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Engage students with fun themed days like Marvelous Monday, Tech Thursday, and Fun Friday. Incorporate leadership activities, vocabulary building, and technology lessons for an interactive learning experience. Utilize entertaining games and online resources to enhance keyboarding skills.
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Making Middle School Keyboarding Cool! Angie Hutson ABEA Conference 2010
Make Their Day • Marvelous Monday • Journal about weekend or from a prompt • Examples: Tell me about your best day ever, who is your hero and why, what are your dreams for the future • Terrific Tuesdays • Leadership activities, workplace discussions from The Workbook • Examples: Elevator etiquette, basic parliamentary procedure • Word Wednesday • Vocabulary words including academic words • Examples: personification, guile, liability
Make Their Day • Tech Thursday • 15 minute technology lessons • Examples: Internet Explorer, Excel, Computer Basics, MovieMaker • Fun Friday • Last 10-15 minutes to solve riddles, use the paint program, share a story • Examples: John and Martha, Click, Clack, Moo; Salt in his Shoes
Get ‘Em Moving • Proofreader Mark Race • Vocabulary Review • Memo Mix-up • Computer Part Matchup • Simon Says
They’ve Got the Beat • Alphabet Song • Mr. Postman • Play music
Entertaining Games • Online Resources • www.gamequarium.com • www.freerice.com • www.typingadventure.com • Quia Reviews • Battleship Letter Review • Proofreading Practice • SmartBoard • Typing Football • Computer Parts Vortex • Blank Keyboard • Jeopardy Reviews • Keyboarding Vocab
Make It Relevant • Tables • DVD Wish List or Holiday Wish List • Letters • Letter to self, letter to favorite teacher, letter to sports star or entertainer
Holiday Hits • Christmas Carols • Memorial & Mother’s Day • Ben & Jerry’s Halloween • Thanksgiving Poem
Angie Hutson ahutson@parisschools.org 479.963.6995 Contact Info