Unit: 6th Grade Keyboarding:Deb Richmann Know Understand • • • • •
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The home row keys are the foundation to the keyboard. All alphabet keys are placed on the keyboard. How & why to use the tab, shift, caps lock keys. Where the special symbol keys are located. The delete key is used to remove text or unwanted information. Good keyboarding posture includes sitting up straight, feet flat on the floor, fingers curved, and wrists off the keyboard. The QWERTY keyboard was named because of the alignment of the keys.
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Proper reaches create improved speed & accuracy. The keyboard was functionally designed. The orientation of the alphabet & supplemental keys on the keyboard improves performance on computer related tasks.
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Fill in blank keyboards with appropriate letters & symbols. Identify the home row keys. Identify correct fingers for keyboard keys. Complete Typing Time Lessons 1-20 Complete LA vocabulary assessments . Search the internet for keyboard posture, ergonomics, & keyboard history. Compare & contrast a variety of weird keyboards using the internet as a search tool.
Tasks for KUD Unit: 6th grade Keyboarding Analytical Creative You are part of a keyboard design You are the leader of the prototype team that needs to make team for computer keyboards. The recommendations to a prototype design team has listed the pros & team on the design of a more user cons of the QWERTY keyboard. friendly keyboard for physically Your team must review their impaired persons. What will the recommendations and design a design team look for as you review new keyboard prototype for the current keyboard and how it physically impaired individuals. functions? Compare & contrast Build/draw a design of this the pros & cons of the design of a keyboard and explain how it is QWERTY keyboard with respect to used by the physically impaired a person with an impairment, such individual. as being one handed.
Practical You are the keyboard and a physically impaired individual is trying to keyboard on you. Write a letter outlining the problems they are having and suggestions you have to fix a traditional QWERTY keyboard that will work for your users impairment.