{"id":936,"date":"2021-04-14T05:20:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/?p=936"},"modified":"2022-08-29T11:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T17:23:27","slug":"curate-classroom-typing-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/curate-classroom-typing-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Curate Your Classroom with Typing.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a teacher, having control over the different parts of the student experience is key to creating a thoroughly engaging classroom. Whether it&#8217;s custom lessons or assignments, disabling\/enabling aspects of the curriculum, or setting grade boundaries at both a class and individual student level, there are tons of great ways to differentiate your learning plan with Typing.com.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re not already using Typing.com, what are you waiting for? Typing.com provides teachers with an <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/typing-com-receives-iste-seal-alignment\/\">ISTE Certified<\/a> typing program that is simple to understand and easy to get started.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At typing.com we provide templated curriculum and settings for a hassle-free starting point for whatever you need. But it goes further. You\u2019ll be surprised by how simple it is to customize, and how integral this can be in keeping students engaged and having fun. For example:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/typingcom.helpscoutdocs.com\/article\/169-create-custom-lessons-and-timed-tests-teacher\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create curriculum and lessons<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to integrate cross-curricular content. 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Ask your students about their favorite food, game, artist, or whatever may be relevant at the time!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Control a class&#8217;s progression through the curriculum by allowing or restricting non-sequential progression &#8211; set a strict order, or let students explore!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many great ways other teachers have found to make Typing.com their own. If you want to learn more, join our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/355532329022153\">Facebook group<\/a> for tips, tricks, and new feature announcements from ourselves and teachers like you!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Ready to get started?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re building Typing.com to make it as easy and effective as possible for students to learn the critical skill of keyboarding. It\u2019s flexible and fun! 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