FCPS - typing?
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Anonymous
| So they don't teach cursive in FCPS and they barely teach handwriting. So I'm wondering when/if they teach typing and start using computers for assignments? |
Anonymous
| They don't teach typing in FCPS. |
Anonymous
| No one teaches typing. You can easily get an app and work on it at home. |
Anonymous
My kids were taught keyboarding in elementary school. |
Anonymous
| I had my tweens take a sumner typing class through ACE. My 7th grader is getting a little practice in his STEM Solutions elective class. It is also called computer solutions in some schools. Otherwise there is no instruction. |
Anonymous
| Mine routinely get assignments and need to type them in Google docs. No typing class needed. |
Anonymous
| Pp - this was from 3rd grade on. |
Anonymous
| My kids learned typing in preschool |
Anonymous
| It is beyond ridiculous to not teach typing. Cursive I can see since no one needs it I guess but typing is now essential. |
Anonymous
Gee. I bet our kids don't even know what carbon paper is. In fact, I bet lots of you have never used it. |
Anonymous
| What do they teach beside fortnight? |
Anonymous
CC is the new carbon copy paper |
Anonymous
| I agree they are important skills to have, but the amount of instructional time I have available seems to shrink every year recently. I barely have time to touch on social studies in ES. Cursive is still part of the Program of Studies and I try to squeeze it in, but there isn't enough time to get everything in. |
Anonymous
| Not in our elementary school. Provided parents online apps to use over the summer. |
Anonymous
| What do parents do anymore? What doesn’t school cover now? Im sorry, people, some of this is your job! |