Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum 20 School Version 2 User

Designed Exclusively For Schools
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum for Schools provides dynamic one-on-one keyboarding instruction and assessment that adapts to individual student needs at all levels. Students improve their keyboarding speed and accuracy through Mavis’s customizable lessons, challenging drills and a collection of engaging, skill-building games.

New Key Features of v20:

• New updated user interface
  
• New Curriculum mapping
  
• 2 new additional games
  
• More practice content
  
• French & Spanish language content
  
• Custom Lesson Designer
  
• Ability to import your own text or passages
  
• Ability to import and listen to your MP3’s while typing
  
• Designed to work on all current operating systems including Windows Vista & Mac/Intel 10.5
  
• New Grade/Age specific practice lessons
  

Developed With Teachers In Mind
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum for Schools features a state-of-the-art Teacher’s Area, designed for ultimate ease-of-use and customization. Classroom management and progress tracking utilities make it easy for educators to manage data and ensure students improve quickly.

Comprehensive & Flexible

• Dynamic personal instruction with grade and skill-appropriate lessons match your students’ needs
  
• Extensive tracking & reporting enables teachers to track progress of each individual student and monitor class and schoolwide progress.
  
• 16 engaging games keep students entertained while helping to develop speed, accuracy, rhythm and/or endurance
  
• Rich variety of content in the Practice Area, including 50 practice sessions exclusive to Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum for Schools
  
• Redesigned ‘Custom Lesson Designer’ makes it easy for teachers to create practice sessions for students by editing existing content or importing entire lessons from external documents
  
• English and Spanish language instruction ensures that ELL student needs are addressed
  
• Intuitive interface makes program navigation easy and engaging
  
• Full support for both PC and Mac operating systems including Works with WIndows Vista® and Mac® Universal certification
  

Key Benefits

• Lessons synchronize with student need areas, offer guidance and positive encouragement
  
• Create student or class-specific practice content to focus on specific learning requirements. Allows for a cross-curricular experience by importing content from other subjects and curriculum to reinforce learning while practicing keyboarding skills.
  
• Strengthens typing accuracy, speed, rhythm and endurance while providing engaging alternatives to practice drills
  
• Demonstrates correct finger position for each keystroke
  
• English and Spanish-language instructions help native Spanish speakers focus on improving keyboarding skills
  
• Teachers track individual and class, or schoolwide performance and print progress reports
  
• Teachers have more control over classroom experience
  
• Speeds class set-up, student log-in and administration
  
• Spreadsheets allow teachers greater flexibility and data analysis
  
• Extends learning and develops language skills