Lets Get it Started Keyboarding Class Begins Today

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Lets Get it Started!Keyboarding Class Begins
Today!
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Today we will

• Learn the history of keyboarding
• Learn basic techniques
• Cover the Technique Audit Process (grades)
• Complete a Journal Entry

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History

• The first typing keyboard was originally created
  in 1864
• Unfortunately, if you typed too fast, the letters
  stuck
• So Christopher Latham Shole created a keyboard
  where the letters where not in order of the
  alphabet QWERTY!

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History

• This helped slow typists down, as they had to
  hunt for certain keys and letters
• Now, at least 50 WPM with 95 accuracy is
  expected in most jobs
• Keyboarding will teach you more than how to type,
  it will teach you how to survive in the modern
  world!

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Posture

• Spine straight leaning slightly forward
• Centered in front of
• keyboard
• Comfortable distance from
  keyboard
• Feet on floor, slightly apart

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Arm and Hands

• Arms relaxed, elbows naturally close to body
• Forearms nearly parallel with slope of keyboard

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Arm and Hands
Too Straight!
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Wrists and Fingers

• Fingers curved and the tips of fingers resting
  lightly on keys
• Wrists low, but palms of hands NOT
  resting on the keyboard
• Hands and wrists "quiet," almost
  motionless

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Wrists and Fingers

• The knee trick
• Place your hand over your knee to get a curved
  shape.
• Hold that shape as your fingers move
  independently.

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Proper Keystroking

• The index fingers resting on F and J Home Row -
  DOTS

F
J
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Proper Keystroking

• Use the tips of your fingers to operate the
  assigned keys
• Use a circular, pecking motion
  (down and inward)

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Eyes on the Computer
Make sure what you are reading from is in the
right place Your eyes should be on what you
are copying or the monitor. You NEVER look
down at the keys.

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Technique Grade Explanation
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Lets Practice!

• Log into your computer and type
  onetothree paragraphs about what you want to be
  when you grow up.
• Try to be as specific as possible.
• What do you see yourself doing?
• Where do you see yourself doing it?