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Keyboarding For Elementary Students, John Kidney, Jack C. Reed, Nancy Moen, Linda Burke, Marilee Smith

College of Business Documents

This package contains four components designed to help elementary or business education teachers teach keyboarding to elementary students. The keyboarding program described in these materials consists of three phases: Phase I--learn the keyboard; basic function keys; technique and confidence; Phase II--review the keyboard and technique; language arts application; introduction to composition and proofreading; and Phase III--quick review of keyboard and technique; creating; editing; and printing; and computer terminology. This package contains (1) an inservice guide for business teachers and elementary teachers that provides suggestions for introducing and implementing a keyboarding program; (2) a teacher's guide; with a day-by-day lesson plan …