Mobile Learning Module Lesson Plan Topic: Keyboarding State Standards:

3rd grade - ELACC3W6: With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others 4th grade - ELACC4W6: With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the !nternet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others" demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting 5th grade - ELACC5W6: With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the !nternet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others" demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting

Learner Objectives: #tudents will practice touch typing skills using mobile de$ices to impro$e their knowledge of letter location on the keyboard #tudents will demonstrate an impro$ement in key usage and letter location obi!e "evices: #tudents may bring personal iPads, iPhones, or iPod %ouch #tudents without personal de$ices will use one of the school&s iPads from the iPad cart

#e$boarding Apps: TapT$ping is a free typing trainer for iPad, iPhone, and iPod %ouch users %he free $ersion is limited to speed tests and one time samples %he paid $ersion, '( )), includes lessons, tests, practice documents, detailed results, and leaderboards Lessons are focused to impro$e typing speed and accuracy Lesson comple*ity ranges from beginner (focus on + to , keys) to ad$anced (patterns, symbols, and numbers) +pplication can re$eal problem keys and track performance %his application can be used to help children with writing disabilities that need to practice learning letter location on the keyboard T$pe %&sh is a free iPad, iPhone, and iPod %ouch typing game application %his application allows you to test your typing skills with three difficulty le$els '&rricane T$ping is a free iPad, iPhone, and iPod %ouch game application which lets you compete worldwide %ype the words as they drop from the upper part of the screen -e careful not to type words with the banned letter of the alphabet or you will lose a heart Lose three hearts and the game will end T$ping Test is a free iPad, iPhone, and iPod %ouch game application that allows you to test your typing skills .ou can compete with people all o$er the world by comparing time for easy and hard le$els Activities: %he teacher will re$iew home row keys and hand placement on a traditional keyboard #tudents will independently practice keyboarding using %ap%yping for /0 minutes #tudents will independently practice keyboarding skills for /0 minutes using at least one of the three typing games: %ype 1ush, 2urricane %yping, and %yping %est

Eva!&ation: #tudents will record their results in the digital copy of the touch typing results chart 3ach student has a chart in their personal folder on the P dri$e (rading S$ste): #tudents who record their data in their personal chart and show great impro$ement in typing speed and accuracy will recei$e a grade of 4#5 %hey must ha$e practiced a full 60 minutes per session #tudents who record their data in their personal chart and show some impro$ement in typing speed and accuracy will recei$e a grade of 475 %hey must ha$e practiced at least (0 minutes per session #tudents who record their data in their personal chart and show minimal impro$ement in typing speed and accuracy will recei$e a grade of 485 %hey must ha$e practiced at least /0 minutes per session