Programs Using Games
E-Learning for Kids- Keyboarding Skills
Offers keyboard practice with games and awards. Students can continue through lessons that are increasingly more difficult.
Free Typing Games.net
Offers lessons to learn 2 keys at a time and allows students to set goals for typing speed. Games and tests provide a fun way to practice and can be set at different levels of difficulty.
Dance Mat Typing
Four-level touch typing program, starting with homerow keys and ending with the use of the shift key. Has fun animation.
Elmo's Keyboard-o-rama
Good for kindergarteners. While working on letter recognition, students also listen to words that begin with the letters they are practicing.
Fix The Broken Keyboard
To learn keyboard layout. Students drag pieces of a broken keyboard into place to put it back together again.
Programs that have good lessons but are less fun/ more appropriate for older students:
Peter's Online Typing Course
Students progress through 18 lessons to learn touch typing.
Type Online
Structured, online touch-typing course. Students are scored on speed and accuracy.