Alphabet and Punctuation Keys Fall 2009 Keyboarding- Unit One Alphabet and Punctuation Keys Fall 2009

Get Familiar with your computer! Check out the picture below, study each label so that you will be familiar with the terms for each part of the computer! Tower Monitor Scanner Keyboard Mouse

Click on the link below to try to name the different parts of a computer… Click the link below to try an interactive game! Your computer…. http://internal.usn.org/scott/c urriculum/lab/compparts/co mputerparts.htm Try to put the puzzle together on this exercise. http://www.computerlabkids.co m/parts.htm

THE KEYBOARD Below is a picture of a standard keyboard. Note how the keys are ordered. This is called a QWERTY keyboard….Can you figure out why?

The Keyboard The above keyboard is colored coded to show which keys are keyed by which fingers. For example, all the keys coded in pink are keyed by the pinky fingers.

Click the link below to read about the development of the QUERTY keyboard. This will be your first discussion topic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltypewriter.htm http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/Q/QWERTY_keyboard.htm

Good fingers always go home! THE HOME ROW KEYS! F J D K Good fingers always go home! You will place your fingers on the home row keys before you begin typing. S L A ; Locate the middle row of your keyboard. Rest your fingers on the keys indicated below: A : Left Pinky J: Right Index S: Left Ring K: Right Middle D: Left Middle L: Right Ring F: Left Index ; Right Pinky

Fingers should always be curved and upright!

Click on the links below to practice Home Row Typing Drills. http://www.freetypingtutor.biz/j_applet1/WordWackerApplet.html http://webinstituteforteachers.org/~gammakeys/Lesson/Lesson1.htm http://www.typing-lessons.org/lesson_2.html http://www.typing-lessons.org/lesson_1.html

Adding the H&E Keys.. Strike the H key with the right index finger. Strike the E key with the left middle finger. **Note: when striking keys away from the home row, make quick snapping strokes and immediately return your fingers to the home row. Left Middle Finger Keys ‘E’ Right Index Finger Keys ‘H’

Click on the links below practice adding the H & E keys… http://webinstituteforteachers.org/~gammakeys/Lesson/lesson4.htm http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d2h_and_e.html http://www.kenston.k12.oh.us/kms/8th_grade_keyboarding/H%20and%20E.htm http://www.rogueriver.k12.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=1624&Print=True http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp

New Keys: ‘I’ and ‘R’ The Right Middle Finger Keys ‘I’ The Left Index Finger Keys ‘R’

Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d4_review.html http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework2.pdf

Add the Keys ‘ O’ & ‘T’ The Left Index finger strikes the ‘T’ The Right Ring Finger strikes the ‘O’

Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework3.pdf http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d5_O_and_T.html

The Keys are ‘N’ & ‘G’ The Left Index Finger keys ‘G’ The Right Index Finger keys ‘N’

Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework3.pdf

Left Shift and Period are the next keys! The Left Pinky keys the Left Shift The Right Ring Finger keys the period (.) key.

Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d7_Leftshift.html http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework4.pdf http://www.d91.net/keybd7.htm

New keys: ‘U’ & ‘C’ The Left Middle Finger keys ‘C’ The Right Index Finger keys ‘U’

Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d9_U_and_C.htm http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/mvms/computer/Keyboarding/d9_U_and_C.htm http://www.nimblefingers.com/j_applet1/WordWackerApplet.html

The Next Keys are ‘W’ and Right Shift! The Left Ring finger keys the ‘W’ The Right Pinky keys Right Shift

Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework4.pdf http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d9_U_and_C.htm http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/mvms/computer/Keyboarding/d10_W_Rt_Shft.htm http://www.d91.net/keybd9.htm

Add the keys B and Y to your list!! The Left Index Finger keys the ‘B’ The Right Index keys the ‘Y’

Click on the links below to practice the keys learned so far…. http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/d11_B_and_Y.htm http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/Documents/drills/hw/Homework5.pdf

Next are the M and X keys

Now you are ready to add P and V

Let’s move on to Q and , keys

Now to Z and colon

Moving on to CAPS LOCK and ?

CONGRATS!!!!!!!

Links for History of Computers Discussion Posts www. Computerhistory.com

Links for “How computers have changed careers over the past 20 years post”. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Computer_Revolution/Effect_on_society/Careers   http://www.citehr.com/96265-how-computers-have-changed-us.html http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4240.html