---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wade Brainerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 2:31 AM Subject: content for typing turtle To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Samuel Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi all, I am seeking educators / writers to develop content for Typing Turtle, a kid-focused interactive touch typing training program for the XO that is currently in the pre-Alpha stage. We need to develop lesson material which teaches children how to type correctly, and does so in an engaging and entertaining way. This includes more than just teaching which finger presses which key. For example, taking breaks and having good posture are also important. Secondly, we need to collect snippets of public domain text to be used for practice typing. These will need to be of varying difficulty levels and lengths. Possible sources might be Wikipedia articles, or Project Gutenberg. If you are interested in helping with this project, please let me know! A good place to start would be researching educational approaches to touch typing. Download an evaluation of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing (the good old standard) from download.com, or create a free account on typingweb.com. The Typing Turtle activity user interface is structured similarly to these programs. I would like to initially develop content for at least English and Spanish, though we could start with one and then translate to the other. Thanks in advance, Wade Brainerd _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
