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There are several programs specifically for keyboarding in the elementary: JumpStart has such a program that our school uses, KidsKeys is another. Our teachers like them quite a bit. I am sure there are others, also Eunice > X-From: Lee Mastrodonato <mastrod@ibm.net> > My regards to the members of this listserve. My name is Lee and I > have only recently joined this listserve but already I have a question > to pose to everyone. > This year my school purchased a number of Dreamwriters. The > principal has asked one of the teachers to work with the second and > third graders in order to familiarize them with keyboarding. The teacher > is struggling to come up with ways to teach these young children > keyboarding in a way appropriate for their ages. I suggested that they > begin to use the Dreamwriters for all their writing related projects. > Has anyone had experience with teaching keyboarding to such young > students? What has worked for you? > Another part of the question would be is anyone familiar enough with > Dreamwriters to know how they might be used beyond basic word > processing. It would be unfortunate if they were so limited. EDTECH has changed addresses. The new list address is EDTECH@H-NET.MSU.EDU. All subscription commands should be sent to LISTSERV@H-NET.MSU.EDU.
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