One gripe that I have heard a lot about students in the past five years is the lack of typing skills and the way that this interrupts instructional time. While our district has taken steps to add to the time focusing on building these skills, there’s still only 24 hours in a day, so I thought I might share some ways that you can limit the typing for students or allow them to work on these skills during free time.
- Bookmark pages that students will visit frequently.
- Create a Symbaloo page for your class with all the links you need. Students can have a shortcut to that, and then just click the tool they will use that day.
- Use QR codes to login (Greg is working on this for Elementary).
- Allow students to use one of varying typing skills websites, such as typing.com or nitrotype.com, if they finish their work early.
If you have questions or need help with these items, please let me or one of your building tech helpers know. We will always be glad to help. Together, we will make 21st century learners that know where to find the W on the keyboard.
