This Book Is Dedicated To Keyboarding And Typing Teachers .

This book is dedicated to keyboarding and typing teachers everywhere.For it is you who teach our students the most important computer skillthey will ever learn––the ability to type!Contents of this book copyrighted 2006by Business Education Publishing, Inc.All rights reserved. No part of thisbook may be reproduced (unless where specified), stored in a retrievalsystem, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic,mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without theprior written permission of the publisher.Published byBusiness Education PublishingP.O. Box 8558Warwick, RI 02888Phone: 1-888-781-6921 Fax 1-401-781-7608www.bepublishing.comMORE GAMES KEYBOARDING TEACHERS PLAYISBN 0-9721331-9-4Printed in the United States of AmericaThis book is available at quantity discounts for bulk purchases.For information, call 1-888-781-6921Visit Business Education Publishing on the Internet athttp://www.bepublishing.com

A Collection of MoreCreative Games, Activities,and Instructional Strategiesto Liven Any KeyboardingClassroomMichael Gecawich, EditorPublished byBusiness Education Publishing, Inc.P.O. Box 8558, Warwick, RI 02888U.S.A.

INTRODUCTIONThis book, More Games Keyboarding Teachers Play, is a follow-up tothe #1 selling keyboarding reference book, Games Keyboarding TeachersPlay. With over 10,000 copies in print, Games Keyboarding Teachers Playhas inspired and motivated thousands of keyboarding teachers and theirstudents alike.More Games Keyboarding Teachers Play includes even more games,activities, and strategies that will make teaching and learning keyboardingan interactive, fun experience for classrooms across America. This bookwill help keyboarding teachers take the day-to-day monotony out oflearning how to type. The ideas in this book will spark new energy andspirit in your classroom. The games and activities have been carefullyselected to offer students a variety of methods in which to learn. Fromkeyboarding clocks to hang gliders, students will be creatively challengedto improve their keyboarding speed and accuracy skills.So dive right in and start using the ideas found in this book in yourkeyboarding classroom today!

CONTENTSKEYBOARDING GAMESHow to Turn Your Keyboarding Classroom into a Bingo Hall .2The Name Game .5The Keyboarding Triple Challenge .6It’s Trivial Things that Make Keyboarding Fun .8The Jumbled Keys Game .10A Keyboarding Wiz-Quiz .11Keyboarding with Cryptograms.13Words from Words .15The Keyboarding Spelling Bee .16Sidewalk Chalk .17Game Show Letters .19School Staff Typing Contest .21Name-That-Tune .23Making the Slate With Proofreader’s Marks .24The Guessing Game .26ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIESOh Henry! .28Key to Your Imagination .31“Keying in” to American Patriotism .33A “Pen” and a “Pal” .35Proof-Reeds and Spell-Chequers .36How Do You Say, “I Love You?”.38Keyboarding to Support Our Armed Forces .40Hinky Pinky Rhymes .41Keyboarding Word Association .43Video Game Keyboarding.45Do You Know Your Name? .46Christmas Keyboarding .47A Keyboarding “Gem” .48

CONTENTS CONTINUEDIDEAS THAT ACTIVATE & MOTIVATEGood Hands Go Home .52How to Use T-accounts in Keyboarding .53Make Your Own Timed Writing Stopwatchusing Microsoft PowerPoint .54What’s Your Resolution? .57Typing Stand Motivators.59Pop Your Keyboarding Skills.61Most Improved Keyboarder .62Start Your Engines .63Bonus Bytes .64BULLETIN BOARDSAnother Keyboarding Brick in the Wall .68Bloopers Bulletin Board Encourages Proofreading .70A Pudding Keyboard .71Use “My” & “I” for Good Keyboarding Techniques .72Falling into Good Keyboarding Habits .73How Far Can You Soar?.74The Keyboarding Letter Clock .76Be a Keyboarding Star .77A PowerPointfully Keyboard .79DRILL & PRACTICE ACTIVITIESUse Word Count for a Quick Progress Monitor .82Doing the Twist .83Lefty Righty .85Decoding the Symbols .87“Spread” the Words .88How to Get to Sesame Street .90POSTURE, TECHNIQUE & FINGER PLACEMENT ACTIVITIESTouchy-Feely Backspacing .92Fishing for Number Keys.93Non-Slipping Keyboards .94Keyboarding Technique Test.95Box Tops for Covers .97Team Techniques.98Keyboarding Self-Evaluation.99Keyboarding Technique Picture Cubes .101

The Keyboarding Spelling BeeObjective: To give students additional keyboardingreinforcement by conducting a spelling beeMaterials Needed: A list of spelling wordsTime Required: Approximately one class periodProcedure:A spelling bee is a great way to add excitement and variety to akeyboarding class. Note: Prior to using this activity, the students need tohave learned all the letter keys.Here’s how it works:Before holding your keyboarding spelling bee, prepare a list ofwords that the students will spell and type. The list should begin witheasy spelling words and progressively get more difficult (as is the casewith traditional spelling bees). Announce to the class that they willparticipate in a keyboarding spelling bee.Before the class begins the spelling bee, be sure that the autocorrect feature, found in most word processing programs, is turnedoff. To start the spelling bee, the teacher reads the first word in the list.The students must type and spell the dictated word correctly within adesignated timeframe such as five seconds. After reading the first word,have students run their spell checkers. Any student who did not spell theword correctly is eliminated from the spelling bee competition.Continue this pattern until a keyboarding spelling bee champion iscrowned.Contributor:The editors of Teaching Business Education Newsletter16

