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1st hr - 5th grade Computers
Activities:
| 1. Students learn to type using IBM's Touch Typing for Beginners. |
| 2. Students play computer games on special days. |
| 3. Students surf the net. |
Goals:
| 1. Students learn to type using home keys and proper finger placement. |
| 2. Students learn that computers offer fun ways to think, learn, and solve problems. |
| 3. Students learn about the World Wide Web. |
Schedule:
| Students come to the lab for 45 minutes one or two times a week for the entire school year. |
What students have to say about class:
| 1. How are you doing on the typing tutor? |
| "I'm doing excellent. I do my home keys. I get high scores on skill builders -- the race track game. I have to type fast, and I have to type correctly." |
| "I'm doing good because I use the home keys. I can type medium fast, and I'm on level 3." |
| "I'm doing good because it's easy. I'm on level 4. I type 9 words per minute." |
| "I'm doing pretty good at typing. I passed 13 levels, and now I'm doing Skill Builders. In Skill Builders, I have to type the words before the car crashes into them so the car can make 20 laps around the track. I have to type fast without making mistakes." |
| 2. What do you like best about computers? |
| "Probably the Oregon Trail. I think it's one of the funnest because you get to trade and bu |
| "I like Visitor 3 games like Wheel of Fortune because I like to solve the puzzles." |
| "I like Oregon Trail because you can hunt." |
| "I like the games (in Touch Typing for Beginners) like the race track game and the diving elephant game." |