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Englishtype - Touchtyping for children
http://www.englishtype.com/
Englishtype - Touchtyping for children
Based upon vocabulary in National Literacy Strategy | Key Stages from National Curriculum | Developed by an experienced Educational Psychologist | Strong colour coding to aid learning | Fun games to encourage painless practice | Structured and appealing to Dyslexic children | Different, effective way to learn to spell | Uses the powerful "memory for movement" within the brain | Develops automatic skill rapidly when used intensively |

Mouse skills and keyboard awareness
http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&cat=00100100d&rid=4320
Using software to develop skills: mouse skills and keyboard awareness
Understanding the connection between moving a mouse or trackerball and movement on a computer screen can sometimes take time to develop, as can the concept of making choices. For those pupils who need lots of opportunities to master not only the concepts but also the motor control necessary, there is software that can help.

AbilityNet - Keyboard Skills
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/content/factsheets/Factsheets-list.htm
Factsheets from AbilityNet ... AbilityNet provides a wide range of services to individuals, professionals in the field of disability, employers and the public sector.
AbilityNet is the UK's leading charity bringing the benefits of computer technology to adults and children with disabilities.
Touch Typing Skills | Single Handed Keyboard Use | Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows | Getting Round Difficulties with the Keyboard and Mouse |

Vocabulary of the computer - The keyboard
http://www.ivygreen.ctc.edu/avery/activities/vocab/computers/Keyboard_main.htm
Vocabulary of the computer - The keyboard
Study the keys and their functions. Draw a line from each key to its location on the keyboard

Typing Fun
http://www.juliasrainbowcorner.com/html/typing.html
Some fun online typing-skills games for young students
alphabet | typing | keyboard | interactive |

SEN, Introducing Keyboard skills
http://tinyurl.com/7k7w
SEN, Introducing Keyboard skills
When helping a pupil build up their keyboarding skills, look for the fast words where all the letters are near each other ( was, saw, as, were, there, look, pool, milk etc etc).
The other idea is to work on word patterns, i.e. 'all' 'ill', 'ing' Encourage the pupil to type in the word followed by the space bar and say the word to themselves. Maybe they could enter it three times or until they get fed-up! It really works.
I also talk about the top middle and bottom line of letters and r and t are Right at the Top and v and b at the Very Bottom. It can help speed up entering text as the pupil can enter their fast words without a thought.
typing | keyboard | http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk/ | SEN | special needs |

Keyboard Typing Skills Handout
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ict/files/typingskills.pdf
Keyboard (Typing) Skills Handout & instructions

How to teach keyboard skills- BECTA (UK)
http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&cat=00100100d&rid=538
Becta information sheet: How to teach keyboard skills
Keyboard skills are the set of skills required to operate a computer keyboard fluently, and include an understanding of the layout and general functionality of computer keyboards. The following reasons outline why it is important to provide direct tuition in keyboard skills rather than allowing young people to evolve their own typing style.
| keyboard | skills | typing | keyboarding | touch | overlay | overlays | keyboards |

Developing Keyboard Skills
http://www.rnib.org.uk/technology/factsheets/keyboard.htm
Developing Keyboard Skills
This factsheet contains information about various methods of developing keyboard skills. The main way to become a proficient user of the keyboard is by learning to touch type. There are various programs available to accomplish this, including computer based and audio-based courses. This factsheet also highlights other keyboard skills that can be developed such as using keystroke combinations instead of using a mouse.
Why develop keyboard skills? | How do these courses work? | Integrated Solutions | Computer Program Based Courses | Alternative methods for developing keyboard skills | keyboard | skills | typing | keyboarding | touch |

Keyboard Template to download & print
http://www.teachnet.com/graphics/powertools/neattools/keyboard.pdf
From Teachnet - a keyboard for you to download FREE and print. It is set up as 8.5x14 inches so that it may be printed "actual size" on legal paper, if your printer will do this. Otherwise, just print it to fit and enlarge it on a copier. \
The keyboard is designed as a blackline, so you may also have students color in the resting position keys."
keyboard template for printing | keyboard | skills | typing | keyboarding | touch | |

Touch-type, Read and Spell
http://www.ttrs.co.uk/
Touch-type, Read and Spell
- For whom is this course designed? -
TTRS is for anyone who has reading, spelling, or writing difficulties.
TTRS helps both ADULTS and CHILDREN.
TTRS is especially helpful for those who are DYSLEXIC or who have SPECIFIC LEARNING DIFFICULTIES.
- What does it do? -
TTRS is designed to do several things at one time.
It teaches the student to TOUCH-TYPE.
At the same time it teaches SPELLING and READING.
It does this using PHONICS
It encourages students to 'SPELL WITH THEIR FINGERS'
- Will the course interfere with other teaching the student is having? -
This is most unlikely.
The system teaches essential spelling and reading skills.
Can I see the program before committing myself? - Yes, certainly. See details about FREE lessons.
keyboard | skills | typing | keyboarding | touch |

