This MS PowerPoint presentation was created for my Digital Learning Environments graduate class.

1. Keyboarding:
Home Row Keys, Finger
Placement, and Posture
Created by: Sherri Turner
February 24, 2014

2. What is the name of this
computer workstation part?

3. It is a “keyboard”.

4. How does the keyboard help us
when using a computer
workstation?

5. It is an input
device.
You use the keyboard to
tell the computer what
to do.

6. Home Row Keys
The middle
row of letters
is the home
row keys.

7. 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.

8. Left Hand Home Keys
spaceba
r
A
S D
F

9. 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

10. Right Hand Home Keys
spacebar
J
K L
: ;

11. 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.

12. Posture
Sit up
straight!

13. Posture
No Slouching!

14. Posture
Feet flat on the
floor.

15. Posture
Elbows at sides of
body.

16. Activity 1
Open the jpg of this slide in MS
Paint or print this slide to use with
slides 17 and 18.

17. 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

18. 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.

19. 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

20. Activity 2
Open Microsoft Word.
Follow instructions on slides 21
and 22.
You will practice typing home
row keys.

21. Practice Drill
Position 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”.

22. Practice Drill
Position 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.

23. 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
Name the file like this example,
but use your first and last name
instead of mine:
Keyboarding_2_SherriTurner.docx

24. End of Lesson