Dance Mat Typing Teacher Review | Common Sense Education

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Teacher Review for Dance Mat Typing

Robert C.
Technology coordinator

My Grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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My Students Liked It Yes

My Students Learned Yes

I Would Recommend It Yes

Setup Time Less than 5 minutes

Great for Homework
Practice
Whole class

Great with General

How I Use It

I used it with the lower grades. The students used it to practice proper finger placement and keyboard/letter recognition. While they seemed to enjoy it, the over the top characters caused a lot of giggles that was a bit distracting. The students have a tough time focusing on the lessons when they realize that pressing the wrong key makes funny sounds. The breakdown of the lessons was well planned and paced.

My Take

As a teaching tool I think this is a good entry level typing program that is free and web based. It would be nice if students were able to switch to "normal" characters for the different student populations.

Dance Mat only makes me want to tap my feet

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