Case Studies
KEYS TO SUCCESS
The KEYS to Success project at Clay Elementary School was a project aimed to strategically teach keyboarding to students at their developmental level. This project employed the use of Chromebooks and the developmentally appropriate ‘Keyboarding Without Tears’ program for kindergarten through fifth grade students, and free online keyboarding lessons and practice for sixth through eighth grade students. The goal of this project was to expose students to pre-keyboarding and keyboarding, increase their speed and accuracy, and to develop proficiency in computer-based assessment navigation.
The KEYS to Success project at Clay Elementary School was a project aimed to strategically teach keyboarding to students at their developmental level. This project employed the use of Chromebooks and the developmentally appropriate ‘Keyboarding Without Tears’ program for kindergarten through fifth grade students, and free online keyboarding lessons and practice for sixth through eighth grade students. The goal of this project was to expose students to pre-keyboarding and keyboarding, increase their speed and accuracy, and to develop proficiency in computer-based assessment navigation. More and more learning and assessment is occurring digitally, making it imperative that students have time to practice their keyboarding and navigation skills. It is proposed that learning through a structured and developmentally appropriate program such as ‘Keyboarding Without Tears’ will increase success for students in the lower grades and increased practice activities in the upper grades.