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What's Wrong With My Bananas?

4:44 PM Tukiyooo 0

As part of the <a href="http://the-big-weight.blogspot.com/2011/08/starting-weekend-off-right.html">Beck Challenge</a>, we were asked to pick a day where we have to skip lunch.  By doing this, it is to teach us that it is actually 'ok' to feel hungry.  Despite <i>my </i>popular beliefs, it won't hurt me (this is news to me!), I won't die from one skipped meal (are you sure about that Dr. Beck?), and eventually this hunger will go away (I don't believe this for a second!).  Today was the day where I skipped lunch.  However, I didn't exactly do <i>everything </i>as planned. <br /><br />I skipped breakfast, though not on purpose.  I had 2 cups of tea this morning, which filled me up, and I got distracted while in a meeting.  Before I knew it it was 12 noon and time for lunch.  I really was super hungry by this time and I had a <a href="http://www.kashi.com/products/tlc_cereal_bars_cherry_vanilla">Kashi TLC Cherry Vanilla Cereal Bar</a> and an <a href="http://www.emeraldbreakfastonthego.com/">Emerald Breakfast On the Go Smores nut pack</a>.  That's all I had all day until 6 PM.  So, even though I didn't follow it exactly as planned, believe me, I still felt the sensation of hunger.  And while I was able to resist eating for the 'experiment', I never actually felt the hunger pains go away entirely.  I'm sure if this occurred on a more regular basis they may not be so intense, but my stomach was rumbling non stop.<br /><br />And still, even though I pre-prepared healthy dinners for most of the week on Sunday, none of it sounded appealing tonight.  And while I didn't really want Papa Johns when Joel suggested it, I did have the Points+ for 2 slices, thanks to skipping meals today.  I also knew I didn't want to sabotage an entire day's worth of hard work, plus our nice walk we did this evening by going overboard like I usually would.   But, I did great! For once, friends, I actually controlled my intake of take-out pizza!  I don't recall that ever happening <i>ever </i>before! Giving myself some credit Beck ;). <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1VgIwhFSnH3qsWYcfkb_1WObYLLBAVIz9U-aDf2gXJJmQQMCW1kz9z521RaxMYa6gTMV22aun-UGmzRcR-Yh3cVBPKcEsi6n7X-MNQXEi2f6QDq1he2FbC1VEI0s8N8x5XhwUD9p1ns/s1600/bananas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1VgIwhFSnH3qsWYcfkb_1WObYLLBAVIz9U-aDf2gXJJmQQMCW1kz9z521RaxMYa6gTMV22aun-UGmzRcR-Yh3cVBPKcEsi6n7X-MNQXEi2f6QDq1he2FbC1VEI0s8N8x5XhwUD9p1ns/s400/bananas.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEd4P1xRkq-wpQWCJ3PKw0DB26IMW5ZsHUTxTvEJE7Rw2FzffLYMlYlQiJcO9fAccmLYO6iVlSjM8fZILWwUpUFXaqKOmHw4jNq5PkM2k_s1gDDa7V8cweUFRMFA-tREbLMid2mplnW4/s1600/bananas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div>On another note, what is wrong with these bananas?  I've had them for almost 2 weeks now and they are <i>still</i> green!  Do you think they will they ever ripen?<br /><br />

As part of the Beck Challenge , we were asked to pick a day where we have to skip lunch. By doing this, it is to teach us that it is actual...

Some exciting global collaborative projects for you to consider!

