Keyboard+Across+Texas


 * Keyboarding Across Texas **
 * Texas TEKS: **

**Foundation 1:** The student demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of hardware components, software programs and their connections. A. Save and delete files, uses menu options and commands, and work with more than on software application. D. Access remote equipment on a network such as a printer or other peripherals. **Foundation 2:** The student uses data input skills appropriate to the task.  B. Use keyboarding techniques such as correct hand and body position and smooth, rhythmic keystroke patterns at grade level appropriate. C. Demonstrate touch keyboarding techniques for operating the alphabetic, numeric, punctuation and symbol keys as grade level appropriate. F. Demonstrate an appropriate speed on short timed exercises depending upon the grade level and hours of instruction.  Students will practice keyboarding skills, opening closing software, saving and printing information files.
 * Objective: **

1. Students will search online for a current map of Texas with all major cities and save file to computer desktop.
 * Steps: **

2. Students will open a graphic organizer Kidspiration3 and import graphic of map.

3. Students will type sentences from handout and will be timed at 3 minute intervals at the end of 3 minutes students will add a place marker to their map if sentence is complete and without mistakes.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4. If student has errors they will remain on that sentence until it is error free before moving on.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5. Students will save file on desk top for continued progress next class time.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6. Students will continue this lesson for several class sessions.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7. Once all cities have been place marked students will print out file for display.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">8. First student to complete project with the least amount of redo’s will be awarded a free ice cream.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Students will be timed at 3 minute intervals for 30 minutes. Teacher will use screen shots of computer screen for checking progress.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Assessment: **

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ITALC will be used to monitor student progress on the computers.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Teacher will use video assessment to show students what needs to be improved using screen shots of word documents students are capturing.

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