Typing Pal Junior

Target learner

student’s roles

Teacher’s roles

Technical and pedagogical

features concerns

This program (Typing Pal Junior 1.0) designed to teach student (from 7 to 14 years old) how to type on keyboard using their all fingers .

Target learner

student’s roles

1-the student should know her/his level in typing otherwise the program will force them to start at the beginning.

2-develop good work habits towards off back pain, eye fatigue ect.

3-put their abilities to the test in real typing situation.

4-evaluate their typing performance by using spy (type of electronic monitoring advice that works alongside typing pal.

5-practice their typing as well as their spelling.

6-they should know the scientific study of human work condition especially the interaction between human and machine.

Teacher’s roles

1-monitore the student while using the program (if he or she apply the healthy ways in sitting ect)

2-help the student to identify his/her level in typing.

3-explain the words that the student could not understand .

Technical and pedagogical

features

1 -Has a "spy" to evaluate your performance when you use other software (word processing, E-mail).

2-The statistics module lets you see your progress at a glance to help you improve on your weaknesses.

3 -it mix up the learning process with fun which make the learner completely involved.

4-it is available in many versions and many languages.

5 -Encourage students to interact and response to the program .

6 -Enhance students’ technical skills.

concerns

1-some icons dose not open directly and some of them dose not open at all.

2-although we activate the performance icon which must assess student work, but it some time dose not assess their work.