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Links to websites that offer keyboarding skills.

keyboard skill builder

uses the home row approach

16 lessons that hold attention of almost all age levels.Teaches proper skills not faster hunt and peck.

an approach to typing instruction for very young children - learn to type through exploration of letters and also learn mouse skills

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

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