For Students

Keyboarding Activities

• Keyboarding Lessons
  Choose from the practice lessons or take your own text, cut and paste it into the box and practice using that text.
  
  
• Keyboarding Lessons
  Good practice of letters.  The whole document can be saved and printed out.
  
  
• Online Keyboarding Practice
  A series of 17 drills to help you improve your keyboarding technique and speed.
  
  
• Typing Pal
  Although this has parts that can be purchased, there are many great free activities.
  
  
• Computer Circus
  Created by high school students as part of a "Thinkquest" project, this will allow you to practice letters from their various lessons.  Start at lesson 1 and work your way up.
  
  
• Peter's Online Typing Course
  This site contains preliminary activities, typing lessons and typing exercises.
  
  
• Dance Mat Typing
  Cute animated learn to type program.
  
  
• MrKent's Typing Test
  Select the type of test and the number of sentences.
  
  
• PowerTyping
  Site includes an introduction, typing test, typing lessons and games.
  
  
• Type Type Revolution
  Sort of like a Dance Dance Revolution for the keyboard. Type the letters when they get to the right area of the board. Get more points by doing combinations.
  
  
• Black Dog's Typing Test
  Type a paragraph.  Good for testing wpm, but the accuracy part seems to be a little off (such as if you add an extra letter by mistake, it counts everything from that point on as a mistake)
  
  
• Typing Master Online Test
  Choose from 4 texts and times from 1-3 minutes.  The downloaded version gives you more choices, but this is a good online version.
  
  
• Typing Test
  Simplistic typing test that gives you the choice of beginner, novice, and expert.
  
  
• Learn2Type for Kids Typing Test
  Type a paragraph and get your wpm.  Shows you your mistakes.
  
  
• Quia Keyboarding Basics Quiz
  Keyboard basics quiz in the form of "Who wants to be a millionaire?"  Can you win all the money?
  
  
• Type Me Game
  Rescue the falling letters and words.  This game does a nice job of allowing a variety of typing skills as you can adjust the speed and numbers needed to win.
  
  
• Wacky Web Tales
  Online activity similar to Mad Libs. Just back every month for new stories
  
  
• Barracuda
  Type the words and letters as they float across the screen
  
  
• Cup Stacking
  A fun way to practice typing individual letters as you stack and unstack cups.
  
  
• Foggies
  Type the words that appear on the screen, but hurry before they disappear!
  
  
• Alphabetic Rain
  Type the letters before they get to the bottom of the window.
  
  
• Word Meister
  A hangman type game.  Type the letters as quickly as possible.  Keep those hands on homerow!
  
  
• Soccer Goalie
  Type the numbers and letters to help the goalie stop the balls from going into the net.
  
  
• Word Island
  Choose the typing game and help the monkey climb up the waterfall by typing the words on the rocks and the trees.
  
  
• Find the Letter
  See how many letters you can type in 30 seconds with as little or no mistakes. Challenge yourself to do better each time.