The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) has a deal for you and your students. They are offering to let your students play games on their website that teaches them hThe British Broadcasting Company (BBC) has a deal for you and your students. They are offering to let your students play games on their website that teaches them how to type. It is an excellent tool for students in elementary school who have little experience with computers and typing. The down side is it needs to be young ones because it is a little cheesy for 4th and 5th and on up, yet still effective. Here is the link so you can check it out for yourself, click here. ow to type. It is an excellent tool for students in elementary school who have little experience with computers and typing. The down side is it needs to be young ones because it is a little cheesy for 4th and 5th and on up, yet still effective. Here is the link so you can check it out for yourself, click here.
Dance Mat typing allows you to start at any ability level and work on your skills as a typer. This is an increasingly important skill in today's culture.
Speaking with a teacher the other day, I noticed she was sad to see such little attention given to cursive writing skills in schools anymore. She felt like it would soon be a lost art. I am not sure if I completely agree with her that it will be lost, but it is a dying skill because it is an outdated skill.
In 10 years from now when today's elementary students are in high-school and college, the way schools operate will have completely changed. This is the way that schools are going because this is the way the world is going. Computer skills are a necessity.
Employers are beginning to only accept digital applications, which means you have to be able to operate a computer with relative efficiency even if the job you are applying for does not use that skill at all.
So when your class has some time in your schools computer lab, direct your students to this site. Dance Mat Typing is engaging, educational, and much better than letting them play games on Lego.com. Best of all it's free!
