Ilustrates a method of teaching keyboard skills to primary school children in an integrated language program. A child centered approach where pupils develop written language to use as keyboard drills instead of using set typing tests. The program describes the use of master work sheets and emphasises ergonomics and computer environments. Keyboard skills are seen as essential computer skills for extensive word processing.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
509237
Language
English
Subject categories
Childrens Films → Children 6-12
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Data processing
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Language experience approach in education
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human engineering
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electronic data processing - Keyboarding
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)