Keyboarding
The best way to learn to keyboard is to practice, practice, practice. You can never practice enough! You can always work on increasing your accuracy and your speed. Make sure your thumbs are on the space bar and your fingers are resting on the home row in the proper positions.
The program we use at school is called Type to Learn 3. It is available from Sunburst for 19.95 at http://store.sunburst.com/Category.aspx?MODE=RESULTS&CATID=2463
and there is a free trial period. There are PLENTY of other good programs out there, some that are FREE and others you can buy. Often, you can get good practice just by being disciplined and practicing on your own without the use of a professional program. I AM NOT ENDORSING ANY TYPING PROGRAM OR TELLING YOU TO BUY ONE. ALL I AM DOING IS PROVIDING SOME LINKS FOR YOU TO MAKE IT EASY. I have not tried any of these so I do not know how good or bad they are. If you do not like them please let me know.
| Free touch typing program you can download | http://www.sense-lang.org/typing |
| Funschool game format | http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=arcade/typememenu |
| Keyboard Skills lots of links to downloads | http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/KeyBskills/ |
| Type to Learn 2 for Free | http://www.learn2type.com/ |
| Typing Tutor with many links Online, Shareware and Freeware | http://typingsoft.com/all_typing_tutors.htm |
Last Updated 8/30/06