narrated presentation sherri_turner

Keyboarding:

Home Row Keys, Finger

Placement, and Posture

Created by: Sherri Turner

February 24, 2014

What is the name of this

computer workstation part?

It is a “keyboard”.

How does the keyboard help us

when using a computer

workstation?

It is an input

device.

You use the keyboard to

tell the computer what

to do.

Home Row Keys

The middle

row of letters

is the home

row keys.

Left Hand Home Row Keys

Finger tips on the

Left Hand rest on A,

S, D, and F keys.

The thumb hovers above the space

bar and may be used to press this

key.

Left Hand Home Keys

spaceba

r

A

S DF

Right Hand Home Row Keys

Finger tips on the Right Hand

rest on the J, K, L, and ;

(semicolon) keys.

The thumb hovers above the space

bar and may be used to press this

key.

Right Hand Home Keys

spacebar

J

K L

: ;

Fingers and Hands

Remember that

fingers are bent or

arched.

Finger tips rest on

the home row keys.

Hands & Arms do not rest

on the table or keyboard.

Posture

Sit up

straight!

Posture

No Slouching!

Posture

Feet flat on the

floor.

Posture

Elbows at sides of

body.

Activity 1 Open the jpg of this slide in MS

Paint or print this slide to use with

slides 17 and 18.

Follow these

instructions:Color the “A” and “:/;” Yellow.

Color the “S” and “L” Green.

Color the “D” and “K” Blue.

Color the “F” and “J” Red.

Home

Row

Keys

Follow these

instructions:Color the “Space Bar” Purple.

Color the “Enter” key Yellow.

Color the “Backspace” key

Yellow.

Color the keys you use to type

numbers Orange.

How to Save & Submit Activity

1:

Save your work as a picture

(jpg).

Name the file like this example, but

use your first and last name instead

of mine:

Keyboarding_1_SherriTurner.jpg

Submit your work by

attaching it to an email and

send to:

st02796@georgiasouthern.edu

Activity 2

Open Microsoft Word.

Follow instructions on slides 21

and 22.

You will practice typing home

row keys.

Practice DrillPosition your hands on the home row

keys.

Type your first and last name. Press

“Enter”.

Type the letter “a” 5 times. Press

“Enter”.

Type the letter “s” 5 times. Press

“Enter”.

Practice DrillPosition your hands on the

home row keys again.

Type the letter “j” 5 times. Press

“Enter”.

Type the letter “k” 5 times. Press

“Enter”.

Type the letter “l” 5 times. Press

“Enter”.

Type the punctuation mark “:/;” 5 times.

How to Save & Submit Activity

2:

Save the document as a docx

file.

Submit your work by

attaching it to an email and

send to:

st02796@georgiasouthern.ed

u

Name the file like this example,

but use your first and last name

instead of mine:

Keyboarding_2_SherriTurner.docx

End of Lesson