Keyboarding Skill Development Standards

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, AdEd, OTR/L, ATP, CATIS

Molly Shannon, OTR shares a general Keyboarding Standards By Grade from MissJaimeOT, a great visual of expectations of keyboarding.

When considering pre-typing standards, Keyboarding Without Tears™ also provides in depth standards for early keyboarding skills : Standards for the Production and Presentation of Writing in their Resources.

H/T to Molly Shannon and MissJaimeOT for their shares of keyboarding standards.

Link

via From Miss JAIME: Great information and keyboarding standards per grade level included. “Keyboarding Skills – Ages and Stages of Learning to Type” — AT and OT: Assistive Technology for OTs

About Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, AdEd, OTR/L, ATP, CATIS

OTR/L with more than 35 years experience in pediatrics, school based therapy and adult rehabilitation. Masters of Science in Adaptive Education/Assistive Technology with 20 years experience in AT in education of elementary, middle school, secondary, post secondary and work environments. A RESNA Assistive Technology Practitioner with ACVREP CATIS credentials, servicing adults and students with disabilities in employment, education and home environments. Currently a graduate student in the University of Alabama Birmingham Low Vision Certification Program.

View all posts by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, AdEd, OTR/L, ATP, CATIS →

This entry was posted in Keyboarding and tagged Keyboarding. Bookmark the permalink.

3 Responses to Keyboarding Skill Development Standards

Micheline Harkin says:

October 22, 2017 at 11:11 am

while I appreciate you sharing this with us- however, unless the schools build in daily typing practice, this is not realistic at all. My son who is a freshman with great fine motor skills stills needs to look at the keyboard when typing and I have yet to see a “typical” child use the correct fingering for typing.

Reply
- Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, AdEd, OTR/L, ATP says:
  
  December 2, 2017 at 2:44 pm
  
  Thank you Micheline Harkin for your comment. Keyboarding does take a lot of skill and drill and discipline to create that motor memory and not look at the keys. I have been in many keyboarding classes with students which also emphasized practicing outside of class for 15-20 minutes 3-4 times weekly. Like many skills (sports, music lessons or other skill and drill tasks) it takes practice! The exposure our children have to mobile device use and texting do create a dilemma of the reinforcement of a consistent method of using a keyboard which may contribute challenges in acquiring standard 10 finger typing technique.
  Carol
  
  Reply
Molly Shannon, MS, OTR/L, ATP says:

October 22, 2017 at 11:42 am

Thanks Carol for the mention from Miss Jaime whose blog rocks! Like yours. Hope you are well!

Reply