1:13 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_5smoma="129" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /><div closure_uid_8znwao="107"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span closure_uid_5smoma="128" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Introducing IEARN Projects</span></span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_5smoma="144" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div closure_uid_t0hsyz="219"><div closure_uid_302ec8="108"><div closure_uid_nlor9h="108"><div closure_uid_p79507="120"><span closure_uid_302ec8="106" closure_uid_5smoma="142" closure_uid_nlor9h="106" closure_uid_p79507="118" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Have you heard of IEARN projects? <span closure_uid_p79507="139" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (</span><a href="http://www.iearn.org/"><span closure_uid_p79507="121" style="color: blue;">http://www.iearn.org/</span></a>) They have so many wonderful projects that teachers can get involved in. <span closure_uid_5smoma="143" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Did you know that i</span>f you create a project and want teachers to join you, you can advertise it through IEARN projects? Why don’t you take a look through their project book which is embedded at the end of this post, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and see if there’s a project that interests you? It is <strong>important to note</strong> that i</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span closure_uid_nlor9h="130" closure_uid_p79507="119" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">f you are interested in joining one of these projects you would need to register as IEARN teachers on the <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><a href="http://www.iearn.org/"><span closure_uid_p79507="121" style="color: blue;">http://www.iearn.org/</span></a></span></span></span><span closure_uid_nlor9h="110" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> site <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">in order to participate?</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span>Just click on <em>Join/Contact us </em>and register. </span></span></div></div><div closure_uid_p79507="106"><br /></div><div closure_uid_p79507="106"><em></em><span style="background: white;"></span></span></div><div closure_uid_nlor9h="108"></div><div closure_uid_nlor9h="108"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Highlighting some projects in Israel</span></span></span></b></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div closure_uid_ozr6jv="121"><div closure_uid_9vtxjl="138"><span closure_uid_5smoma="151" closure_uid_9vtxjl="106" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Omashani Naidoo, who is our Operations Manager at SchoolNet SA has a close friend in Israel, Ruti Hotzen, who especially asks if any teachers would like to join one of her two projects. </span><span closure_uid_5smoma="151" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span closure_uid_ozr6jv="106" style="background: white; color: black;">You’ll find them mentioned in the project book. </span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div closure_uid_9vtxjl="134"><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">        </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span closure_uid_9vtxjl="133" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Talking kites all over the world (page 24)</span></i></div></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div closure_uid_9vtxjl="137"><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">        </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span closure_uid_9vtxjl="135" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Daffodils and tulips (page 46)</span></i></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_5smoma="153" closure_uid_yvumi1="121" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /><div closure_uid_yvumi1="125"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span closure_uid_5smoma="152" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span closure_uid_8znwao="108" closure_uid_yvumi1="106" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why not join the 'Onedayonearth' project?</span></span></span></b></div></div><div closure_uid_5smoma="158" closure_uid_9vtxjl="132" closure_uid_t0hsyz="194"><span closure_uid_9vtxjl="118" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Omashani also recommends considering the <em>onedayonearth</em> project which is co-ordinated by Chris Baer (USA) and Marta Garcia Lorea (Argentina).  You'll find this on page 21 in the book. This is scheduled for 11/11/11 (11<sup>th</sup> November 2011). </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On November 11th, across the planet, documentary filmmakers, students, and other inspired citizens will record the human experience over a 24-hour period and contribute their voice to the second annual global day of media creation called ONE DAY ON EARTH. Together, they will create a shared archive and a film. Take a look at their website: <a href="http://www.onedayonearth.org/" target="_blank"><span closure_uid_t0hsyz="198" style="color: #942e06; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.onedayonearth.org/</span></a></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />You can see some news about last year's event at this link (along with lots of the student-produced videos) -- <a href="http://www.iearn.org/news/article/iearn-participants-document-one-day-life-through-101010-video-challenge" target="_blank"><span closure_uid_t0hsyz="202" style="color: #942e06; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.iearn.org/news/article/iearn-participants-document-one-day-life-through-101010-video-challenge</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is an article in today's New York Times (30 August 2011) for more info and background:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/movies/one-day-on-earth-seeks-to-capture-the-world.html" target="_blank"><span closure_uid_t0hsyz="206" style="color: #942e06; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/movies/one-day-on-earth-seeks-to-capture-the-world.html</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_t0hsyz="230" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div closure_uid_9vtxjl="124"><span closure_uid_9vtxjl="125" closure_uid_t0hsyz="229" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enjoy looking through the IEARN book of projects. Why don't you take the plunge and get involved? </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_t0hsyz="189" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_5smoma="190" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div></div></div><div id="__ss_9074973" style="width: 477px;"><strong closure_uid_t0hsyz="210" style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/2010-2011-iearn-project-book" title="2010 2011 IEARN project book">2010 2011 IEARN project book</a></strong><object height="510" id="__sse9074973" width="477"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/doc_player.swf?doc=2010-2011iearnprojectbook-110830144541-phpapp02&stripped_title=2010-2011-iearn-project-book&userName=fionabeal" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed name="__sse9074973" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/doc_player.swf?doc=2010-2011iearnprojectbook-110830144541-phpapp02&stripped_title=2010-2011-iearn-project-book&userName=fionabeal" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="477" height="510"></embed></object><br /><div closure_uid_9vtxjl="127" style="padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">documents</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal">fionabeal</a>.</div></div><div closure_uid_9vtxjl="126" closure_uid_ozr6jv="127"></div></div>

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Keyboarding – do you still type with two fingers?

