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TEACHING KEYBOARDING
http://www.angelfire.com/ks/tonyaskinner/kbideas.html
Find several creative ideas to help foster keyboarding skills.

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A NEW TWIST ON THE KEYBOARD (LESSON PLAN):
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/564.html
This larger than life lesson plan reinvents the key-board drill in a uniquely imaginative way. Students will get to interact with their learning exercises in an engaging manner; even kindergarten students should be able to master skills in this fashion.

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HERTZOG KEYBOARDING
www.hertzogkeyboarding.com
- interesting NEW way to teach keyboarding

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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q126/4/49.asp
A list sof shortcuts that one can use in windows

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PRINTABLE PRACTICE KEYBOARDS
http//www.teachnet.com/powertools/neattools/keyboard/index.html
If your students need some extra practice on their keyboarding skills, download and print out copies of this simulation keyboard. Actual size; students can take this home for practice, or you could tape them onto desks for practice games each day (impromptu requests for an "h"--first student to point to it, etc.).

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Keyboarding Resources  
http//jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/isu/itech/keybo/keydx.htm
...a treasure trove of handouts, assessments, links, and information for those of you who are responsible for elementary level keyboarding
instruction or practice

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Tommy Steele's history of keyboarding

Below are some KID PIX templates for use when teaching keyboarding.   Feel free to copy and use these. 
Just make sure that you save them as a "bitmap" since that is what Kid Pix for windows likes!

KYBD1MXD.jpg (30698 bytes) KYBD2HM.jpg (32382 bytes) KYBD2qw.jpg (41335 bytes)
numpad2.jpg (17784 bytes) xtrakys2.jpg (39256 bytes)

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