AIMS

 OBJECTIVES

To teach the touch-typing skill.

To help students use time at the computer keyboard efficiently leaving the mind free to concentrate on content and presentation of work.

To develop the art of concentration.

To get students so absorbed in an activity that the learning process is accelerated.

To develop self-confidence.

To help the student be positively self-aware; to see that success depends upon the desire to succeed.

To give students a sense of independence.

To show students that to succeed does not depend on someone else but on their own personal effort and perseverance.

To teach the art of self-control.

To show that haste is not always the fastest route to success.

For students to work calmly and steadily rather than speedily, thereby reducing errors and wasting time.

To show that recognition of commonly used letter combinations can improve reading and spelling. 

To capture a student’s interest in, and to focus on, how words are spelt. 

To improve reading and spelling skills across the curriculum.

To improve students’ cognitive skills through observation.

To teach students to follow instructions carefully and to copy work correctly, leading to the saving of time and energy.

To improve reading and spelling through the power of observation .

To teach students the importance of retrieval systems.

To introduce, or reinforce, the benefits of alphabetical order, numerical order and colour coding.

To foster in students a spirit of social co-operation, whatever age.

To help students develop empathetic and encouraging attitudes towards each other by working in pairs.