Ms. Roy's 6th graders - G says: I didn't like the game, monsters coming too fast even after adjusting to "Apprentice", but I am not a very good typist. E says: "Excuse….Excuse" - reminds people of themselves and school and teachers, "Did you bring in your homework", lots of fun and was not too challenging, good for someone who is already pretty good at typing
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
Like the opportunity to add your own text to practice typing - can work on establishing motor patterns for familiar, motivating or targeted spelling words.
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!
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
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
Whether you're after a preschool game to learn the alphabet or a typing game to learn the keyboard, try Type Me. Kids rescue falling letters and words by typing them correctly on the keyboard.
