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recommended by the QIAT listserve Seems good for teaching fingering, but not as a general practice tool since each lesson focuses on different letters

free online typing tutor

Place your fingertips on the keys that are colored yellow (see image). This finger placement is the fundamental position for touch typing, from which it is possible to press all the other keys.

It remembers the student when he revisits the site, not babyish games and you can copy and paste text on which to base the types speed/accuracy games (e.g. spelling words, high interest topics) - good for upper elementary kids

Simple game to download.  Some activities involve typing letters and other activities involve typing words.

This web-site has visual cues. It offers 27 guided lessons. You can choose from 18 keyboard layouts. The default keyboard layout is for United States. You can take the course in Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. This would be an excellent web-site for ESOL students.

A collection of typing games online (and some to download, but those are in a separate section). Maintained by a Multimedia "Outreach Educator" Austin Children's Museum

Ms. Roy's 6th graders - P. says: best game was Typing Terror - kinda hard but fun, like the Airplane game - not to hard but fun. J says: games ok, goes really fast - would be nice to be able to slow down, pretty challenging, some too challenging so it was not that fun. R says: Jingle Bells game, funny, kinda hard but really fun. M says: Jingle Bells, beginner needs to be slower - beginner could not do this!

practice typing letters in isolation

practice typing paragraphs of text good for building speed and skill if you already know how to type

Ms. Roy's 6th graders - R says: this game has about as much educational value as a penguin playing banjo, you have to type way too much, way too fast, need to be able to adjust speed. M says: too hard, flame ball makes it hard to see text you need to type, need to be able to adjust speed

Good for students who need to practice typing words to establish motor patterns, not just isolated letters, in a fun game format. Less frustrating than other games with more timing demands and longer passages to type.