Keyboard+Skills

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[|Five Levels suitable Junior through to Senior] || **Excellent place to start with Juniors** || [|Great for Middle School] || **How to integrate** [|Keyboard Climber] **into the classroom:** __**[|Keyboard Climber] **__ is a fun little game to help students practice typing.  Use it in the computer classroom as a short warm up and see how many points students can accumulate in a set amount of time.  Hopefully this number will increase throughout the year. Encourage students to play __**[|Keyboard Climber] **__ at home to practice typing.  Students could take a screen shot of their highest level and points to post on one of my bulletin boards. || The repetition and 'hunting' for letters is what works well! ||  ||
 * [[image:Alphabetrain.png width="256" height="367" link="http://www.powertyping.com/rain.shtml"]]
 *  [[image:Keyboardc.png height="199" align="center" caption="Click on image to go to game" link="http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=222"]]
 * Dancemat Typing** is a great place to start, it is levelled. I do question the need for teaching 'actual' hand placement though. How many of us retain that skill but adapt to 'get the job done'?