Handwriting vs. Keyboard Skills
Literacy
Toolkit
HGIOS
• 2.1 – Learners’ Experiences
• 5.2 – Teaching for Effective learning
Handwriting vs. Keyboard Skills
Literacy
Toolkit
Agenda
• Activity 1 – Introduction / Starter Activity (5 mins)
• Activity 2 – How’s it going / feedback (10-20 mins)
• Activity 3 – New Learning (25-40 mins)
• Activity 4 – Personal Action Planning (10 mins)
• Activity 5 – Summary of Learning (5 mins)
Handwriting vs. Keyboard Skills
Literacy
Toolkit
Activity 1:
Voice on the table
In a maximum of 30 seconds, share how often you use handwriting skills in
everyday correspondence?
Handwriting vs. Keyboard Skills
Literacy
Toolkit
Activity 2:
How’s it going?
Independently, reflecting on your current literacy planning documents,
highlight the planned opportunities you provide in your classroom for
children to:
 learn handwriting skills
 learn keyboard skills.
Are we missing an opportunity?
Handwriting vs. Keyboard Skills
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Activity 3:
New Learning
“The world has changed considerably in recent times, and it is
essential that education not only keeps up with change but
anticipates the future as far as possible.
If Scotland's children and young people are to gain the knowledge,
skills and attributes needed for life in the 21st century we need a
forward-looking, coherent curriculum that will inspire them to
achieve at the highest levels.”
Education Scotland: The case for change
 How should we adapt the literacy opportunities given
to children to ensure they are fully prepared for the
world of ICT in the 21st century?
Handwriting vs. Keyboard Skills
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Activity 3:
New Learning
This video details the importance of keyboard skills for learners in the 21st
century.
Keyboarding - Prepare for the future
 What are the barriers to this?
 How would we go about teaching children to be
efficient and skilled in typing?
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Handwriting vs. Keyboard Skills
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Key points
It is important that children are fully literate in the world of technology.
Keyboarding skills play an important part in accessing this world efficiently.
 How would we go about teaching children to
be efficient and skilled in typing? [cont.]
BBC - Dance Mat Typing
Handwriting vs. Keyboard Skills
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Activity 4:
Personal Action Planning
Over the coming weeks, look for opportunities to for children to develop
their keyboard skills in your classroom.
Choose one or two elements that you are going to explore and evaluate.
Bring back your findings to the next session
Handwriting vs. Keyboard Skills
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Activity 5:
Summary of Learning
Write your name on the card or post-it and one implication today’s session
will have on your practice.
Leave your card or post-it on your way out.
Handwriting vs. Keyboard Skills
Literacy
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FOLLOW UP LINKS:
Sense-Lang Typing
BBC - Dance Mat Typing
Typing Test - Games
Typing Test - Free Test