Magictype - touchtyping and spelling for children
http://www.magictype.com/
Magictype - touchtyping and spelling for children
Learning to type accurately and quickly is essential in today's world of computers. Learning at a young age sets the pattern for the rest of their lives.
Designed by an educational psychologist | Educational and fun with games and a cartoon character | Simple, clear colour coding helps learning | Spoken and written instructions help reading | Ideal for children with Dyslexia | Personalised for each child | Follows Key Stages of the National Curriculum | touchtyping | typing | keyboard | skills |

Iota - Touch Type
http://www.iota.co.uk/products/ttype.htm/
Iota - Touch Type
Touch Type is an on-screen typing tutor which helps you learn at your own speed. It can be used to teach keyboard skills at all levels, from familiarity for younger children through to full touch typing. There's a built-in voice which calls out the letters for you as you progress, with graphs that help you see where you need more practice. It comes with a whole range of different exercises, which start you off practising the home keys and progress until you are familiar with the whole keyboard. Touch Type is available on disc or on a triple-platform CD ROM which can be used on Acorn, PC, and Apple Macintosh.
keyboard | skills | typing | keyboarding | touch |

Nimble Fingers
http://www.nimblefingers.com/
Word Wacker and Word Wacker Junior Features .... NimbleFingers
Is this your idea of touch typing? Or, is it really tough typing? Come on! You know there has to be a better way to learn touch typing
And there is... If you knew how to type, you could answer your e-mail quicker and enjoy life more. Word Wacker is an easy-to-use touch typing - keyboarding program that is fun! The trial version is FREE! So, how can you lose?
Word Wacker features your own "Little Professor" as your private instructor. To assist in the learning process, keys are introduced one at a time. There is music, sounds, animation, pictures, and even a report card.
keyboard | skills | typing | keyboarding | touch |

The Typing Magician | Word Wacker
http://www.nimblefingers.com/a_magic.htm
The Typing Magician | Word Wacker
Learning to type is not magic. But NimbleFingers has created The Typing Magician.
Not only will the magician give you ideas to help you learn touch typing, BUT the magician will read your mind!
Yes, you read that right! The magician will read your mind. Plus he will show you numerous additional fun time exercises!
This program is a reward to those people who have downloaded one of the NimbleFingers typing programs. The trial version can be downloaded for FREE
Place your cursor on the magician's hat to see the secret password for admission to The Typing Magician. PS: The password is the name of the world's most popular series of typing programs.
typing | skills | keyboard | keyboarding | touch |

Advanced Speed Typing
http://www.advancedtyping.com/
Advanced Speed Typing
Advanced Speed Typing is a full featured typing tutor that uses animated hands to teach the location of the keys. AST also includes new and unique features to help experienced typists gain greater speed.
keyboard | skills | typing |

Letter Chase Typing Tutor
http://www.letterchase.com/
Letter Chase Typing Tutor
Letter Chase Typing Tutor (32 bit) is a full featured typing tutor for both beginners and advanced typists. Includes 8 new lessons for new typists.
Features beginner's, intermediate, and advanced sections, as well as two other sections to develop speed. Animated hands are used to teach the keys. Speed tests are included to monitor progress. Requires Windows 95/98/2000/XP and a Pentium or faster PC.
keyboard | skills | typing |

Stamina Typing Tutor
http://typingsoft.com/overview.htm
Stamina Typing Tutor
Amusing, yet multifunctional touch-typing tutor with support for several layouts: QWERTY (US/UK/...), Dvorak etc.
ONLY in Stamina besides the traditional finger positioning on the keyboard are you offered an ALTERNATIVE method (to reduce hand stress)!
After having gone through the fire, water and the course, you will be able to swiftly type away long emails (spam), efficiently misbehave in chat rooms, ICQ and so on without ever looking at the keyboard. The benefits are obvious!
Intimate details: work with lessons and text (5 modes), a lesson editor, statistics, progress graphs, virtual keyboard (can be hidden), super MP3 sounds and music, a playlist, support for several users, user-friendly thought out interface, detailed help with a logic game, + a small elephant pile of pleasant tidbits. The program is perfect for novice as well as advanced users.
Shareware | 30 days download evaluation | US$10 |

Gabe's TypOmeter
http://www.informatics.no/subindex.htm
Gabe's TypOmeter is a utility which measures how much you are typing, and the speed you are typing with. The TypOmeter is analogue, and everything is animated just like an oldfashioned speedometer!
In version 2, there are 17 indicators squeezed into the interface, and there are more than 56(fiftysix!) graphical statistics to choose from regarding your typing, clicking and use of applications!
You can change between a variety of skins, and you can test your typing ability with the Test Yourself facility.
Pleae note that the TypOmeter does not save any sensitive information regarding what you have written, only summarised information regarding the amount.
This application is Freeware, and you are free to distribute the installation file tmSetup.exe anywhere.
keyboard | skills | type | typing | speed |

