Typing Pal Online AND Title I - Improving The Academic Achievement Of The Disadvantaged
The purpose of this title is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.
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.
Title 1 Requirements |
Typing Pal Online Features |
| Ensuring that high-quality academic assessments, accountability systems, teacher preparation and training, curriculum, and instructional materials are aligned with challenging State academic standards so that students, teachers, parents, and administrators can measure progress against common expectations for student academic achievement; | Typing Pal Online is aligned with the NETS for students. The program also meets the TEKS requirements and is aligned with IDEA requirements. |
| Meeting the educational needs of low-achieving children in our Nation's highest-poverty schools, limited English proficient children, migratory children, children with disabilities, Indian children, neglected or delinquent children, and young children in need of reading assistance; | Typing Pal Online is available in 3 languages and is available from any computer with an internet access, including home use, libraries and school computers. The program has 3 different interfaces including one that is specially designed for K-3 students. The environment has enhanced windows to better fit children in need of reading assistance. |
| Closing the achievement gap between high- and low-performing children, especially the achievement gaps between minority and non-minority students, and between disadvantaged children and their more advantaged peers; | Learning how to type is a must. Typing Pal Online will teach all students the proper method to use the keyboard, to work on speed and errors, providing the necessary tools to ensure success in today's work place. Being 100% web based, Typing Pal Online offers free and unlimited access from home and libraries to all students, |
| Providing children an enriched and accelerated educational program, including the use of schoolwide programs or additional services that increase the amount and quality of instructional time; | Typing Pal Online promotes school and district wide licenses instead of a per user license. ALL students need to know how to type efficiently and fast. Since the program is web based, all students can practice from home, maximizing the resources and their chances of success. Typing Pal Online can be used in a classroom with a teacher, or as an optional extracurricular activity. |
| Affording parents substantial and meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children. | Since Typing Pal Online is available from any computer with an access to the Internet, parents are invited to participate and to encourage their children to use the resource from home. The program comes with a template letter for parents to be aware of the resource and maximize its home use. |
| Promoting schoolwide reform and ensuring the access of children to effective, scientifically based instructional strategies and challenging academic content; | Typing Pal Online is available on any computers, Mac or PCs, as long as they are connected to the Internet. Typing Pal Online has been proven to achieve success on its over 1 million user world wide. The statistics section of the program keeps track of each time a student logs in and type. It's therefore easy for teachers and parents to ensure the accessibility of Typing Pal Online, making sure it is used to its full potential to achieve success. |
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Marie Imbault
marie@mariebou.com
Canada: 514 771-7119
USA: 310 740-7119
Toll-free: 1 888 740-7119 #701
