Keyboarding- Unit One

1. Keyboarding- Unit One Alphabet and Punctuation Keys Fall 2009

2. Get Familiar with your computer! • Check out the picture below, study each label so that you will be familiar with the terms for each part of the computer! Tower Monitor Scanner Keyboard Mouse

3. Click on the link below to try to name the different parts of a computer… Click the link below to try an interactive game! Your computer…. • http://internal.usn.org/scott/curriculum/lab/compparts/computerparts.htm • Try to put the puzzle together on this exercise. http://www.computerlabkids.com/parts.htm

4. THE KEYBOARD Below is a picture of a standard keyboard. Note how the keys are ordered. This is called a QWERTY keyboard….Can you figure out why?

5. The Keyboard The above keyboard is colored coded to show which keys are keyed by which fingers. For example, all the keys coded in pink are keyed by the pinky fingers.

6. Click the link below to read about the development of the QUERTY keyboard. This will be your first discussion topic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTYhttp://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltypewriter.htm http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/Q/QWERTY_keyboard.htm

7. THE HOME ROW KEYS! F J D K Good fingers always go home! You will place your fingers on the home row keys before you begin typing. S L A ; Locate the middle row of your keyboard. Rest your fingers on the keys indicated below: A : Left Pinky J: Right Index S: Left Ring K: Right Middle D: Left Middle L: Right Ring F: Left Index ; Right Pinky

8. Fingers should always be curved and upright!

9. Click on the links below to practice Home Row Typing Drills. http://www.freetypingtutor.biz/j_applet1/WordWackerApplet.html http://webinstituteforteachers.org/~gammakeys/Lesson/Lesson1.htm http://www.typing-lessons.org/lesson_2.html http://www.typing-lessons.org/lesson_1.html

10. Adding the H&E Keys.. Strike the H key with the right index finger. Strike the E key with the left middle finger. **Note: when striking keys away from the home row, make quick snapping strokes and immediately return your fingers to the home row. Left Middle Finger Keys ‘E’ Right Index Finger Keys ‘H’

11. Click on the links below practice adding the H & E keys… http://webinstituteforteachers.org/~gammakeys/Lesson/lesson4.htm http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d2h_and_e.html http://www.kenston.k12.oh.us/kms/8th_grade_keyboarding/H%20and%20E.htm http://www.rogueriver.k12.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=1624&Print=True http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp

12. New Keys: ‘I’ and ‘R’ The Right Middle Finger Keys ‘I’ The Left Index Finger Keys ‘R’

13. Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d4_review.html http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework2.pdf

14. Add the Keys ‘ O’ & ‘T’ The Left Index finger strikes the ‘T’ The Right Ring Finger strikes the ‘O’

15. Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework3.pdf http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d5_O_and_T.html

16. The Keys are ‘N’ & ‘G’ The Left Index Finger keys ‘G’ The Right Index Finger keys ‘N’

17. Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework3.pdf http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework3.pdf

18. Left Shift and Period are the next keys! The Left Pinky keys the Left Shift The Right Ring Finger keys the period (.) key.

19. Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d7_Leftshift.html http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework4.pdf http://www.d91.net/keybd7.htm

20. New keys: ‘U’ & ‘C’ The Left Middle Finger keys ‘C’ The Right Index Finger keys ‘U’

21. Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d9_U_and_C.htm http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/mvms/computer/Keyboarding/d9_U_and_C.htm http://www.nimblefingers.com/j_applet1/WordWackerApplet.html

22. The Next Keys are ‘W’ and Right Shift! The Left Ring finger keys the ‘W’ The Right Pinky keys Right Shift

23. Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework4.pdf http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d9_U_and_C.htm http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/mvms/computer/Keyboarding/d10_W_Rt_Shft.htm http://www.d91.net/keybd9.htm

24. Add the keys B and Y to your list!! The Left Index Finger keys the ‘B’ The Right Index keys the ‘Y’

25. Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d11_B_and_Y.htm http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework5.pdf

26. Next are the M and X keys M You key ‘M’ with your right index finger. X You key ‘X’ with your left ring finger.

27. Click on the links below to practice M and X http://www.kenston.k12.oh.us/kms/8th_grade_keyboarding/M_and_X.htm http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/business/keyboarding/d13_M_and_X.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/18709/data/Type.html http://freeonlinetypinggames.com/free-online-typing-games/keyboard-simon-game/

28. Cover your keyboards and try this link http://library.thinkquest.org/18709/data/Type.html

29. Now you are ready to add P and V

30. Let’s move on to Q and , keys

31. Now to Z and colon

32. Moving on to CAPS LOCK and ?

33. CONGRATS!!!!!!!

34. Links for History of Computers Discussion Posts www. Computerhistory.com

35. Links for “How computers have changed careers over the past 20 years post”. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Computer_Revolution/Effect_on_society/Careers http://www.citehr.com/96265-how-computers-have-changed-us.html http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4240.html