Up to Ten
http://www.uptoten.com/
Young children are the most suitable audience for this project as they learn to control a computer mouse, a keyboard and work with computers in general.
Open an UpToTen User Account to give your child FREE access to UpToTen Kids (there are more than 600 educational games and activities).
To help get the most from the activities, there is a system of easy to understand icons, sorted into four categories: Green icons indicate motor skill development. Blue icons indicate intellectual agility development. Orange icons indicate computer literacy development. Red icons indicate that parent/teacher presence is necessary
keyboard | skills | mouse |

Decide the best (Microsoft) Keyboard for you
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/keyboard/guide.asp
Decide the best (Microsoft) Keyboard for you
Although this is a Microsoft tool ... the questions asked can help when selecting other makes and models of keyboards.

Animated Beginning Typing
http://www.flixprod.com/typing.html
Animated Beginning Typing : - Is designed for young typists (grades Pre-K to 3rd), and teaches proper typing technique for the letter keys. Sound effects and animation are used to make learning to type fun (and funny). Help is given with an animated tutorial, a screen to show proper fingering, and an on-screen keyboard which highlights the correct key when needed.
Because of the program's design - no arcade distractions and only one element is presented at a time - it is a good choice for beginning typists or children with dysgraphia or other special learning needs.
There are three games in the program. "Jumping Letters" is designed for very young students, and can be played at any pace. Each correctly typed letter is rewarded with the letter being removed by an animated "critter" chosen by the pupil. When 10 letters are completed (context- sensitive help insures success), the child gets a silly cartoon.
keyboard | skills | typing | literacy |

Typewriter .... javascript
http://webdeveloper.earthweb.com/webjs/item/0,3602,12748_98371,00.html
This script is a simple typewriter which allows users to both type and click buttons to have text, spaces, or symbols.
typewriter | keyboard |

BigKeys UK
http://www.bigkeys.co.uk/
BigKeys keyboards are computer keyboards with extra large sized keys. These are suitable for both educational and and visually impaired users.
Each key is one inch squared - that's four times the size of a normal keyboard's key! Additionally, the lettering on a BigKeys is ten times the size of the lettering on a standard keyboard.
BigKeys comes in a large range of styles. There's the BigKeys Plus - a simplified keyboard ideal for early learners - and the BigKeys LX, a more advanced version for users who want large keys combined with the functionability of a standard keyboard.
Both versions of the BigKeys can be fitted with lower or upper case lettered keys, in an alphabetical ABC layout, or the standard QWERTY layout. The keys can be white with black lettering, coloured with black lettering, or for the BigKeys LX we have a new high visibility option with black keytops with white lettering.
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Free Typing Test: 3-Letter Words : Quiz Hub
http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-type-33.cfm
Carefully type the following sequence of words in the text box below. Type one space between each word. When you are finished, click the Done button. To display another set of random words, click your web browser's Refresh or Reload button.
typing test | keyboard |

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
http://www.mavisbeacon.com/
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing® 12
Get more done in less time with Mavis Beacon as your personal typing tutor! With advanced technology and a user-friendly interface, Mavis makes improving your keyboarding skills challenging and fun and promises better typing—guaranteed! XP compatible
Looking for a constructive way to harness the energy of your students? Try one of our Teachers' Activities!
If you've been here before, you know that these activities are designed to help you integrate Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing® into the total learning experience. Our Teachers' Activities require a minimum of preparation, and they are designed to encourage your students to take an active interest in their typing and academic progress. An archive of earlier projects is available by clicking the "Previous Activity" button. So enjoy--and come again soon!
keyboard | skills | typing | lesson activities |

Elementary Keyboarding Guide
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemkey/index.html
Traditionally, touch typing was taught at the high school level to students who had never before used a keyboard. Now, with the arrival of computers both at home and in our elementary schools, we find that very young students are being exposed to the computer keyboard. One study focusing on computer use in the school system estimated that students would spend more than 400 hours on microcomputers before they reached the ninth grade (Kidney, 1985).
As the keyboard continues to be the primary device for inputting data into computers, the purpose in presenting these guidelines is three-fold:
- to familiarize young students with keyboard layout, including alphabetic, numeric, special purpose, and function keys;
- to give Elementary Level students the opportunity to learn and develop a personal-use touch keyboarding skill which can be used with confidence and enjoyment; and,
- to integrate touch keyboarding into other subject areas in which keyboards/computers are used as a tool.
keyboard | skills | typing |

Learn 2 Type
http://www.learn2type.com/
Learn 2 Type is a FREE Web site that helps you master the skills of touch-typing. Whether you're a typing expert or just a "hunt & peck" beginner, the interactive exercises you'll find here 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.

TypingMaster
http://www.typingmaster.com/
TypingMaster Web Site - Test & Train Your Typing Skills
TypingMaster 2002 for Windows is a personal touch typing trainer that helps you to use the keyboard up to 4 times faster and save your valuable time.
Get familiar with TypingMaster 2002 with a free demo version.
TypingMaster iTutor is a Java(TM) based cross-platform typing course that works in your intranet without administration.
AssessTyping.com Service - Arrange an online typing test for job applicants in minutes on our AssessTyping.com web site.
TypingMaster iTest - This cross-platform typing test integrates seamlessly to your intra/internet pages.
typing | keyboard skills | typing test |

KAZ Touch Typing
http://www.kaz-type.com/
KAZ has proved a real hit in education. Primary schools, secondary schools, private schools, colleges of further education and universities alike use the single workstation and network versions to train all of their students in keyboard skills.
Busy timetables mean there's little time to teach keyboard skills. Yet without good keyboard skills, students will be handicapped in their use of computers.
We are making KAZ available to teachers worldwide at half price.
This special license is restricted for teachers personal use only and they may not use this copy of KAZ for student tuition.

Kids Keys
http://www.kidskeys.biz
If your child is 3-6 years old and is using a computer then you need Kids Keys
Children learn their writing and reading skills predominantly in lower case but standard keyboards are all in UPPER CASE
Upper & lowercase keytop labels for 3-6 yearolds learning computer and litracy skills.
What are Kids Keys made of?
A. Laminated polyester all the printing is securely covered by a clear layer making it resistant to grease and dirt that a keyboard is exposed to. Especially little dirty fingers.
Q. How hard is Kids Keys to apply?
A. Easy all you need is some time about 10 - 15 min and tweezers or a butter knife.
KS1 | keyboard skills | infants | kindergarten |

Typing Instructor Deluxe 12.0
http://www.individualsoftware.com/new/consumer/details/tx7_details.htm
The Typing Instructor can sharpen your keyboard and 10-key skills quickly and easily. Typing Instructor can improve your skills - guaranteed! Typing Instructor content has been constructed and developed carefully for over 17 years. Typing Instructor can suggest the right lessons, tests, strengthening exercises, practice material, and typing games for your skill level. Or, you can build your own custom typing plan to focus on specific areas you'd like to improve.
Either way, Typing Instructor covers all the keyboard keys, including the numeric keypad, on both the standard and split keyboards.
Better grades. Going through school as a better typist means better-quality school papers, book reviews and smudge-free homework.
If you think learning to type has to be all business and no fun, think again! For beginning to advanced typists, kids to adults, Typing Instructor will motivate you to improve your typing speed and accuracy using amazing graphics with exciting typing challenges.
keyboard skills | typing |

Typing Pal
http://www.demarque.com/
Typing Pal Junior
New! Stimulating games and interactive dictations!
With this great program you can learn keyboard typing and have fun at the same time!
A complete and customized method adapted to 7 to 14-year olds.
Typing Pal Junior proposes a pleasant and amusing way to learn keyboard typing.
The short lessons accompanied by comical and entertaining animations help you learn quickly and easily.
Typing Pal Junior also has dictations for practising your touch-typing and your spelling.
Dictation speed adapts automatically to your typing speed. An excellent exercise to help you make quick progress!
You'll also find constructive games for developing speed and dexterity while having fun.
The statistics module lets you see your progress at a glance to help you improve on your weaknesses.

EasyType (free) online typing tutor
http://www.easytype.com/
This is free after you register.

Keyboard Skills in Schools
http://www.becta.org.uk/technology/infosheets/html/keyboard.html
Schools teach keyboard skills or keyboard awareness when they feel that direct input would benefit their pupils. A variety of provision has evolved. Some schools use electronic typing tutors, while others encourage pupils to work on keyboard skills in break times or at home. Pupils do not need to be perfect touch-typists, but they do need to become familiar with a keyboard so that their work with computers across the curriculum is not hampered.

21st Century Typing
http://21stsoftware.com/education_training/index.htm
Makes learning to type fun and easy. A typing instructor with structured lessons, tests, practice sessions and typing games.CD-ROM available. $14.99 Download
Free download demo | Keyboard skills |

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor
http://www.runrev.com/
Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor teaches the skill of touch typing (typing with all the fingers without looking at the keys) in an accessible step - by - step way.Ten Thumbs is gaining recognition as the leading keyboard instruction software.
Ten Thumbs is suitable for all ages and is used by individuals, schools, universities and corporate institutions.
Available for MacOS, Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME and PC - based Linux systems. Ten Thumbs will support MacOSX.