Typing Pal Online AND National Educational Technology Standards for Students

ISTE standards for students, teachers, and administrators help to measure proficiency and set aspirational goals for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to succeed in today's Digital Age.

Students will be expected to apply the basics in authentic, integrated ways to solve problems, complete projects, and creatively extend their abilities. ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards for Students (2007) help students prepare to work, live, and contribute to the social and civic fabric of their communities.

Typing Pal Online, The Most Complete and Engaging Web Based Keyboarding Tutorial.

Since 1991 Typing Pal has taught more than one million students worldwide. Based on a proven keyboarding method, Typing Pal develops accuracy and speed, giving students the opportunity to improve their typing in the most engaging way. It helps them communicate more rapidly and use computers more efficiently through quick and efficient learning.

NETSS Requirements	Typing Pal Online Features
Creativity and Innovation Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.	Typing Pal Online's exercise section teaches how to type. Each exercise focuses on two letters at a time, so students can use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues, until they learn every letter in the keyboard. The practice text section will teach sentences and every day talk, allowing students to apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas.
Communication and Collaboration Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.	Typing Pal Online is 100% web-based. Students will work on their finger positioning, and then speed, which will help them interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts employing a variety of digital environments and media. Typing Pal Online will help students to communicate information and idea effectively to multiple audiences, as learning to type is a must for doing homework or write a resume. Learning how to type with Typing Pal Online will contribute to project teams to produce original work, as students can focus on content and not the technicality of writing the project.
Research and Information Fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.	Typing Pal Online will give each student the opportunity to process data and report results as they will use the keyboard efficiently. A good keyboarding skill will contribute to every student success to plan strategies, organize, analyze and evaluate and use information from a variety of sources and media.
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.	In order to write a report, conduct research, manage project, students need to know how to type. This essential skill will help students to plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project. In the world we live in today, all students must be able to collect and analyze date to identify solutions and make informed decision. Learning how to type will allow students to use multiple process and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solution, faster.
Digital Citizenship Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.	With the technology available to all students, it is essential for all to be able to advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible use of information and technology. Learning how to type is the primordial skills students must learn to exhibit a positive attitude towards using technology that supports collaboration, learning and productivity. Typing Pal Online will also show students how to demonstrate personal responsibility for a lifelong learning.
Technology Operations and Concepts Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.	Typing Pal Online will teach students how to type efficiently through the exercises and practice texts which will help them to understand the use of technology systems. The navigation will teach students how to select and use an application effectively and productively. Typing Pal Online will make sure each student can transfer current knowledge to learning new application. Once students know how to type, they can use other software like Word, PowerPoint, and will implement other input devices such as the mouse and the keyboard, etc…

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