5. Design a Keyboard: Lesson Plan

Theme: Decision Making

Learner: Grades 4, 5, and 6

Description:

Students will explore the reasoning behind the development of the QWERTY keyboard and the Dvorak keyboard. The students will then design their own keyboards and present it to the class. In the final task the students will be given an opportunity to learn to type.

Time: 90 min.

Task 1: Introduction (~30 min)
Task 2: Design Keyboards (~30 min)
Task 3: Learn to Type (~30 min - continued practice with typing can be carried through an ongoing basis)

Teaching Point Synopsis:

Keyboards (QWERTY; DVORAK) Factors to consider when designing keyboards. Keyboard designing.