I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do. All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular.
Today: K-8 Keyboard Curriculum
Overview
K-8 Keyboard Curriculum (four options)–teacher handbook, student workbooks, and help for homeschoolers
2-Volume Ultimate Guide to Keyboarding
K-5 (237 pages) and Middle School (80 pages), 100 images, 7 assessments
K-5–print/digital; Middle School–digital delivery only
Aligned with Student workbooks
Delivered print or digital
Student workbooks sold separately
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1-Volume Essential Guide to K-8 Keyboarding
120 pages, dozens of images, 6 assessments
Delivered print or digital
Doesn’t include: Student workbooks
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K-8 Student Keyboarding Workbooks 
75 pages (approx.) for each grade level with 40-50 illustrations each
companion to Ultimate Guide to Keyboarding (TM free with workbooks)
Delivered digitally so students self-pace their year-long keyboarding journey from wherever they are
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Homeschool K-8 Keyboarding Kit
Ultimate Guide, student workbook
Everything you need for family keyboarding
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Who needs this
Tech teachers
Classroom grade level teachers–if your tech teacher doesn’t cover basic tech skills
Homeschoolers
How do you use it
With teacher direction as a classroom unit, or independently by students–self-paced via workbooks
Where do you get it
Keyboarding in the K-8 Classroom
Examples
Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work:
https://forms.aweber.com/form/07/1910174607.htm
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
