1. Help students to completing work more efficiently
   
2. Increase the interest in publishing work because they are able to type
   
3. Help to improve the quality of work
   
4. Help build motor skill
   
5. Assist in developing good keyboarding habits: posture, back, vision, arms and wrist problem
   
6. Provide opportunities for lifelong learning skill

The presence of technology in schools today is paramount as the Madison Metropolitan School District strives meet the needs of all students. Computer software applications are available to enhance all curriculum areas and connect our students with resources from around the world. These exciting changes will highly impact the way we teach and our students learn. As students are using computers in the elementary school more frequently, touch typing is a necessary skill to enable students to maximize available technology and connect it to learning both in and out of the classroom. We are preparing students for a new age and must prepare now to meet the needs of the world in which they will work and live. The time to implement a keyboarding program is no longer an option, but a necessity if we are to keep pace with technological advances and assure success for our students.

Madison Metropolitan School District
Instructional Technologies Content and Performance Standards
Standard Three Title: Keyboarding

Statement of Standard:
Knows the value of keyboarding and demonstrates its proper use.

Intermediate Performance Standards:

1. Locates and describes the function of the symbol keys and the number keys.
2. Locates and uses the symbol keys and the number keys.
3. Demonstrates and explains correct spacing for punctuation keys.
4. Demonstrates proper keyboarding techniques for keying all letters.
5. Demonstrates proper keyboarding techniques for keying all letters and performs revision.
6. Uses proper keyboarding techniques to compose a paragraph.

Primary Performance Standards:

1. Identifies on the keyboard, letters, numbers, and other commonly used keys (e.g., return/enter, space bar) and describes their use.
2. Identifies, on a keyboard, the full left hand area and full right hand area.
3. Locates and describes the use of special function keys (e.g., period, question mark, caps lock, arrow keys, shift).
4. Demonstrates position of the left and right hands avoiding the hot keys (T, Y, G, H, B, N) in the middle on the home row.
5. Demonstrates, on the keyboard, the use of letter keys, and special keys (e.g., shift key, delete/backspace, space bar, arrow keys) keeping the hot keys in mind.
6. Demonstrates correct keyboarding posture and finger placement for the home row keys.

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