[Trainer-Talk] teaching keyboarding and layout

[Ashley Bramlett]

where do you purchase typability?

I saw an APH product for under 100 bucks.

I've decided if the student is not comfortable typing, I'll teach her how to 
open up files and read them. This will not involve touch typing. I
will still have to teach her about the peripheral keys though.

Since she has sensativity issues, I will label some common keys such as the 
f and j on home row
and see if that helps her find home row and type. Maybe once she finds home 
row, she can type better. I saw her lay her hands correctly on home row so 
she seems to have some idea how to type.

But there are lots of extra keys to learn, not just letters and numbers.
I'm wondering how to address that which is the non typing part. How to learn 
the order of keys and use them such as control, windows key and alt.

I looked at the hadley site and it seems like their course only teaches 
typing basics and not the peripheral keys.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Marianne Denning via Trainer-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 10:00 PM
To: List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology
Cc: Marianne Denning
Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] teaching keyboarding and layout

Typability is a great program that has been designed for people who will be
using JAWS and is excellent. Talking Typing Teacher is another great
program but both are over $100.00. I haven't found any others that I like.
You can go on the Hadley website and look at the different lessons related
to typing. I would always begin any typing training using the home row and
moving fingers correctly from home row. That will be how she can orient to
the key board.

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 7:51 PM, Ashley Bramlett via Trainer-Talk <
trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I’m trying to assist a patron at the library with computer skills. With
> limited knowledge and use of the computer, she needs practice typing. I 
> may
> not be able to assist with that part as we do not have programs. However, 
> I
> do at least want to teach Jaws a little bit such as opening files and
> reading them. I want to teach the reading commands at least so she can do
> something.
>
> She is not familiar with the location of the peripheral keys such as the
> tab key, control, alt, windows key and function keys.
> Toward that end, I want to know how to help someone in this situation. My
> questions are these.
>
> 1. Are there any free or inexpensive software to help with this? Perhaps
> something under $100.
> 2. Does the hadley keyboarding course help with only the letters and touch
> typing the basics, or does it include instruction on other keys?
> 3. Do you show them the keys hand over hand or hand under hand?
> 4. So far I’ve just named the keys such as saying something like “on the
> bottom left is control, next to it is windows key, alt, and space bar.”
> Then I show her by taking her hand and putting her hands on the keys. Is
> this a good way? How do you help students remember the layout? I thought
> having them repeat back to me the order of keys and perhaps touching them
> as they state the key names would work. I know that is how I learned
> braille note keys. I had someone tell me what the keys were from left to
> right and then I repeated what they said and examined the keyboard and
> layout of controls while talking.
>
> 5. Are there any premade tactile diagrams using raised letters out there
> you can buy? That or a braille layout? Has anyone found letter stickers
> that are raised enough to feel and use that to show the layout? Not
> everyone knows braille, so that is why I was thinking of raised print
> letters.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ashley
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Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053
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