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Like the opportunity to add your own text to practice typing - can work on establishing motor patterns for familiar, motivating or targeted spelling words.

You have to spend a few minutes to learn how to navigate the site as there are a number of options provides instruction as well as practice games

you can cut and paste text of high interest to the student

You can use this site to send parents to an online typing practice site.

This site offers a variety of online games. This is a great resource to send home for students to practice their keyboarding skills.

Ms. Roy's 6th graders - E says: lots of fun, really good, just enough of a challenge to play but not too challenging to want to throw my laptop across the room, most of the games are the exact same thing with different graphics so it gets kinda boring. R says: Martian City Defender - good, kinda challenging , can adjust the level

Several early learning games for download.  The package includes three types of typing practice games called ABC rain

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

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.