Oh Henry!Objective: To give students practice in using theformatting features of word processingsoftware and to add some sugar-sweetfun to any keyboarding classroomMaterials Needed: Copies of the “Oh Henry!” story shown on page 30 A variety of bite-size candy barsTime Required: Approximately one class periodProcedure:Distribute a copy of the “Oh Henry!” story on page 30 to eachstudent in your keyboarding or word processing class. Have eachstudent key the story into a blank word processing document.After the story has been keyed, have students apply the followingformatting changes to their documents:1. Center, bold, and underline the title2. Bold all words that are the names of candy bars(Hint: There are 12)3. Change the font of the second paragraph to Comic Sans (youcan substitute a different font if Comic Sans is not available onyour computer)4. Center and italicize the last line (“The End” is the last line)5. Change the font size of the last line to 18 points6. Underline the words “computer” and “computers”28

7. Add a header to the document that includes the student’s nameand the current date8. Proofread the document making sure that there are no typing orspelling errors9. Save the fileContributor:Danielle Gee, Clearlake Middle School, Cocoa, FL29

A Keyboarding “Gem”Objective: To provide students with additional keyingpractice by using birthstone namesMaterials Needed: A list of the 12 months and their coordinating birthstone names(provided on the next page)Time Required: Approximately 20-30 minutesProcedure:To break up the day-to-day monotony of textbook drill and practiceexercises, try this fun lesson with your keyboarding students.Start the activity by saying a month of the year (start with January)aloud to your students. Ask students whose birthday falls in the monthcalled to stand up. At this point, identify that month’s birthstone nameand meaning. Continue this pattern until you have called all 12 monthsof the year.Then, distribute copies of the handout shown on the next page andhave students (using word processing software) key in each month, thebirthstone name, and its meaning. For additional fun, have studentsformat the coordinating color of the stone.Contributor:Sue Hoffman, Business Teacher, Morrisville-Eaton Middle/High School,Morrisville, NY48

ryAmethystSincerityMarchAquamarine, BloodstoneCourageAprilDiamond, White SapphireInnocenceMayEmeraldLove, SuccessJunePearl, Moonstone,AlexandriteHealth andLongevityJulyRubyContentmentAugustPeridot, SardonyxMarried HappinessSeptemberSapphireClear ThinkingOctoberOpal, Tourmaline, PinkSapphireHopeNovemberTopaz, CitrineFidelityDecemberTurquoise, ZirconProsperity49

Make Your Own Timed Writing Stopwatchusing Microsoft PowerPointObjective: To create an alternate timed writing stopwatch usingMicrosoft PowerPoint Materials Needed: Microsoft PowerPoint softwareTime Required: Approximately 30-60 minutes to create the timed writingstopwatchProcedure:It’s happened to every keyboarding teacher––you’re ready to begina timed writing test only to discover that your stopwatch or timing clockis either missing or not working!Thanks to Microsoft PowerPoint , you’ll never lose your timedwriting stopwatch again. With a little time and effort, you can turn abasic slide show presentation into a visual timed writing stopwatchyou’ll use over and over again, and you’ll never misplace it because itsits on your computer hard drive (assuming that your hard drive doesn’tcrash).Using PowerPoint for your timed writing tests allows you to movefreely around your classroom and keep your eyes on your students––notyour stopwatch.Steps to create your PowerPoint Timed Writing Stopwatch:In this example, the timing test slide show is designed to be used toadminister one-minute timed writing tests. However, the time intervalcan be changed to whatever you desire.54

Step 1:Using Microsoft PowerPoint , create a new file that contains threeblank slides.Step 2:On slide 1, add text that reads “Get ready ” and a clipart image of astopwatch. See figure 1.Step 3:On slide 2, add text that reads “GO!” and a clipart image of a trafficlight. See figure 2.Step 4:On slide 3, add a clipart image of a stop sign. See figure 3.55

Step 5:For slide one, go to the slide transition option and set the advance slideoption to automatically after five seconds. This will give students fiveseconds before each timing test begins. See figure 1.Step 6:For slide two, go to the slide transition option and set the advance slideoption to automatically after one minute (or however long you want thetiming test to last). See figure 2.Step 7:Now you are ready to run your PowerPoint timed writing test slideshow. When you run the show, slide 1 (the “Get Ready.” slide) screenshould appear for five seconds. Then slide 2 (the “Go” slide) shouldappear. At this point, students begin their timed writing test. Afterone-minute, slide 3 (the “Stop” screen) will appear signaling you toannounce “stop” to conclude the timed writing test.Simply run the slide presentation show again when you’re ready togive your next timing test.Variation: You can add a sound to the third slide, such as a bellringing, to signify the conclusion of each timing test.Contributor:The editors of Teaching Business Education Newsletter56

INTRODUCTION This book, More Games Keyboarding Teachers Play, is a follow-up to the #1 selling keyboarding reference book, Games Keyboarding Teachers Play.With over 10,000 copies in print, Games Keyboarding Teachers Play has inspired and motivated thousands of keyboarding teachers and their