Schools / Teachers
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Englishtype was designed by an Educational Psychologist especially for use in UK schools. Unlike other typing tutors, it is designed to maximise additional educational benefits at the same time as teaching typing. Englishtype is ideal for mixed ability groups in the classroom, challenging the brightest children whilst providing extra help for Special Needs children. It has been tested in classroom with over 1,000 children and developed & improved with input from teachers all over the country.
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Teacher Administration Program
Englishtype has a detailed Teacher Administration program available on all Educational versions.
In Network versions, it allows teachers to monitor & control all pupils' accounts from one computer.
The Teacher Admin package can be used to monitor pupil's progress (including Lessons completed, accuracy and speed achieved), print reports, export results, group users into classes, print certificates plus trouble shooting and other admin functions.
You can also build new lessons using lists of your own words or sentences for additional practice in the "Create Your Own Lessons" section.
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Lesson Planning
Learning is self directed and children progress at their own pace. The program contains all the instructions needed to learn to type (both visual & verbal instructions). The multi-sensory design ensures the vast majority of children can learn independently. Individual headphones are essential to learn in the classroom as the sound is an important part of the program. Englishtype is generally very popular with the children, they enjoy learning, and especially playing the games. Many teachers are amazed at the silent classroom, with all the children concentrating - the best lesson of the week!
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Occasional supervision is recommended, for example, are the children...
attending to / following the instructions? using the correct fingers? Have a peek under their covers occasionally playing games regularly to reinforce their learning? maintaining accuracy levels? (Accuracy in the early stages is the MOST important element) using the Key Accuracy feature to monitor it themselves? progress on lessons, game scores, speed & accuracy can all be monitored by individual or class reports
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Englishtype Junior is made up of 8 lessons, with 3 or 4 sections in each one; Senior has 12 lessons, each with 3 sections. Sections are short (usually 15-20 lines), and progress is saved each time. A partial lesson save is also available in case the bell goes! Junior also has Listen & Type is a dictation style exercise, and the latest version also has new Spelling lessons to provide an even greater focus on literacy.
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Timetabling
In school, Englishtype can be part of the curriculum or an extra curricular activity:
part of IT lessons, a morning activity before main lessons, a supplementary activity (e.g. with a T.A.) an after school or lunchtime club it can be a very productive activity for any children when other groups are occupied elsewhere, e.g. booster classes, Special Needs activities post SATs is a popular time to run a curriculum course covering PPA time is also a common usage many schools supplement learning time (and school income) by selling Home User copies to pupils (contact us for details)
Schools are working successfully with many different timetable options, from 15 minutes a week, up to Englishtype's method of an intensive week's course. Special Needs children may often need a little longer to learn and should be offered and encouraged to take extra time. Englishtype's short lessons fit easily into any timetable structure.
Teaching intensively is the most efficient and effective way to learn, and daily practice is ideal.
If you can fit daily practice or several times a week into your timetable, it is very helpful for the children. If not, the simple rule of thumb is the more often the better. If practice is only once a week, it will take relatively longer to learn the skill (it's like learning to drive, you can learn in a week, or in 5 years, it depends on how often you practise). As a curriculum course, some schools disrupt the normal timetable for a week, e.g. a double lesson a day, or 2-3 single lessons a day is ideal (and provides the natural breaks of the timetable); post SATs' or Common Entrance is the most common time for this, a productive use for what can be tricky time to fill!
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Teaching Ages
We recommend teaching early if possible. An ideal age to start teaching is anytime from 7 years or older. Learning before the bad habits of "hunting & pecking" are too well established is very helpful; it is more difficult to unlearn before re-learning properly. We have schools working successfully with Year 3, who have some children typing at 30 words per minute. Older children are often more motivated to learn and can see the benefits of typing, however, they are more likely to be in the bad habits that can take a little time to overcome. For younger children, the benefits of typing may be less obvious to them - but they can find it easier to learn as they have no established habits holding them back.
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Prices of Educational Versions and Ordering
Englishtype Junior
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Single User Licence |
£39.95 |
5x Single User Licence |
£89.95 |
Network (10 Concurrent Users) |
£135.00 |
Network (20 Concurrent Users) |
£165.00 |
Network (30 Concurrent Users) |
£199.00 |
Site Licence |
£250.00 |
Note: prices exclude VAT |
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Englishtype Senior
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Single User Licence |
£39.95 |
5x Single User Licence |
£99.95 |
Network (10 Concurrent Users) |
£149.00 |
Network (20 Concurrent Users) |
£199.00 |
Network (30 Concurrent Users) |
£249.00 |
Site Licence |
£299.00 |
Note: prices exclude VAT |
Get Englishtype Junior for half price when purchased with an equivalent version of Englishtype Senior.
Contact us directly to purchase Educational versions:
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Note:
Network versions run from a server and cannot be installed on standalone machines. If you require 10, 20 or 30 user licences but don't have a networked system, please contact us and will can supply single user licences instead. These licences do not cover commercial usage; if you wish to use Englishtype products for re-sale or commercial gain, please contact us. Click here for further details.
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