Unit 1:  Good Posture Matters

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1. Take a Break, Rotate Your Neck, and Look Up
2. Keyboarding Posture & Technique Self-Check
3. Proper Keyboarding Technique Self-Check

Helpful Videos

1. Learn the Home Row Keys (3:34)
2. Typing Ergonomics:  Your Keyboard (2:33)
3. Learn The Proper Position When Typing (43 sec)
4. What Is the Respectable or Average Typing Speed?  What Is a Good Touch Typing Speed? (3:32)
5. How I Type Fast:  150+ WPM!) (4:27 sec)
6. The NEW Fastest Typist On Nitro Type! (2:49)
7. The Fastest Typists in the World Share Their Typing Secrets (5:14)
8. TypeRacer:  Test How FAST You Can Type & Improve By Racing Others (3:03)

Unit 2:  Formative Keying Check

1. Timed Typing:  Classic Tales.  Use 1, 2, or 3 Minute Options
2. 30-Point Keying Skills Rubric
3. Typing Attack:  Word-by-Word, 3 levels
4. Mr. B's Typing Game Links:  It's fun building digital writing skills
5. More Keying Skill Building Games

Unit 3:  Keyboarding Tune-Up

Mr. B's Jazzy QWERTY Keyboard Song

1. Peter's Online Typing Course:  Different skill review lessons
2. Dance Mat Typing:  Level One, First 3 Lessons (Requires headphones/ear buds)
3. Dance Mat Typing:  All 4 Levels, All Lessons (BBC Bitesize)
4. Keying Technique  Assessments
   1. Weekly Keying Technique Checklist:  5 possible points each week,  This is a technique check and not a speed check!
   2. 30-Point Touch Method Rubric
   3. Short Sentences 1
   4. Short Sentences 2

Unit 4:  Projects Build Keying Skills

1. Downloading PDF Files to Window's Document Folder and Opening with Foxit
2. All About Me (pdf form)
3. Internet Scavenger Hunt #1 (pdf form)
4. How to Fill a PDF on a Chromebook (1:40)
5. Internet Scavenger Hunt #2 Your Turn!  (pdf form)
6. My School Day Today Prompts: Writing Builds Skills  (pdf form)
7. Write a Very, Very Short Story 1: Writing Builds Skills  (pdf form)
8. Write a Very, Very Short Story 2: Writing Builds Skills  (pdf form)
9. Plot Generator:  Create a Short Story

Unit 5:  Getting Started With MS Word

Open, Save, and Exit Microsoft Word 2019

1. Short Sentences 1 and Short Sentences 2
2. Easy Sentences:  Short, common words for speed-building.
   1. Easy Sentences 1
   2. Easy Sentences 2
   3. Easy Sentences 3
   4. Easy Sentences 4
   5. Easy Sentences 5
   6. Easy Sentences 6
   7. Easy Sentences 7
   8. Easy Sentences 8
   9. Easy Sentences 9
   10. Easy Sentences 10
   11. Easy Sentences 11
   12. Easy Sentences 12
   13. Easy Sentences 13
   14. Easy Sentences 14
   15. Easy Sentences 15
   16. Easy Sentences 16
   17. Easy Sentences 17
   18. Easy Sentences 18
   19. Easy Sentences 19
   20. Easy Sentences 20
3. Alphabet Emphasis:   Sentences that emphasis letters, grouped by A-M and N-Z.
   1. Alphabet Emphasis 1:  A-M
   2. Alphabet Emphasis 2:  N-Z
   3. Alphabet Emphasis 3:  A-M
   4. Alphabet Emphasis 4:  N-Z
4. Alphabet Sentences.  Each has every letter for skill-building
   1. Alphabet Sentences 1
   2. Alphabet Sentences 2
   3. Alphabet Sentences 3
   4. Alphabet Sentences 4
5. 50 Point MS Word Review:  8 point paragraph spacing; changing font; align left, center, right; bold, italics, and underline

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