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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First round PARCC tests have highlighted just how wide the gap is.  After another round or two, most of the administration issues will have been sorted out and schools will lose their "we just got the computers and most of our kids can't type" cover. Then what? Facing facts?

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Unrelated to the gap, and unrelated to the topic of gifted education in DC, keyboarding skills will continue to be a challenge until kids have those skills. You can't teach most 8-year-olds to type well enough to type an essay or a sentence on a timed computer test in a few hours per year. Even the brightest little kids will still chicken peck a key board. Now, if they could text their answers just using thumbs, that would be whole other matter.  :wink: [/quote]

Do you really believe that? Have you see how computer savvy kids are? Computers are available at school & library for those who don't have home access.

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html[/quote]

Game playing yes, typing no below 8th grade. I teach in a high school and you'd be surprised how poor some students typing is, I also have a high number of students who do not have access to a computer at home and have never set foot in a library. [/quote]

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