time.’

Why teach correct typing to students?

Improvements in: Spelling, writing and reading

comprehension

Increased student motivation and personal pride in work

Teaching a typing lesson:

Step One: Motivating Students• Discussion: Why and how do we use

computers? Why do we need to learn correct typing?

• Student checklist for accuracy and speed

• Class competition

Teaching a typing lesson

Correct finger position:

Teaching a Lesson

• Short, tight and regular• Check on correct placement of ‘home

keys’• Practice blends• Practice paragraphs• Websites

Have a go a typing blends

sat jkl; mad

asdf dad cad

asdfg sad fad

kas bat jik

jas hjk jikl

las hjkl fre

jkl the jjikl;

Websites

• www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing

• www.learninggamesforkids.com

• www.freetypinggames.net

• www.computerlabkids.com