Big Idea:
The QWERTY layout for the keyboard/ keypad is currently the standard used for computers and
other devices for entering text.
Need to Know:
Why do we learn correct fingering for computer keyboards?
How does knowing the key layout help with computer and text messaging?
What are some reasons that keyboarding is an important skill?
How is keyboarding different from touch typing?
The Mission:
Using the correct fingering for standard QWERTY keyboards allows one to compose or copy written text without looking at one's fingers. Knowing the QWERTY layout for a keypad allows for quicker text messaging.
Things to download at home...
The colored keyboard and poem
The keyboard and fingering chart to color yourself
Games for School Time
Keyboarding Game Links
*****Free Typing Games Online
http://www.freetypinggame.net/
*These games and tests are fantastic! You can customize them for maximum benefit. There are video games with lessons and levels as well as tests on each lesson and level.
Letters Only:
Typing Practice
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/typing/index.htm
Baracuda
http://www.powertyping.com/baracuda/baracuda.htm
Bubbles
www.typingmaster.com/individuals/bubbles.asp
Letters and numbers:
Alpha Rain
http://www.powertyping.com/rain.shtml
Best Games:
Typer Shark MUST click on "play without ads"
http://www.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=typershark&preplay=1
Growing with Technology
http://www.growing.course.com/index.html
Power Typing
http://www.powertyping.com/
Learn2Type
http://www.learn2type.com/TypingTest
Games for Home:
Typing Master Online Bubbles
http://www.typingmaster.com/individuals/bubbles.asp
Typing Flash Game - Letters
http://hannu.daug.net/letters/index.php
Typing Practice
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/typing/index.htm
Typing Tests
http://typing-for-kids-software-review.toptenreviews.com/typing-tests-help-kids-defeat-fear.html
Debbie Golden - Keyboarding Class Projects
http://207.232.227.25/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=7055&sc_id=1131485034
Keyboarding Practice
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/Index.html
Krazy Keyboarding for Kids
http://webinstituteforteachers.org/~gammakeys/Lesson/Lesson1.htm
Keyboarding Online
http://www.keyboardingonline.com/
Ergonomics and Keyboarding
http://www.ergoweb.com/news/detail.cfm?id=449
Typing Test Online
http://www.typingtest.com/test/default.asp
Type Fast don't try this at GMS!
It will bump you off the network because addicting games is blocked.
http://www.addictinggames.com/typefast.html
Type Me
http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=arcade/typememenu
Ten Key Test
http://www.learn2type.com/TenKeyTest
Al Bunny's Typing Game
http://www.sunmoonusa.com/TryAl.htm
Typing Tutor
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/rvirga/TypingTutor.html
The Typing of the Ghosts
http://www.novelgames.com/flashgames/game.php?id=32
Balloon Blast Typing
http://www.mrkent.com/games/balloonblast/index.asp
Typing Sushi Cook
http://www.kaiten777.net/en/game/sushi/
Typing-Games
http://www.typing-games.com/
Dance Mat Typing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/levels/noflash/level1.shtml
Wild And Wacky from National Geographic - You type in words...
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/games/wildandwacky/index.html
Typing Pal
http://www.typingpal.com/index.asp
Word Island
http://www.lilgames.com/word_island.shtml
