Digital Technology for Teaching & Learning

Week 6: It's Showtime November 27, 2018 On this week, I have been practicing my typing skills in an additional online resource and I completed my typing practice course on  RATATYPE . I tried another online resource that it has helped me improve my typing skills: 10fastfingers !   10fastfingers is a website that through different modalities encourages improved typing speed with short practices. It also allows online interactions among practitioners. I worked on the Typing Test Session that gives you a random group of words to be typed in a minute. Here is a sample of an exercise: And here is the result chart of the practice above: I  enjoyed practicing in 10fastfingers as well because its activities, with real words, not only help me focus on the adequate mechanical use of the keyboard but also on the content of my typing. I would continue using it for the practice of my accuracy. I will be worried abou...

Week 5: We are Learners. We Strive. November 21, 2018 The following DIP Chart exemplifies the stages I have gone through with my Genius Hour Project: Learning Typing At this point in my genius hour project in learning to type, I would say that I am getting better in tapping letter keys correctly.  As the practice advances, the exercises become harder, especially with the inclusion of numbers and punctuation marks practices. As an example, you can see it on the snipped image below: These kinds of exercises require more than one practice. It may take more time for me to develop the agility in my typing skills but it is part of my learning process.  I enjoy seeing my progress.  Improving my typing skills is a challenge but it makes me happy.

Week 4: Expect the Mutiny November 13, 2018 I feel that my daily practice in typing has helped me achieve the goal of learning the home row keys while I am getting more confidence in my typing skills. Something that makes me feel good is that I am getting more accuracy on my typing. Now I know where the letters are on the keyboard and started using the home row keys to learn each finger ’s position . Additionally, I have been working on the index, middle, ring and pinky’s finger exercises. Here is the record of the completion activities from the RARATYPE for this week: One tip that I have learned is that the typing posture is very important. Sitting properly while I type has helped me keep my mind and hands focused on practicing typing in the correct way. When my body is leaning towards the monitor, with my back straight and my hands on the keyboard, my concentration increases a nd my miscues are less.  Here is some information obtained from the RARATYPE website ...

Week 3: Elevator Pitch November 8, 2018 This week it was time in class for sharing and highlighting where we were in the process. There was a pair-share activity in which we explained why our topic is worthwhile and meaningful to us and how we will be sharing it in the future.