{"id":690,"date":"2019-05-31T14:09:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T20:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/?p=690"},"modified":"2022-08-29T11:23:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T17:23:56","slug":"6-steps-organizing-keyboarding-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/6-steps-organizing-keyboarding-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Steps to Organizing a Keyboarding Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine Mueller, an Instructional Technology Trainer for Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS), recently wrote an article for edCircuit to share how she spearheaded the first-ever \u201cKey Bee,\u201d a district-wide keyboarding competition. Throughout the school year, students use Typing.com to learn proper finger placements and techniques, and with practice they work to increase speed and accuracy. The Key Bee competition culminated in a knockout-style championship where the students tested their skills against each other using our one-minute typing test. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested in hosting a Key Bee for your school or district? You can read the full article here for tips on how to get started: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edcircuit.com\/six-steps-to-organizing-a-keyboarding-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six Steps to Organizing a Keyboarding Competition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\"><strong>About the author:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-645 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Copy-of-Typing.com-Blog-Headshots--150x150.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Copy-of-Typing.com-Blog-Headshots--150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Copy-of-Typing.com-Blog-Headshots--300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Copy-of-Typing.com-Blog-Headshots-.png 500w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>After 25 years in the band classroom, Christine Mueller joined the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.okcps.org\/Domain\/106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Educational Technology Services\u00a0<\/a>team at Oklahoma City Public Schools. 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