Voki: Keyboarding App of the Week

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Today you are going to create your own talking avatar at voki dot com. Choose a character, check out the accessories and then type in the text. Don't forget you can change your background as well.

Post your Voki to the class Ning. To do that you will need to log in and go to the blog button and create a new post. If you need help ask around.

Dance Mat Typing from BBC

Dance Mat Typing from the excellent BBC Schools website is another free program that helps teach typing. I think it it quite funny to listen to the goat, although I am not sure about what he says all the time since I don't understand all the slang language he uses.

Typer Shark

Typer Shark is a web based typing game. Can you keep your diver safe from the sharks?

Our First Keyboarding Graduate!

Congratulations to Nathaniel, the first graduate of Mr. C's Keyboarding Class! Nathaniel will be spending the rest of the semester creating a personal blog and exploring media tools. I will link to his blog as soon as he gets it rolling!

Using Keyboarding to Introduce Important Documents and Literature

I am "teaching" keyboarding this year. Fortunately the program we use, Typing Pal Online, allows me to add my own content. As you can see below I have added some historical documents and some literature.

Obviously, I see this as a way to incorporate more into this class than just the skill of keyboarding. We also apply our skills on Wednesday and participate in #Comments4Kids, a twitter meme. What other ways can we make keyboarding more engaging to our students?

This post was inspired by my friend Hadass Eviatar, lionsima on Twitter. I was talking about how my students were asking what a Jabberwock was and she found me the picture included in Lewis Carrol'sThrough the Looking Glass. Here is a link to the poem Jabberwocky. Here is the picture she referred to: