{"id":1258,"date":"2009-09-10T19:43:03","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T02:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilearntechnology.com\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2009-09-10T19:43:03","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T02:43:03","slug":"keyboard-climber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/?p=1258","title":{"rendered":"Keyboard Climber"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What it is: <\/span> Keyboarding is a necessary evil in the computer classroom.\u00a0 I say this because truly mastering touch typing takes practice, a lot of it.\u00a0 However, I don’t want to spend all my class time in the computer lab teaching kids to type.\u00a0 There is SO much more that our brand new iMacs can do.\u00a0 To use them as typewriters feels ridiculous.\u00a0 Combine that with my 35 minutes once a week with students and keyboarding really becomes a necessary evil.\u00a0 In my classroom, I focus on typing practice very little.\u00a0 I encourage my students to practice keyboarding at home with fun online typing games.\u00a0 Keyboard Climber<\/a> is one of these games.\u00a0 It is a fun little game that helps students build those touch typing skills in or out of the classroom.\u00a0 In Keyboard Climber<\/a>, the goal is to help a monkey climb up a tree and score bananas by typing letters.\u00a0 If the student types the incorrect letter, a coconut falls on the monkey’s head and he falls down to a lower level.\u00a0 There is fun music and sound effects that accompany the game, kids love it, I find it a bit too monotonous.\u00a0 The only other thing that I don’t love about the game is that all of the letters are displayed as capital letters.\u00a0 However, students never have to actually type a capital letter (with shift or caps lock).<\/p>\n

How to integrate Keyboard Climber<\/a> into the classroom: <\/span><\/span> Keyboard Climber<\/a> is a fun little game to help students practice typing.\u00a0 Use it in the computer classroom as a short warm up and see how many points students can accumulate in a set amount of time.\u00a0 Hopefully this number will increase throughout the year.\u00a0 Encourage students to play Keyboard Climber<\/a> at home to practice typing.\u00a0 I have students take a screen shot of their highest level and points to post on one of my bulletin boards.
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Tips: <\/span> I learned about Keyboard Climber from @techfacil<\/a>, thanks for the tip Julie!<\/p>\n

Leave a comment and tell us how you are using Keyboard Climber in your classroom.<\/strong>
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