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Just doing [[OER4Schools/Typing practice with students|typing practice]] without an aim can be a bit boring. | Just doing [[OER4Schools/Typing practice with students|typing practice]] without an aim can be a bit boring. | ||
Once your students have some basic typing skills, you can use a tool like Pidgeon for group chat, which is a fun way of sending messages, that encourages typing skills. You can also use a collaborative writing tool (such as EtherPad, Google documents, or collaborative editors running on your local network). | |||
You can set a topic to start things off, which can be simple: | |||
* "Say hello to your friends." | |||
* "Say what you had for breakfast." | |||
and let people start typing! | |||
Depending on the typing skills of your students, you could relate use ideas from {{activitytag|cumulative talk}} in this activity. | |||
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Just doing typing practice without an aim can be a bit boring.
Once your students have some basic typing skills, you can use a tool like Pidgeon for group chat, which is a fun way of sending messages, that encourages typing skills. You can also use a collaborative writing tool (such as EtherPad, Google documents, or collaborative editors running on your local network).
You can set a topic to start things off, which can be simple:
- "Say hello to your friends."
- "Say what you had for breakfast."
and let people start typing!
Depending on the typing skills of your students, you could relate use ideas from cumulative talk(a) in this activity.
