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Timed Typing Tests
Cool
Breeze: FREE TYPING GAMES - TAKE A TYPING TEST
http://www.coolbreeze.co.uk/guide/games/typing%20test/
Typing
Test: Free On-line Typing Test by TypingMaster, Inc.
http://www.typingmaster.com
Test your typing skills for free. Choose the text and type. Your speed and accuracy
level will be measured. The text is more appropriate for secondary students.
BlackDog's
Typing Speed Test
http://blackdog4kids.com/games/word/typing.html
Typing
Test
http://www.computerlab.kids.new.net/typing_test.htm
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Keyboarding Games and Activities
Learn2Type.com - learn to type
online FREE!
http://www.learn2type.com/
The interactive exercises automatically adjust to your skill level.
The better you get, the more challenging the exercises become. You can
come and go as you please and pick up right where you left off.
Touch typing - keyboarding
program from NimbleFingers.
http://www.nimblefingers.com/index.html
Here's a fun site! Exercise your fingers with the music and pictures. There's
also a typing program from NimbleFingers that can be downloaded for free. However,
if you like it, you're asked to register it for a small fee.
funschool.com
- Type Me - FREE Interactive Games
http://www.funschool.com/games.php?section=g7
This site has a ton of fun activities. Scroll down to the activity
called Type Me. This game has a vast number of skill levels. Play with
the three different interfaces (easy, medium, and hard), and adjust the
speed and the number of letters needed to give a challenge.
WordMeister
http://www.worldvillage.com/kidz/meister/playgame.html
You are scored on how many seconds it takes you to spell the words, five in
each round. TIP: Use your keyboarding skills to practice those and go much faster.
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Keyboarding Tips and Teaching Techniques
for Teachers
Keyboarding
- Technique
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemkey/technique.html
Technique Checklist
Keyboarding
/ Typing Rubric Maker
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/keyboard/
You can create your own rubric for keyboarding, assessing proper technique,
accuracy, and speed.
Keyboarding
Lessons and Ideas--by Tonya Skinner
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemkey/
Elementary keyboarding guide. Assessment masters. Checklist for planning
a keyboarding program.
Teaching Keyboarding
http://www.qwc.com/keyboard.html
RTE-RLE Keyboarding
http://www.risd.org/schools/rle/keyboard/keybrd.htm
keyboarding lessons for grades 3, 4, 5, and 6
Lyman's Keyboarding
Activities
lyman.dtc.millard.k12.ut.us/kb/kb.htm
This Keyboarding I Class covers the first semester of the year. Students
are taught to touch type, and they are also taught the basics of word processing
using Microsoft Word and desktop publishing.
www.4teachers.org
| Teacher Testimony | Computers, Keyboarding, ...
A first grade teacher shares her successes using computers and educational
software to teach keyboarding
www.4teachers.org/testimony/kgathers/index.shtml
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Related Keyboarding Sites ... Articles, etc.
A Brief History of Typewriters
http://xavier.xu.edu/~polt/tw-history.html
Read about the evolution of the modern day typewriter.
Education
World® : Technology in the Classroom : Teaching ...
Technology Article: Teaching keyboarding ... When? Why? How? Who should
teach?
www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech072.shtml
Keyboarding
Research and Resources
A collection of research and resources about when and how to teach
keyboarding
ci.coe.uni.edu/facstaff/zeitz/web/ general/keyboardingresearch.html
Learning Keyboarding/Typing
For special populations, LD, Online assistive technology resources
... keyboarding programs
www.topsy.org/keyboarding.html