THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF TYPING LINKS OF ALL TIME*
Keyboarding Links Listed are links to sites for practicing keyboarding as well as the link to our keyboarding blog. Have fun checking it all out!
1. Keyboarding info
3. Typing Speed Tests
4. Improve Your Typing and Play Games
Type Online - use lessons and exercises to improve your typing skills.
Typing Games
- Only Typing Games
- Free Typing Games
- Letter Masters
- Alpha Attack
- Juggle Type
- Tontie
- Type Type Revolution
- Letters Game
- The Key Master
- Typer Shark
- Typing Test.com Games
- Typeracer - Click here to race other students
5. Keyboard Shortcuts and Resources
- Keyboard Shortcuts - Microsoft Word
- Keyboard Shortcuts - Apple Pages
- Microsoft Office Resources (Word, Excel and Power Point)
http://www.crews.org/curriculum/ex/compsci/keyboarding/
Keyboarding Activities*
Please note that these activities are located outside of this site. We are not responsible for any changes in content on those sites. Also, some of the activities may require updated players (such as Shockwave). Also note that I am no longer in the classroom, so I don’t use this site. I have considered removing it, but have gotten so much interest from people that I have decided to leave it up. Please contact me if you notice links that need to be changed.
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Choose from the practice lessons or take your own text, cut and paste it into the box and practice using that text. |
Good practice of letters. The whole document can be saved and printed out. |
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A series of 17 drills to help you improve your keyboarding technique and speed. |
Although this has parts that can be purchased, there are many great free activities. |
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Created by high school students as part of a “Thinkquest” project, this will allow you to practice letters from their various lessons. Start at lesson 1 and work your way up. |
This site contains preliminary activities, typing lessons and typing exercises. |
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Cute animated learn to type program.
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This site contains typinglessons, practice, typing tests, number pad lessons, and safety lessons. |
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Site includes an introduction, typing test, typing lessons and games. |
Select the type of test and the number of sentences.
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Type a paragraph. Good for testing wpm, but the accuracy part seems to be a little off (such as if you add an extra letter by mistake, it counts everything from that point on as a mistake)
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Online activity similar to Mad Libs. Just back every month for new stories. |
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Simplistic typing test that gives you the choice of beginner, novice, and expert. |
Learn2Type for Kids Typing Test
Type a paragraph and get your wpm. Shows you your mistakes. |
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Keyboard basics quiz in the form of “Who wants to be a millionaire?” Can you win all the money? |
Rescue the falling letters and words. This game does a nice job of allowing a variety of typing skills as you can adjust the speed and numbers needed to win. |
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Save the diver from sharks and pirahna and collect some jewels along the way. |
Type the letters before they go off the screen. |
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Type the letters on the eggs before they fall off the conveyor belt. |
Type the words and letters as they float across the screen |
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A fun way to practice typing individual letters as you stack and unstack cups. |
Type the words that appear on the screen, but hurry before they disapear! |
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Type the letters before they get to the bottom of the window. |
A hangman type game. Type the letters as quickly as possible. Keep those hands on homerow! |
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Type the numbers and letters to help the goalie stop the balls from going into the net. |
Choose the typing game and help the monkey climb up the waterfall by typing the words on the rocks and the trees.
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See how many letters you can type in 30 seconds with as little or no mistakes. Challange yourself to do better each time. |
Sort of like a Dance Dance Revolution for the keyboard. Type the letters when they get to the right area of the board. Get more points by doing combinations. |
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Type the letter on the correct arrow to keep the boy from falling off of the stairs |
Type the words on the obstacles before they reach the airplane. |
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How fast can you type the alphabet? |
How fast can you type the alphabet backwards? |
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The following activities need to be downloaded onto your machine. (Kids: Ask your parents’ permission before downloading these activities).
Typingmaster Test and Games (this is an upgraded version of the one we use at school)
Links to other Keyboarding Sites*
A Brief History of Typewriters
Laptop Language: Keyboarding (Thank you to the students at Valley Charter School for suggesting this link)