Games Keyboarding Teachers Play : A Collection of Creative Games, Activities and Instructional Strategies to Liven Any Keyboarding Classroom

by Gecawich, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780972133104
• ISBN10: 0972133100
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Teaching Business Education
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Table of Contents

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
Creating 26 Letter Timing Tests	2	(1)
Creative Manuscripting	3	(1)
Your School Trivia Challenge	4	(2)
For the Early Finishers	6	(1)
Sports Team Letters Get Students Excited	7	(1)
Song Lyrics Break Up the Monotony	8	(1)
Adopt a Typing Student	9	(2)
The Human Scavenger Hunt	11	(2)
Get `Em Cooking	13	(2)
Proofreader's Pictures	15	(2)
Little Pictures, Big Stories	17	(1)
Christmas Keyboarding Project	18	(2)
The Twelve Days of Christmas	20	(2)
Self-Esteem Keyboarding	22	(1)
New Letter Trivia	23	(1)
Acromania	24	(1)
10 Years From Now	25	(1)
Letters to Someone You Admire	26	(1)
Alphabet Soup Keyboarding	27	(2)
Think or Sink	29	(2)
Pass Your Fortune	31	(3)
KEYBOARDING GAMES
Keyboarding Hangman	34	(1)
Typing Scattergories	35	(1)
Team Keyboarding	36	(2)
Typing Boggle	38	(2)
Basketball & Baseball Keyboarding	40	(2)
The Great 50 States Challenge	42	(2)
Type-off Contest Raises Awareness and Funds	44	(2)
Play ``Typing Outburst''	46	(1)
Keyboarding Football	47	(2)
Keyboarding Track Meet	49	(2)
Keyboarding Olympics	51	(1)
Keyboarding Dinosaur Endurance	52	(2)
Alphabetical List Relay	54	(1)
Stop the Music	55	(3)
IDEAS THAT ACTIVATE & MOTIVATE
Graphing Motivates Students	58	(1)
Awards and Competitions Ignite Keyboarding Energy	59	(1)
Make Your Own Home-Row Ruler	60	(1)
Typos Can Be Life-Changing	61	(1)
What Can ``THIS'' Be?	62	(2)
Use Make-Up Slips for Make-up Work	64	(2)
The Over 30 Club	66	(2)
Chit-Chat Keyboarding	68	(1)
Everyone Starts Timed Writings on Time	69	(3)
BULLETIN BOARDS THAT TEACH KEYBOARDING
Stop, Look, and Proofread	72	(1)
Get Caught Posing with Perfect Technique	73	(2)
Master the Miles!	75	(2)
Creating a Life-Size Keyboard Display	77	(2)
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow	79	(2)
``Around the World in Keyboarding'' Program	81	(2)
``Fast Track'' Keyboarding Excitement	83	(2)
Hands-Off with Magnetic Keys	85	(2)
The Keyboarding Wall of Fame	87	(3)
DRILL & PRACTICE ACTIVITIES
Type it Backwards	90	(1)
Name Your Dictation Drills	91	(1)
Drill & Practice Using Sprints	92	(1)
Typing Tongue Twisters	93	(3)
POSTURE, TECHNIQUE & FINGER PLACEMENT ACTIVITIES
A Real Hands-On Quiz	96	(2)
Where are the Dots on the ``F'' and ``J'' Keys?	98	(1)
Paperclips, Bells, and Erasers, Oh My	99	(2)
Clipart Eyes Keep Students Looking at Text	101	(1)
Polish your Keys and Students Won't Look	102	(1)
Serve-up Some Scrambled Keys	103	(1)
Type with Boxer Shorts	104	(1)
BONUS SECTION: KEYBOARDING & TYPING INTERNET RESOURCE DIRECTORY	105