If summer is when your children are absolutely positively going to catch up on keyboarding, here’s a list of 32 keyboarding websites for all ages (be sure to view the full post–I have a free poster for you):
- ABCYa–Keyboard challenge—grade level
- Alphabet rain game
- Barracuda game
- Big Brown Bear
- Bubbles game
- Dance Mat Typing
- Finger jig practice game
- Free typing tutor
- GoodTyping.com
- Keyboard practice—quick start
- Keyboarding practice
- Keyboarding—lessons
- Keyboarding—more lessons
- Keyboarding—must sign up, but free
- Keyboarding—quick start
- Keybr–Online practice
- NitroTyping
- Online typing lessons — more
- Touch Typing Progressive Program
- TuxTyping
- Typing Club
- Typing Defense—fun word practice
- TypingTest.com
- TypingWeb.com—a graduated course
- Web Institute Keyboarding for Kids
In case you’re not sure why you care about teaching keyboarding–or maybe your admin doesn’t care–here’s a poster you can refer to for ideas:
Click here for keyboarding lesson plans.
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
What is the best key board typing teaching method and why? How quick do the students learn? What speed do they achieve? Are students 100% Accurate? How is the performance measured?
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I favor a mixture of approaches–drill, games, online/software keyboarding tools, quizzes, exercises. A little bit of everything.
Thank you Jacqui for this list of resources! I love your teaching keyboard poster – I needed this last week when I was trying to make an impression about this lifeskill!
Thank you for the great info you provide!
Carol – OT’s with Apps
My pleasure, Carol. I realize making these posters helps me organize my thinking so probably does for others, too. Love your site.
My district utilizes Qwertytown (www.Qwertytown.com) which is the only program I know of that incorporates the 21st century skills of communication and collaboration while learning necessary keyboarding skills. Students unlock the ability to communicate with classmates in a safe online environment through chat and email features when they have successfully completed levels. They offer a free trial too!
Thanks for adding this information, Cortney. I’ve heard good things about Qwertytown–glad to have a personal perspective here.
Typing Tournament Online http://www.typingtournament.com is a new web service designed to teach children to type. It is suitable for use both at home and school and operates on Mac and PC computers, iPads and Surface and Android tablets. It is full of innovative features that combine to help children use the right fingers on the right keys and motivate them to learn. Uniquely it uses a bespoke on-screen keyboard to overcome the serious issues arising with the inbuilt soft keyboards on mobile devices. It uses a powerful combination of mastery learning, teaching sequences and games to motivate children to learn the vital skill of keyboarding. The fully featured school management system allows the importation of lists of children and has advanced reporting that put teachers in control. Typing Tournament Online is a truly revolutionary service that empowers children to learn the vital skill of 10 finger typing.
Thanks for sharing this, Graham. Sounds good!
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