Toy Waterman from AEA 11 sent out this list of sites addressing keyboarding at the elementary level. I know that this will be an issue as you consider NCLB's "all 8th graders being technologically literate by the 8th grade." - so I thought these sites might help with your discussion.
I will add my own bias of teaching keyboarding at the third and fourth grade, but that is certainly a district decision. I hope this helps, Nancy Keyboarding Skills: When Should They Be Taught? http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr076.shtml General Keyboarding Recommendations http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemkey/recommendation.html Elementary Keyboarding Research Also, on the left-hand side of the web page are links to curriculum objectives for elementary grade levels. http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/ate/keyboarding/research/elementary.htm When and How Should Keyboarding be Taught in Elementary School? http://ci.coe.uni.edu/facstaff/zeitz/web/general/WhenHowKeyboardingSmith.pdf "Introducing Early Keyboarding Skills: Who, What, Where, and How?," Business Education Forum , October 1996. This article discusses introducing keyboarding at an early age. -- Nancy Movall Instructional Technology Consultant for School Improvement Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency 824 Flindt Drive Suite 105 Storm Lake, IA 50588 (712) 732-2257 (866) 503-4636 fx 712.732.7654 -- --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ ---------------------------------------------------------
