Typing.com

Typing.com is an online typing tutor, to teach your child about proper touch-typing techniques and improve their keyboarding skills. You can create an account for free but you don’t need it to actually use the site. For teachers, you can also set up a free account but you also have the option to upgrade to the premium package for $29.95 per license. The features that come with the upgrade are that students are covered forever; you can enjoy an ad-free experience and lastly, you would be supporting the online development of this great website intended to create a fun way to teach kids typing. With the upgrade you even have the capability of upgrading and downgrading individuals accounts. On Typing.com, your child can practice and master the keyboard one lesson at a time. It allows them to pick up where they left off in the course and displays a keyboard and hand diagram as they type to reinforce proper finger placement. On their blog I read an interesting article about 5 reasons games are a fun way to learn typing. Some of the highlights from that article include:

1. Games are engaging-teaching students perseverance and persistence
2. Chasing the reward-students learn that effort is worth noticing
3. Games are fun-learning should never feel like a chore
4. Hand-eye coordination-learning to focus and work your muscle memory
5. Motivation without risk-the ultimate risk of failure is minimized

Games have been proven to engage students and help them learn a variety of concepts. Studies have proven games work. Typing is also a skill that is ever growing in education.

Typing.com has also recently partnered with Clever which is another popular platform used in schools. This has increased typing.com’s popularity. I love typing.com as it allows teachers to create customizable lessons for students to do. It gives you real time feedback to track your students progress and also offers customizable reports. Typing.com is truly a great resource to use in your current or future classroom!