Free typing stuff, courtesy of The Austin Children's Museum:
ONLINE:
The best! BBC Online Typing, levels 1-4:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Fearless Frieda Skateboarding - typing and spelling game - fun!
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/frieda/frieda.html
Fearless Frieda Surfing - typing & spelling game:
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/frieda2/frieda2.html
Typing with Katie - Kindergarten:
http://www.growing.course.com/level_K/type/index.html
Typing with Burton - Level 1:
http://www.growing.course.com/level_1/keyboard/index.html
Typing with Booker - Level 2:
http://www.growing.course.com/level_2/keyboard/index.html
Typing with Carmen - Level 3:
http://www.growing.course.com/level_3/keyboard/index.html
Typing with Dwayne - Level 4:
http://www.growing.course.com/level_4/keyboard/index.html
Typing with Yasmin - Level 5:
http://www.growing.course.com/level_5/keyboard/index.html
Soccer demo - hard - words, symbols, numbers:
http://www.customtyping.com/goalie_demo.htm
Axis of Evil - really hard, but boys seem to like it:
http://www.bluedojo.com/publisher2/game31.php
Barracuda - whole words:
http://www.powertyping.com/baracuda/baracuda.htm
This is an interesting one -- in Japanese and English - kids like anime intro:
http://www.younganimal.com/airmaster/game/
Star Wars Fighter Typing - letters, kinda hard, moves fast:
http://www.brentsplanet.com/tie-p%20fighter.html
Letters -
http://www.project-design.com/PlayGame/typing_01.swf
Bubbles - falling letters, timed, scored:
http://www.typingmaster.com/general/java/bubbleapplet.asp?keys=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz&duration=1&Submit=Play+Game
Letter Speed Race - letters only, timed and scored:
http://www.freewebs.com/weddell/findtheletter.html
Keyboarding Quiz:
http://www.quia.com/rr/1220.html
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*Very clever teaching typing class antics tips:*
http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=edtech&month=0211&week=a&msg=y9OPRIjPwBOEj3AHvmX7ow&user=&pw
More tips:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial028b.shtml
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DOWNLOADS:
Tux Typing 2 - if you only use one, this is the best free one:
http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/download/
Keyboard Master.Demo..not well known, as it's made in Poland.
The full version has pictures that you uncover, piece by
piece as you type the words correctly -- you can choose the style of pictures you want to use.
http://www.nahliksoft.com/keybmas.html
TypeBlaster Game Demo download - fun, but demo doesn't run long.
Be sure to read directions - interface isn't very intuitive:
http://www.typeblaster.com/
Keyboarder - made by boys for boys -- pretty fun:
http://firefang.com/downloads/
AlphaBubbles - made with Game Maker by boys for boys--can be made to be very easy -- real cute:
http://www.blackratstudios.com/games-children-alphabubbles.html
Garfield's Typing Pal Demo - not as much fun as you'd think it would be; kinda boring for younger kids, but good opening tutorial. The Cookie Catch game is a standalone executable hidden in the folder there -- I'm using just that game and not the whole program with my afterschool kids:
http://www.demarque.com/demarque/english/shopping/visualiser.asp?41
10 Finger Breakout -- fun, difficult game of Breakout where you type the correct letter to move the paddle:
http://www.touch-typing-tutor.com/10FingerBreakOut-FreeTypingGame.htm
All the Right Type Demo (may get Runtime error message--just click OK):
http://ingenuityworks.com/catalog/demo_downloads.php/list/
English Type Junior Free Demo:
http://www.englishtypejunior.com/Englishtypejunior.htm
Touch typing game demos:
http://www.tutor-typing.com/typing_games.asp
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