Welcome to Abell's Computer Integration Site Abell Jr. High 3201 Heritage Blvd. Midland, TX 79707 Campus Home Page My Home Page Computer Integration Class Keyboard Class Keyboarding Lessons 2007 - 2008 Students need to study the location of the keys on their keyboard (keyboard sheet) daily. State requirments for high school credit in typing require students to be able to touch type (not looking at the keys and using proper fingering). The sooner they learn their key locations, the more successful they will be. 1st Six Weeks August 27 to October 5 29 days 2nd Six Weeks October 8 to November 9 25 Days 3rd Six Weeks November 12 to December 20 26 Days End of 1st Semester 1/2 High School Credit Earned Time to switch classes 4th Six Weeks January 9 to February 15 27 days 5th Six Weeks February 18 to April 11 35 days 6th Six Weeks April 14 to May 30 34 days End of 1st Semester 1/2 High School Credit Earned Have a great summer! Texas Administrative Code 120.26 Keyboarding TEKS (a) General requirements. Successful completion of a district-level proficiency test can be accepted as the equivalent for a prerequisite of one-half credit in Keyboarding. This course is recommended for students in Grades 9-10. (b) Introduction. Students apply technical skills to address business applications of emerging technologies. Students enhance reading, writing, computing, communications, and reasoning skills and apply them to the business environment. (c) Knowledge and skills. 1 The student applies the proper keyboarding technique to input data when using the computer or typewriter keyboard. The student is expected to: 1A demonstrate correct posture and position at the keyboard; 1B demonstrate proper care and operation of equipment used; 1C demonstrate the correct touch-system techniques for operating alphabetic keys; 1D demonstrate the correct touch-system techniques for operating numeric and symbol keys; 1E demonstrate the correct touch-system techniques for operating the ten-key numeric pad; and 1F demonstrate the correct use of the command and function keys. 2 The student formats and prints documents, for example, personal and business letters, short reports, outlines, and compositions. The student is expected to: 2A demonstrate the ability to work from printed, rough-draft, statistical handwritten, and unarranged material; 2B demonstrate the ability to compose at the keyboard; 2C demonstrate the ability to proofread; 2D identify the parts of a personal and business letter; 2E format personal and business letters and envelopes; 2F format all pages of a report, including a title page, a reference page, and bibliography. 2G format an outline; and. 2H demonstrate master of basic grammar, including use of punctuation marks, keying of numbers and symbols, and capitalization when composing. 3 The student applies correct techniques for the touch –system of operating the keyboard to develop speed and accuracy. The student is expected to: 3A demonstrate improvement in speed and accuracy; 3B demonstrate the ability to proofread; 3C demonstrate the ability to proofread; 3D demonstrate the ability to use the backspace key and correct error; 3E demonstrate master of basic grammar, including use of punctuation marks, keying of numbers and symbols, and capitalization.