Keyboarding
A ny B ody C an Learn To Type
New 9 Lesson Short Course
Dr. Katie Canty, Ed.D.
Copyright 2021 Dr. Katie Canty
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 9798693137424
Table of Contents
Orientation
pages 9-17 Hands and fingers placement, posture, technique
Little Known Typing Tips That Work
pages 11, 21, 33, 49, 57, 51, 54
Did You Know Typing Education Moments (TEM)
pages 8, 18, 32, 39, 46, 50
Touch Typing Progress Diary Pages
pages 4, 17, 30, 37, 43, 47, 51, 54
Paper Keyboard Practice Lessons/Sessions 1-2
pages 20-30
Website Typing Practice Lessons/Sessions 3-8
pages 31-54 home row, keys above, keys below
Lesson Self-checks and Assessments
pages 15, 26, 29, 43, 56
Digital Keyboarding Terms To Know
pages 6, 13, 42
Your Keyboarding Questions and Answers
pages 12, 27
Speed and Accuracy Printable Certificate Session 9
pages 57-58
Top 17 Tips & Techniques for Mastering the Keyboard
pages 60-61
This is where to begin. Complete this page first.
About this typing training....
Did You Know?
It is 20,000 years into the future, when the Scottie character from Star Trek saves the day and the planet because he can manually touch type fast and accurate and not hunt and peck.
Much of the world today still depends on 10 fingers, 2 hands touch typing for keyboarding speed and accuracy.
Ready Lets Begin.
Orientation
Session 1
A . Touch Typing Preparation
B . Good Typing Tips Jewelry and Posture
C . Keyboarding Typing Words
and Terms to Know
Touch Typing Preparation
Getting Ready to Type
Things to Do Now
. Look through this book. Fill in the Welcome page with your responses.
. Read the information in the boxes on pages 5-7 to understand how this book can best help you.
. Gather and check your typing resources. Find a comfortable, safe, distraction free place to practicepreferably with a chair to sit in and a desk top or table top surface for the keyboard.
C. Good typing techniquekeyboarding position: Whats that about? It is about how you sit, place your hands and fingers, and even what you are thinking about as you type. Note how the feet, back, eyes, and hands are positioned for good typing technique.
Good Correct Typing Posture
To see what good typing posture correct hands and fingers placement looks like, view a couple of YouTube videos. Choose from video selections like these.
A. Proper keyboarding techniques: a hip-hop music version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_GtjT33urY
B. Keyboarding techniques: a beginner student demonstrates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UJ9BkSbR-I
C. How to Type - Touch Type Tutorial : amazing transparent typing hands show you correct hands and fingers placement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPPG9GbNUg0
Orientation - Keyboarding Readiness Self-Check
Good Typing Posture Practice
Things To Do Now
Place your paper keyboard near the edge of your desk or typing surface. Position your chair so that it is not too close up, or too far away from your paper keyboard. A chair placed about your hands length away from the edge of the paper keyboard is good.
To complete the orientation self-check, demonstrate good touch-typing technique by doing the following:
1. Sit up straight; hips back in your chair
2. Both feet flat on the floor
3. Elbows at your side
4. Fingers curved over home row keys on the paper keyboard
5. Palms not resting on the keyboard
6. Eyes on this copy of home row keys
asdf jkl;
This concludes the Orientation Session.
Date and time of completion goes here.
_____________________
Grade Summary goes here
OR
A statement of what you learned about keyboarding typing
that you did not already know
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Did You Know?
Cell Phone Typing Champion
If you type these two sentences correctly in less than 41 seconds on a cell phone, then you beat the worlds record for text messaging typing speed.
"The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human."
Qwerty Computer Keyboard Typing Champion
QWERTY refers to the first six letters on the upper row of the computer keyboard. Todays world champions type at rates over 200 words per minute. One of the champions trained by typing the alphabets backwards and forwards. This site shows how.
https://www.speedtypingonline.com/games/type-the-alphabet.php
You - This Books Typing Champion
To type fast and accurate enough to be productive on computer keyboards to meet your needs, is that your goal, too? Everyones goal may not be to be a world champion typist or an above 100 words a minute typist. Most people average 40 words a minute.