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KEYBOARD FLOOR CHESS
This is a great activity for after school or summer technology clubs; it requires a large (about 10 feet by 8 feet) floor area.
Before class:
- Use masking tape to create a large keyboard on the floor. Each key should be about 1 foot square; do not put in keyboard letters.
- Include the Enter key and spacebar in the shapes they appear in on an actual keyboard. Put the �bumps� on keys F and J.
- Use masking tape to number each key (for example, Q could be 1, W could be 2, and so on).
- Make a master keyboard on a piece of paper, so you quickly can see which number corresponds with each letter.
During Class:
- Depending on their abilities, have individual students, or teams of between two and five students, try to type words, sentences, titles of movies, and so on, by jumping or walking from one key to another.
- Make a note of the numbers students land on; check those numbers against the master keyboard to see if the students successfully "typed" what they intended to type.
As a variation on this activity, provide students with number code for a word, sentence, title, and so on, and ask them try to figure out what the code says.
This activity is excellent for motivating students to memorize the keyboard, and for helping them see how the keys relate to one another.
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