11:09 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="138" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="130" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">A recent post written on keyboarding </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">by <a href="http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com/">Jacqui Murray</a></span><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="130" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">got me thinking again about my lack of keyboarding skills. I don’t know about you but I STILL can’t type properly.  After all these years I still type with two fingers at great speed, always looking at my keyboard AND I make dozens of typos! They are not spelling mistakes – it is just that my fingers get in the way of each other. A parent assured me recently that he recently found a keyboarding site on the internet and taught himself to type properly in two weeks by practising daily. So it can be done! In the wave of technology that is descending on us with such rapid speed, shouldn’t we be pointing our students to some kind of typing programme that they can work on at home? I really don’t want my students to end up like me! I want them to develop fast, accurate typing skills.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="459" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="459" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="463" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong closure_uid_pl6m7j="464">Qwerty keyboard</strong></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="459" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_pl6m7j="507" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtb31pClzHAswy9iLGb7pFZvBrUycW1Fmgq1qaWC2nBE35UvTXsslT4TtK8fE2I9fIdCntz5vhHXelEfJeRUZ27jqI602QjXsKfjJlIZfVg2PNfqEBzaEk_bv_6Vg9iSStog98H9MMP7E/s1600/qwerty.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtb31pClzHAswy9iLGb7pFZvBrUycW1Fmgq1qaWC2nBE35UvTXsslT4TtK8fE2I9fIdCntz5vhHXelEfJeRUZ27jqI602QjXsKfjJlIZfVg2PNfqEBzaEk_bv_6Vg9iSStog98H9MMP7E/s400/qwerty.JPG" width="400" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_nenfa4="109" closure_uid_pl6m7j="459" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div closure_uid_zgi2px="108"><span closure_uid_zgi2px="106" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">To check whether your keyboard is a QWERTY keyboard, just take a look a the first six keys on the top left. If they spell QWERTY then your keyboard is the typical computer keyboard.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div></div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="459" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><div closure_uid_cr6led="106"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span> <b><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="177" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finger exercises</span></span></span></b></div><div closure_uid_cr6led="106"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="226" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span closure_uid_cr6led="108" closure_uid_pl6m7j="191" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">A post on <a href="http://www.ehow.com/info_7836227_finger-exercises-typing.html#ixzz1Ml0bjUE3">finger exercises</a> in <em>ehow.com</em> mentions that "t</span><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="225" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="223" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black;">yping requires finger dexterity and practice. Incorrect placement of fingers on the keyboard and weak finger muscles can lead to repetitive use injuries. Twenty-nine bones, 29 joints, 123 ligaments and 34 muscles are used every time you type a sentence, according to the website for the Electronic Textbook of Hand Surgery. Finger exercises for typing can strengthen muscles and prevent injuries".<span style="outline-width: 0px;"></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: black; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="228" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In this blog post I am going to point you to some keyboarding sites, and then I am going to highlight Jacqui Murray’s novel idea. She created a wiki with a three weeks typing programme on it for her students. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="229" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="233" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keyboarding sites</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="233" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="234" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">First, let’s look at some free typing programmes on the Internet. There are so many of these that there's really no excuse for not learning fast typing skills. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 10.65pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="236" closure_uid_uyg8sr="121" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. BBC Schools' <em>Dance Mat</em> typing. Work your way through 4 levels. I have used this one frequently at school and the students love it. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><div closure_uid_uyg8sr="187"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/</span></a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="235" closure_uid_uyg8sr="120" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. <span closure_uid_uyg8sr="119" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #4a4947;"><em>TypingWeb</em></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #4a4947;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #4a4947;">is a free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels. TypingWeb also offers officially sanctioned typing and 10 Key certification.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.typingweb.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.typingweb.com/</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" closure_uid_uyg8sr="126" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="240" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><div closure_uid_uyg8sr="125"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="239" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. Test your typing speed:</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.typingtest.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.typingtest.com/</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="241" closure_uid_uyg8sr="128" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">4. A whole collection of sites related to keyboarding.