Keyboarding

Links verified on 01/23/2019

Common Core State Standards
English/Language Arts

W.1.6. With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

W.2.6.With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

W.3.6. With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

W.4.6. With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.

W.5.6. With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.

W.6.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting.

W.7.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources.

W.8.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

1. Dance Mat Typing.
Click Image to Enlarge		There are four levels to play, each divided into three stages. You start by learning the home row keys. Each stage builds on previous lessons, introducing new letters as you progress. You’ll soon be touch typing like an expert! At the end of each level you can test your typing speed and get a fun reward. SEE MORE
2. Free Typing Game.Net.
Click Image to Enlarge		High quality, fun and interactive free touch typing games, free touch typing lessons, and free touch typing tests.  SEE MORE
3. Keyboard Challenge.
Click Image to Enlarge		Click and drag letters to their correct places. Only the letters in the right spots will stay! Choose the keyboard design you like and then click on it to begin.  SEE MORE
4. Additional Peter's Online Typing Courses.
Click Image to Enlarge		More keyboard exercises - from Peter's Online Typing Course. SEE MORE
5. Common Core State Standards K-12 Technology Skills Scope and Sequence.
Click Image to Enlarge		This Scope and Sequence is adapted from the Fresno County Office of Education Recommended Digital Literacy and Technology Skills to Support the California Common Core State Standards. The skills identified for each grade level align to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Mathematics and English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects as well as skills required to take the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium’s (SBAC) Computer Adaptive Assessments.  SEE MORE
6. Fun to Type.
Click Image to Enlarge		Multiple typing games for kids. Site shows your average speed, average accuracy, and typing time.  SEE MORE
7. K-8 Keyboarding Standards and Benchmarks for Hopkins Public Schools.
Click Image to Enlarge		The Hopkins Technology and Information Literacy Standards (TILS) provide benchmarks for enriching and enhancing curriculum projects through the use of computer and other technology tools that enable students to access and present information. In order for students to be fluent computer users and participate fully in computer-based opportunities for enhanced learning, they need to learn proper keyboarding techniques and good keyboarding habits at an early age. SEE MORE
8. KeyboardBuilder.
Click Image to Enlarge		Turn typing into an adventure. Build up a colorful keyboard by controlling trucks and a crane! This is also a touch-screen compatible game to learn very basics. Designed for kids age 5-10. Scroll down to access additional typing games. SEE MORE
9. Keyboarding I.
Click Image to Enlarge		Keyboarding I - [7-9] In the beginning semester keyboarding course, the student will master touch operation on a computer keyboard. Correct fingering by touch and good techniques will receive primary emphasis; speed and accuracy will be given secondary emphasis. The fourth row numbers and symbols and 10‐key pad will also be taught. The student will use basic word processing functions on a variety of document types. (Printable version in PDF available) SEE MORE
10. Keyboarding Standards and Objectives.
Click Image to Enlarge		Davis School District created these skills that support and align with ISTE (International Standards for Technical Education). [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.] SEE MORE
11. Keyboarding Standards K-8.
Click Image to Enlarge		Resources from PBS Learning Media [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.] SEE MORE
12. Krazy Keyboarding for Kids.
Click Image to Enlarge		Practice your typing here. 16 lessons with a review. SEE MORE
13. Learn Touch Typing.
Click Image to Enlarge		A web application that will help you teach touch typing; typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys.  SEE MORE
14. One Hand Typists.
Click Image to Enlarge		One Hand Typists! FIRST you must learn to touch type with one hand. Once you have learned to be speed touch typist with one hand, use the resources on this page to gain speed!  SEE MORE
15. Online Typing Test from Speed Typing.
Click Image to Enlarge		How fast can you type? Looking for an easy and free way to test typing speed online? Well, Speed Typing says you've come to the right place.  SEE MORE
16. Online Typing Tutor Lessons.
Click Image to Enlarge		Ever wonder how people learn to type so fast? Touch typing is a skill that uses muscle memory developed only through practice. Speed Typing Online makes practicing easy and fun - all for free.  SEE MORE
17. Original Typing Test.
Click Image to Enlarge		Typing with Mr Kent's Typing Test. Select type of exercise, then click begin. Type what appears in top window. Your typing will appear in the bottom window.  SEE MORE
18. Peter's Online Typing Course.
Click Image to Enlarge		Turn yourself into a typing hero! Welcome to this new & improved, and still humble typing web course. Here you'll find an expanded set of free online typing lessons and typing exercises for beginning typists, and frustrated hunt-and-peckers who want to move from four-finger typing to full-blown touch typing.  SEE MORE
19. Power Typing.
Click Image to Enlarge		Free online typing lessons for Qwerty or Dvorak keyboards plus typing games to practice typing. SEE MORE
20. Sense-Lang Typing Tutor.
Click Image to Enlarge		There is more than one way to practice touch typing and become a fast and efficient touch typist. Follow the touch typing tutorials steps and choose the method that suits you the best. SEE MORE
21. SlimeKids.
Click Image to Enlarge		A source for game-style typing games and keyboarding games.  SEE MORE
22. Teach and Learn Typing.
Click Image to Enlarge		From Typing.com - a free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels which includes entertaining typing games, typing tests, and free official typing certification.  SEE MORE
23. Test Your Typing On-line.
Click Image to Enlarge		Now you can test your typing skills quickly and easily within your web browser with Typing Master's On.line Typing Test. Based on the short text typing sample given during the test, this Java(TM) applet will estimate your typing skills including typing speed, accuracy and net speed. You can also receive test results directly to your Email address.  SEE MORE
24. Type Online.
Click Image to Enlarge		Copy & practice with words or numbers. Type the text shown and then click the show mistakes button. They also offer a free online touch typing course in five lessons along with a speed test. SEE MORE
25. Typing Test & Free Typing Tutor.
Click Image to Enlarge		Learn to type with free online typing lessons and check your speed with the free typing test. Available around the clock anytime you want to practice - all you need is the Internet, a few minutes a day, and any computer to use this website and learn! [registration is required, but it is free] SEE MORE
26. Typing Tutor.
Click Image to Enlarge		This program helps you improving your typing skills by playing a simple game: characters are falling down the screen; you have to stop them before they reach the ground by pressing the corresponding key on the keyboard. SEE MORE