Typing Lessons
Dance Mat Typing
This is a nice little resource from the BBC. Young students (4-8 years old) can receive clear, informative typing instruction. There are four levels for students to work through. Within each level there are multiple lessons and practice activities. Each lesson and practice activity offers instant feedback in visual and audio form.
Typing Web
This online typing tutorial provides instant feedback after every free typing lesson; beginner through advanced typing. You can register to track your progress or you can use this site without registering.
Listen and Write
A great way for students to improve their typing skills and hear about the news. Listen and Write plays short audio clips of news stories and users type what they hear. The audio clips are relatively short, come in a few different levels, and registered users can track their progress.
Power Typing
Hosts a small collection of five typing games that students can use to develop their typing skills. The two games that I found easiest to access are Alphabetic Rain and See Don't.
Good Typing
A free online typing skill development program and provides 27 graduated lessons designed to help students learn to use their entire keyboards correctly.
Power Typing
Free Typing Lessons
You pick the lesson (i.e. #1 Introducing the F and J keys)
How To Typing Lessons
Starts with teaching the correct finger placement on the keyboard, which is extremely important!
This is a nice little resource from the BBC. Young students (4-8 years old) can receive clear, informative typing instruction. There are four levels for students to work through. Within each level there are multiple lessons and practice activities. Each lesson and practice activity offers instant feedback in visual and audio form.
Typing Web
This online typing tutorial provides instant feedback after every free typing lesson; beginner through advanced typing. You can register to track your progress or you can use this site without registering.
Listen and Write
A great way for students to improve their typing skills and hear about the news. Listen and Write plays short audio clips of news stories and users type what they hear. The audio clips are relatively short, come in a few different levels, and registered users can track their progress.
Power Typing
Hosts a small collection of five typing games that students can use to develop their typing skills. The two games that I found easiest to access are Alphabetic Rain and See Don't.
Good Typing
A free online typing skill development program and provides 27 graduated lessons designed to help students learn to use their entire keyboards correctly.
Power Typing
Free Typing Lessons
You pick the lesson (i.e. #1 Introducing the F and J keys)
How To Typing Lessons
Starts with teaching the correct finger placement on the keyboard, which is extremely important!
Typing Games
ABCya! - Alpha Munchies
Alpha Munchies is a keyboarding activity for elementary age students. Select a level of difficulty and begin keyboarding as quickly as you can to protect your lunch! Students must type the letters above the critters as they fall from the sky! Letters are introduced over a series of stages. Accuracy is displayed as a percentage at the end of each round.
ABCya! - Typing Race (Recommended grades: 2 - 5)
Typing Race is an educational game for kids to practice keyboarding. The object of Typing Race is to drive as far as you can before running out of gas! Correctly enter the letters, numbers and punctuation marks to pass cars and earn gas. Bumping into cars will cause you to lose gas quickly. HINT: You can use the arrow keys to steer around or jump over cars that you cannot type quick enough! Have fun and enjoy the scenery!
Typing Race is highly customizable - players can select from several different levels to focus on certain keys.
Bubbles
A fun game to work on knowing where the keys are WITHOUT looking. Another important skill in learning to type!
Free Typing Games
Try these crazy typing games: Frogs off their diet, Keyboard Revolution, Spacebar Invaders, Keyboard Triatholan.
Star Wars Typing
Typing Adventure is a nice little game that young students can use to practice their typing skills. To play the game students just have to visit the game site, read the directions, and press start. The game scenario presented to students is a character leaping from stepping stone to stepping stone. To move along the path students have to type the letters of the stones they want to jump to. Students earn points based on speed and accuracy.
Word Games
This site offers a large collection of online word games and typing games. The word games range from simple word searches and crosswords to games that require players to complete sentences and phrases. The typing games are a mix of simple sentence typing for speed and games that require accuracy to "defend" a character or move a character through a scene.
Alpha Munchies is a keyboarding activity for elementary age students. Select a level of difficulty and begin keyboarding as quickly as you can to protect your lunch! Students must type the letters above the critters as they fall from the sky! Letters are introduced over a series of stages. Accuracy is displayed as a percentage at the end of each round.
ABCya! - Typing Race (Recommended grades: 2 - 5)
Typing Race is an educational game for kids to practice keyboarding. The object of Typing Race is to drive as far as you can before running out of gas! Correctly enter the letters, numbers and punctuation marks to pass cars and earn gas. Bumping into cars will cause you to lose gas quickly. HINT: You can use the arrow keys to steer around or jump over cars that you cannot type quick enough! Have fun and enjoy the scenery!
Typing Race is highly customizable - players can select from several different levels to focus on certain keys.
Bubbles
A fun game to work on knowing where the keys are WITHOUT looking. Another important skill in learning to type!
Free Typing Games
Try these crazy typing games: Frogs off their diet, Keyboard Revolution, Spacebar Invaders, Keyboard Triatholan.
Star Wars Typing
Typing Adventure is a nice little game that young students can use to practice their typing skills. To play the game students just have to visit the game site, read the directions, and press start. The game scenario presented to students is a character leaping from stepping stone to stepping stone. To move along the path students have to type the letters of the stones they want to jump to. Students earn points based on speed and accuracy.
Word Games
This site offers a large collection of online word games and typing games. The word games range from simple word searches and crosswords to games that require players to complete sentences and phrases. The typing games are a mix of simple sentence typing for speed and games that require accuracy to "defend" a character or move a character through a scene.