</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="242" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.kenston.k12.oh.us/kms/8th_grade_keyboarding/Lessons.htm"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.kenston.k12.oh.us/kms/8th_grade_keyboarding/Lessons.htm</span></a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="260" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">5. Typing exercise:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/typing/index.htm"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="243" style="color: blue;">http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/typing/index.htm</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><div closure_uid_uyg8sr="188"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="261" closure_uid_uyg8sr="130" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">6. A teacher’s typing manual:</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.nimblefingers.com/teachers.htm#checkit"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.nimblefingers.com/teachers.htm#checkit</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="259" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="284" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="262" closure_uid_uyg8sr="189" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">7. Free typing game:<br /><a href="http://www.freetypinggame.net/play15.asp"><span closure_uid_uyg8sr="131" style="color: blue;">http://www.freetypinggame.net/play15.asp</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><div closure_uid_uyg8sr="190"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="263" closure_uid_uyg8sr="150" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">8. Peter’s online typing course:<br /><a href="http://www.typing-lessons.org/"><span closure_uid_uyg8sr="146" style="color: blue;">http://www.typing-lessons.org/</span></a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_uyg8sr="191" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="283" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><div closure_uid_uyg8sr="192"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="264" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">9. Krazy keyboarding for kids:</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://webinstituteforteachers.org/~gammakeys/Lesson/Lesson1.htm"><span style="color: blue;">http://webinstituteforteachers.org/~gammakeys/Lesson/Lesson1.htm</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="282" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="269" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">10. A free online typing course called <em closure_uid_uyg8sr="153">Goodtyping:</em><a href="http://www.goodtyping.com/"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="270" style="color: blue;">http://www.goodtyping.com/</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="286" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><div closure_uid_uyg8sr="186"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="285" closure_uid_uyg8sr="160" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">11. A typing test and a free typing tutor called <em closure_uid_uyg8sr="193">Learn 2 Type:</em><a href="http://www.learn2type.com/"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="287" closure_uid_uyg8sr="156" style="color: blue;">http://www.learn2type.com/</span></a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="294" closure_uid_uyg8sr="155" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="302" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><div closure_uid_uyg8sr="194"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="281" closure_uid_uyg8sr="161" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">12. <em>Finger jig</em> – This is a 6 minute typing game that tests your typing ability. Words are randomly chosen from a dictionary of over 70,000 words. You must try and type the words as quickly and accurately as you can. <br /><a href="http://www.jonmiles.co.uk/games/fingerjig/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.jonmiles.co.uk/games/fingerjig/</span></a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="509" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="303" closure_uid_uyg8sr="168" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">13. A typing tutor called <em closure_uid_uyg8sr="195">Touch typing study:</em></span><br /><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="303" closure_uid_uyg8sr="168" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.typingstudy.com/"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="304" style="color: blue;">http://www.typingstudy.com/</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="509" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="509" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><div closure_uid_uyg8sr="170"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="303" closure_uid_uyg8sr="169" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">14. A lovely selection of <em>keyboarding games</em> for students:<br /><a href="http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html">http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html</a></span><br /><br />I wonder if you can suggest any others that you enjoy using?</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="319" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="321" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="320" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="510" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jacqi Murray’s keyboarding wiki</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="321" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="318" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jacqui has this novel idea of setting up a wiki with a three week programme that her students can use at home.  I like this idea so much. You can view Jacqui's original keyboarding post here at this address: </span><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="130" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(<a href="http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/weekend-website-63-teach-keyboarding/">http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/weekend-website-63-teach-keyboarding/</a></span><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="130" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="130" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">)</span><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="130" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> To visit her wiki site click </span>on the picture below:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_pl6m7j="361" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://learnkeyboarding.wikispaces.com/home"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiNHPFWb5X6b5fI3R1AK573FyyXOJo2SpzCTb7_ZlXaab4_EC3JoLjqnm7wDMNLz7K6PQn5RndpI6XOrYaHfYg4DQf2oDVS36LoJuMZ8MAjfGmDi4MMifbgVI9lOhGh1iS8EP23mboF8/s400/keyboarding+wiki.JPG" width="400" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="325" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="324" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://learnkeyboarding.wikispaces.com/home"><span style="color: blue;">http://learnkeyboarding.wikispaces.com/home</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="448" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="410" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">She has a page called <a href="http://learnkeyboarding.wikispaces.com/What+We+Did+Today">‘What we did today’</a> that lists the suggested daily routine. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="448" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_pl6m7j="448" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 9.65pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><div closure_uid_uyg8sr="196"><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="410" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="511" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Well, m</span><span closure_uid_pl6m7j="511" closure_uid_uyg8sr="179" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">aybe there’s hope for me after all to become a touch typist. If you look at what is available on the internet there is just no excuse! Do you perhaps have any other sites to suggest? </span></div></div></div>