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	<description>notes from the tech lab</description>
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		<title>Typing kicks off</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jac de Haan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year &#8211; 6th graders created typing accounts to begin regular practice.  Students are expected to start with 2 days of practice a week, for 5 minutes per session.   The goal is regular, incremental improvement through repetition.  A couple tips for improvement: speed comes with good form &#8211; focus on sitting comfortably [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s that time of year &#8211; 6th graders created typing accounts to begin regular practice.  Students are expected to start with 2 days of practice a week, for 5 minutes per session.   The goal is regular, incremental improvement through repetition.  A couple tips for improvement:</p>
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<li>speed comes with good form &#8211; focus on sitting comfortably with fingers on the home row.</li>
<li>keep eyes on the screen &#8211; your hands know where they are because of the tabs on the &#8220;f&#8221; and &#8220;j&#8221; keys and the space bar.</li>
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<p>This typing practice can happen in the lab or at home.  Time will be provided for all of this work to completed during writing/tech lab or tech class, but it is up to students to use that time effectively.</p>
<p>Once we&#8217;d all run through a couple of lessons, the 6th grade helped an 8th grade class with their &#8220;digital identity&#8221; survey.  Results of this community-wide (students, parents and teachers) survey will be posted once data gathering and analysis is complete.</p>
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