Re: computerdisc-l: Re: Keyboarding Covers

["Patti S. Abraham" <psa1@ra.msstate.edu>]

Thanks for the information.  People ask me about this all of the time.

Dr. Patti S. Abraham psa1@ra.msstate.ed
Professor, Department of Technology and Education
Mississippi State University
Voice: 601-325-2280	FAX: 601-325-7599	Internet: psa1@ra.msstate.edu

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 TchrsHvCls@aol.com wrote:

> I ordered the keyboarding "masks" at the end of last year so that my students
> would be able to begin using them from the beginning of the year.  I think
> they are wonderful!  My students began passing their 30 net words (and are
> going above and beyond that much) sooner than in the years that I didn't use
> the covers....and I owe it all to the "masks".  Like someone else has already
> stated, my students do look down at the keys sometimes, however, it is much
> less common with the covers on the keyboards.  
> 
> I had a student to enroll in my class from another district (after Christmas)
> that did not have the covers.  I am making him go back through the keyboarding
> package with the covers, because I found that he did not know his keys!  I
> think this proves that they are beneficial!
> 
> Shaunda Walley
> Buckatunna Junior High
> Wayne County
>