Introduce learners to the keyboard, letters, numbers, space, enter and shift. Explain how some keys have more than one use and that sometimes we need to press two keys at once. Learners to practice using a keyboard using the online resource available from the ‘Just Your Type’ Learn My Way a The tutor should open the page for learners. ‘Using keyboard’ page. Learners can repeat the activity until they feel more confident finding and using different keys Typing practice ‘The quick Show learners where to find a notepad programme on the computer and how to open it. brown fox’ hand-out Learners to practice keyboard skills by copying hand-out. Explain that this ‘The quick brown fox’ uses every letter of the alphabet. in ‘Alice More confident learners can progress to copying the in Explain that this ‘Alice Wonderland’ hand-out. Wonderland’ uses capital letters, extended characters, and paragraphs. hand-out Recap Ask learners how they feel after this session. Are they more confident in using a mouse and keyboard? Suggest that learners complete the Learn My Way courses a and a ‘Using mouse’ ‘Using keyboard’ before the next session.
Introduce learners to the keyboard, letters, numbers, space, enter and shift. Explain how some keys have more than one use and that sometimes we need to press two keys at once. Learners to practice using a keyboard using the ‘Just Your Type’ online resource available from the Learn My Way ‘Using a keyboard’ page. The tutor should open the page for learners. Learners can repeat the activity until they feel more confident finding and using different keys Typing practice Show learners where to find a notepad programme on the computer and how to open it. Learners to practice keyboard skills by copying ‘The quick brown fox’ hand-out. Explain that this uses every letter of the alphabet. More confident learners can progress to copying the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ hand-out. Explain that this uses capital letters, extended characters, and paragraphs. ‘The quick brown fox’ hand-out ‘Alice in Wonderland’ hand-out Recap Ask learners how they feel after this session. Are they more confident in using a mouse and keyboard? Suggest that learners complete the Learn My Way courses ‘Using a mouse’ and ‘Using a keyboard’ before the next session.
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