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Key Seeker – Keyboarding for Kindergarten

April 11, 2009 at 10:30 am | In Keyboarding Games, Software | 1 Comment

ZEBRAS TEACHING KEYBOARDING IN THE JUNGLE??

Now I have heard everything.

I just found Key Seeker through Twitter (posted by tsmileygal). It is an ingeneous program that is aimed at young keyboarders. It has the typical plot where a letter appears in the middle of the jungle followed by an animal or vine or x-ray whose name begins with that letter. What makes this program different is the high-pitched disembodied voice that helps the adventurer through the program. It’s fun!

Upon doing some additional research about Key Seeker, It appears that Ann White created this program as a Senior Project by students at the Art Institute of Atlanta. Congratulations, Students.

I must admit that I am not a fan of teaching keyboarding in kindergarten. I believe that students need to have a reason to keyboard. This means that they have/want to communicate using a written language and they don’t do enough of that in kindergarten to necessitate keyboarding skills. Having said this, Key Seeker is a fun program for neo-keyboarders – no matter the age.

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The above statement, “This means that they have/want to communicate using a written language and they don’t do enough of that in kindergarten to necessitate keyboarding skills.” is so wrong! I am an educator of Kindergarden and up. This statement could not be less true. It is obvious that the author has not experienced or witnessed the abilities of a 5 year old. It is amazing what they can do when presented with the proper materials to accomplish a task. K students write. K students compose. K students can keyboard better than they can control a pencil.

Comment by Rebecca Phillips — December 1, 2009 #

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