In order in increase the efficiency of using Chromebooks in the classroom, I decided I needed to provide my students with the opportunity to learn how to keyboard. I reached out to our school's computer teacher, who suggested I try Typing Club. So... I signed my students up.
Typing Club is a free website, with paid upgrades, that provides students a comprehensive way to learn touch typing. Typing Jungle is the default curriculum that has over 670 lessons. These lessons include a variety of typing experiences, games and videos. This curriculum is customizable with the paid version.
Typing Club was appealing to me as a teacher because it provides incentives in the form of points, stars, and badges to students. It also provided a variety of data to show their progress. I provided pictures and a brief description of those below.
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| This calendar provides a month view of the total amount of practice time and the number of attempts per day. The darker the green the more time was spent on Typing Club. |
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| Speed and Accuracy by finger is show on this chart. |
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| This chart reports the speed of the keyboarder and the increase in coverage over time. |
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This keyboard shows the speed and accuracy per character. The darker the blue, the faster the character. If the keys are white, they have not been practiced yet.
Introducing Typing Club was a new experience for me. However, in order to make it a routine, I created a daily schedule with groups of students who would get on Typing Club first thing in the morning and at dismissal. The kids love to see it is their turn. Several of them have even chosen to practice their keyboarding skills instead of other free choice activities. I am looking forward to seeing the impact this has on technology implementation within the classroom.
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In order in increase the efficiency of using Chromebooks in the classroom, I decided I needed to provide my students with the opportunity to learn how to keyboard. I reached out to our school's computer teacher, who suggested I try Typing Club. So... I signed my students up. 
Hi Julia! I've never heard of Typing Club before! It looks like something that is user-friendly, and I hope you see positive results. What made you decide that your students needed practice typing? Were your students just taking a long time to complete tasks on the Chromebooks? Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYES! My students were really struggling with typing in the LONG email address JCPS provides them. We haven't tried typing up writing pieces because they tend to hunt and peck! They really are enjoying Typing Club so far. I am looking forward to seeing them progress as well!
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