It is easy to monitor what experiences houses have had and what competencies they have reached. District policy stipulates that a media specialist should serve on each curriculum writing team. In some situations I am that media specialist, in other cases a classroom teacher who thinks like a media specialist fulfills that role. This inquiry rules has led to some new partnerships and more thinking put into designing assignments. We are often asked if we have formal computer classes and what age the students are taught keyboarding.
Students learn through experience and doing.
Keyboarding is formally taught beginning in 4th grade, but it is taught unevenly throughout the buildings. Yet, somehow the students do very well and function well with technology, although not to the degree a business education teacher would like. We have observed that simply reminding most students of proper keyboarding techniques is about all it takes to have them use proper procedures. What do we expect of them. Basically, we expect them to do most of the things mentioned in the opening paragraph.